Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, enthusiastic Band 6 Midwife to join our team within the Maternity Day Assessment Unit (DAU), providing support to high-risk antenatal women. Our unique and multifaceted service will give you the opportunity to be more autonomous and experience a variety of roles. We are a progressive service and endeavour to be forward thinking to maintain local and national standards.
In DAU and as a maternity service we are committed to meeting the Trust CARE Values and pride ourselves in promoting safe, quality and inclusive care. The successful applicant will be motivated, passionate and dedicated to providing high quality researched based care, dedicated to promoting the well-being of our women, their babies and families. You will work collaboratively within our multidisciplinary team, including maintaining professional links with our maternity triage team, community midwives and sonographers.
Main duties of the job
The maternity Day Assessment Unit is based at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, with close links to Amersham and Wycombe Hospital. We provide a 7 day a week service throughout the year, which covers 10.5 hours of the day.
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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued, and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
What do we stand for?
Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Person specification
Education, Qualifications & Training
Essential criteria
1. Registered Midwife
2. ENB 997 / MSPP
Desirable criteria
3. NVQ Assessor
4. Evidence of Further Study
Experience
Essential criteria
5. Experience as a preceptor Midwife
6. Ability to be a mentor to student midwives/nurses/MCA’s
7. Completion of mentor assessor workshops
Desirable criteria
8. Ability to work as part of a team and communicate effectively within it
Skills, Abilities & Knowledge
Essential criteria
9. Clinical skills, in particular Suturing, Cannulation, Supervision of epidural infusion
10. Knowledge of NMC Code of Conduct, Guidelines and Professional Practice
11. Awareness and knowledge of vulnerable adult and child Protection issues
12. Computer literate
13. Knowledge of evidence informed and research based practice
14. Good communicator both verbally and in writing
15. Ability to work on own initiative and mange own time
16. Willing to undertake further study
17. Professional appearance and behaviour
18. Ability to write clearly and legibly in English
19. Flexible approach to working hours and practices
Special Circumstances
Essential criteria
20. Ability to travel to other sites.
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.
Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.
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