Job overview
Band 6 Midwife- Part Time
We are looking for experienced and passionate band 6 midwives to join our community teams.
You will work a mixture of weekdays and weekends, each week, providing continuity to the women in your caseload for antenatal and postnatal care.
Happy to talk flexible working. You must be able to work 6 x on call per year for the acute site which are picked and planned by yourself.
A full UK drivers license and access to a vehicle is necessary for the role.
Please note that at present we are unable to accept candidates who are not registered with the NMC within the UK and have a PIN enabling them to practice autonomously.
Main duties of the job
1. Provide high quality women centred care within allocated resources at Hubs and community settings.
2. Promote safe and effective practice
3. Enhance women and families experience
4. Contribute to the delivery of the operational efficiency of the service and deliver against organisational objectives
5. The post holder will provide total midwifery care for both high and low risk mothers within all midwifery environments
6. Able to provide the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of maternity care
7. Be accountable for own actions
8. Promote excellent multidisciplinary communication and teamwork
9. The post holder will generally have a home base at The Hub but at times of escalation may be required to undertake cross-site working to meet the needs of the women across the service.
10. To participate in community birth on-calls (currently minimum 6 per year)
Working for our organisation
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs over 8,600 staff and has a turnover of over £450 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for more information.
For questions please contact Lauren Brown on 07748 920836
Person specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential criteria
11. Registered Midwife
12. Mentorship qualification or similar (i.e PS/PA)
13. Evidence of CPD
Desirable criteria
14. NIPE practitioner
Experience & Knowledge
Essential criteria
15. Awareness of professional responsibilities.
16. Experience of all areas of maternity care
Desirable criteria
17. Experience of working with vulnerable families
18. BFI accredited training
Skills & Ability
Essential criteria
19. Able to demonstrate the mentoring of students and induction of new staff.
20. Competent in a variety of clinical skills including cannulation and perineal suturing
21. Demonstrate knowledge of emergency procedures within the community
Desirable criteria
22. Has participated in research and audit
23. Line management responsibilities of non-midwifery staffing (e.g. MSW's)