Healthy Lifestyle Midwife

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

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Job summary

We are seeking an experienced midwife to lead our growing Healthy lifestyles team.

If you are passionate about public health and improving birthing people and families health then we would love to hear from you.

The successful applicant will work closely with the multi-disciplinary team to support families who have complex maternal or fetal needs.

Main duties of the job

Lead the stop smoking service

Lead and develop the contraception services that are offered to women and birthing people

Provide training to staff members on key public health drivers with a particular focus on maternity.

Help and support women and birthing people to make healthier choices in pregnancy and beyond.

About us

Our Organisation

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop's Stortford, and St Margaret's Hospital in Epping.

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop's Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

Our Values

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:

Patient at heart - Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts

Everyday excellence - Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both

Creative collaboration - Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care

The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.

Date posted

31 July 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year per annum plus 5% high cost area supplement

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

292-6502754-CHWS

Job locations

Antenatal Clinic, PAH

Hamstel Road

Harlow

CM20 1QX


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification. Available to download at any time.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification. Available to download at any time.

Person Specification

Education

Essential

  • Registered midwife with relevant experience
  • Experience and understanding of fetal medicine

Desirable

  • counselling or genetics course

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

  • Excellent organisational and leadership skills
  • Ability to initiate, evaluate and sustain change
  • Experience in detection and prevention of fetal abnormality
  • Working knowledge of the Antenatal and Newborn Screening Programmes

Desirable

  • Counselling experience in AN screening
  • Trained in assisting with Chorionic Villi Sampling & Amniocentesis
Person Specification

Education

Essential

  • Registered midwife with relevant experience
  • Experience and understanding of fetal medicine

Desirable

  • counselling or genetics course

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

  • Excellent organisational and leadership skills
  • Ability to initiate, evaluate and sustain change
  • Experience in detection and prevention of fetal abnormality
  • Working knowledge of the Antenatal and Newborn Screening Programmes

Desirable

  • Counselling experience in AN screening
  • Trained in assisting with Chorionic Villi Sampling & Amniocentesis

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

Address

Antenatal Clinic, PAH

Hamstel Road

Harlow

CM20 1QX


Employer's website

https://www.pah.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

Address

Antenatal Clinic, PAH

Hamstel Road

Harlow

CM20 1QX


Employer's website

https://www.pah.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Maternity Outpatient Matron

Jenna Gould

jenna.gould@nhs.net

01279977806

Date posted

31 July 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year per annum plus 5% high cost area supplement

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

292-6502754-CHWS

Job locations

Antenatal Clinic, PAH

Hamstel Road

Harlow

CM20 1QX


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