Job summary
From the day you arrive you will join our team of remarkable people, committed to your continued enjoyment and growth. We'll make sure you always feel a part of a flexible workforce that constantly seeks new ways of working to deliver the best care.
Following our 2023 CQC inspection, we are on an improvement journey within the maternity services.
We have recently opened a dedicated maternity triage department with an associated dashboard to ensure safety and appropriate RAG rating of our women, we are launching BadgerNet a paperless maternity system in February 2024, including electronic CTG to enable viewing around the unit . We are reviewing our induction of labour processes, alongside our regional colleagues, to improve the journey for the women & birthing people accessing our services.
Working closely with our system partners via the Local Maternity & Neonatal System to develop region wide escalation and supporting our Maternity & Neonatal Voices Partnership in ensuring that women, birthing people and their families, voices are heard and changes implemented.
We are embedding the use of Birth Rate Plus reporting tool to ensure that any escalations are timely and used to support the development of the service to ensure it is safe for our service users.
We are collaboratively working with our Neonatal team and from January 2024 will be a Maternity & Neonatal Team working in partnership to ensure babies are born in the right place, with the right teams and support.
Main duties of the job
As a registered midwife, the post holder is responsible for the assessment, planning implementation and evaluation of care provided in Maternity services.
Working autonomously within guidelines and the sphere of professional practice they will be working towards completion or have completed a recognised preceptorship programme.
The role is to cover midwife staffing across all areas of the service including Community Midwifery, Antenatal/Postnatal wards, Labour Ward, Alongside Midwifery Led Unit and Antenatal Clinic/Day Unit/Triage placements.
The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is also really important to us, and our latest NHS Staff Survey reflects this. Its great to know our engaged staff are feeling even more positive and enthusiastic by recommending the Trust as a place to work. Colleagues can look forward to a warm welcome and a future full of opportunities at Hull Womens and Childrens Hospital.
About us
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please note that this advertised vacancy does not meet the UKVI eligibility requirements for a Skilled Worker Visa and therefore HUTH would not be able to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.
Be a part of it, you'll love it. WE PROMISE.
What can we offer you?
- Ability to book shifts in advance including priority over agency workers
- Enhanced rates for unsociable hours
- Free access to all in house training; face to face mandatory paid at hourly rate.
- Friendly on site Bank Team available 5 days a week
- Access to on site management team able to arrange last minute shifts out of hours
- Comprehensive Induction; opportunity for initial 3 month placement including Supernumerary shifts.
- Enrollment into excellent NHS Pension Scheme
- Cost of uniform covered by trust
- Be treated as an internal applicant if you want to apply for a permanent post within our trust.
- Payment in lieu of annual leave
- Support with NMC Revalidation
What can you offer us?
- A minimum of 12 months post registration experience
- To be motivated, enthusiastic & deliver a high standard of nursing care
- Excellent communication and organisational skills
- Ability to work flexibly within teams across wards and departments within our trust
- Ability to work a minimum of 1 shift per month
- Hold a professional NMC registration in Midwifery
Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please note that this advertised vacancy does not meet the UKVI eligibility requirements for a Skilled Worker Visa and therefore HUTH would not be able to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.
Be a part of it, you'll love it. WE PROMISE.
What can we offer you?
- Ability to book shifts in advance including priority over agency workers
- Enhanced rates for unsociable hours
- Free access to all in house training; face to face mandatory paid at hourly rate.
- Friendly on site Bank Team available 5 days a week
- Access to on site management team able to arrange last minute shifts out of hours
- Comprehensive Induction; opportunity for initial 3 month placement including Supernumerary shifts.
- Enrollment into excellent NHS Pension Scheme
- Cost of uniform covered by trust
- Be treated as an internal applicant if you want to apply for a permanent post within our trust.
- Payment in lieu of annual leave
- Support with NMC Revalidation
What can you offer us?
- A minimum of 12 months post registration experience
- To be motivated, enthusiastic & deliver a high standard of nursing care
- Excellent communication and organisational skills
- Ability to work flexibly within teams across wards and departments within our trust
- Ability to work a minimum of 1 shift per month
- Hold a professional NMC registration in Midwifery
Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.
Person Specification
Education and qualification
Essential
- Registered Midwife with current UK NMC Registration
- Degree level qualification or equivalent in Midwifery
- PROMPT or other relevant emergency skills qualification
- Evidence of preceptorship programme completion
Desirable
- Level 3 Safeguarding Training
Experience, Knowledge & Communication
Essential
- Practice Supervisor / Assessor qualification
- Proven ability to communicate well within a multidisciplinary team (both verbally and non-verbally)
- Ability to motivate self and others
- Teaching/assessment skills
- Proven ability to deal with any potentially difficult or sensitive issues
- Understanding of confidentiality in the workplace
- Proven ability to prioritise own workload
Desirable
- Computer Literate
- Safeguarding experience
- Experience in leading a birth in a home setting
Communication and Interpersonal Skills
Essential
- Shows desire and capability to develop in nursing care standards
- Show knowledge in health and safety issues
- Essence of care / nursing strategy and follows evidence-based practice
- Good communication - verbal/written
- Be able to work on own initiative
- Works well with in a team
- Demonstrates understanding of confidentiality
- Participate in standard setting and research projects
- Evidence showing clinical and professional development
- To be able to plan, assess, evaluate and implement patient care
- Ability to prioritise care associated with changing environment/patient demands
- Ability to prioritise care associated with changing environment/patient demands
Special Attributes and other
Essential
- Shows motivation in developing new skills
- High level of interpersonal skills
- Demonstrate empathy and diplomacy
- Flexible and reliable
Other Requirements
Essential
- Good timekeeper
- Ability to work from both hospital sites as required to meet the demands of the service
Person Specification
Education and qualification
Essential
- Registered Midwife with current UK NMC Registration
- Degree level qualification or equivalent in Midwifery
- PROMPT or other relevant emergency skills qualification
- Evidence of preceptorship programme completion
Desirable
- Level 3 Safeguarding Training
Experience, Knowledge & Communication
Essential
- Practice Supervisor / Assessor qualification
- Proven ability to communicate well within a multidisciplinary team (both verbally and non-verbally)
- Ability to motivate self and others
- Teaching/assessment skills
- Proven ability to deal with any potentially difficult or sensitive issues
- Understanding of confidentiality in the workplace
- Proven ability to prioritise own workload
Desirable
- Computer Literate
- Safeguarding experience
- Experience in leading a birth in a home setting
Communication and Interpersonal Skills
Essential
- Shows desire and capability to develop in nursing care standards
- Show knowledge in health and safety issues
- Essence of care / nursing strategy and follows evidence-based practice
- Good communication - verbal/written
- Be able to work on own initiative
- Works well with in a team
- Demonstrates understanding of confidentiality
- Participate in standard setting and research projects
- Evidence showing clinical and professional development
- To be able to plan, assess, evaluate and implement patient care
- Ability to prioritise care associated with changing environment/patient demands
- Ability to prioritise care associated with changing environment/patient demands
Special Attributes and other
Essential
- Shows motivation in developing new skills
- High level of interpersonal skills
- Demonstrate empathy and diplomacy
- Flexible and reliable
Other Requirements
Essential
- Good timekeeper
- Ability to work from both hospital sites as required to meet the demands of the service
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).
