Pre-registration Midwifery programme (shortened)

Job summary

We are recruiting for a Student Midwife who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

The pre-registration Midwifery programme (shortened) is a Full-time programme offered at BSc (Hons) or master's level at the University of Hertfordshire. It is an innovative, flexible, work-based course for qualified adult nurses who want to become Midwives.

It will develop your skills and knowledge so that you can become a responsive, confident midwife able to care for women and their babies. Focusing on holistic care, you will gain a sound knowledge of what is normal and healthy in childbearing women, enabling you to recognise and manage problems they might face.

The programme consists of 86 weeks in total, with eight study block weeks, and reading and professional development time included. During your clinical placements, you will be supported through online resources, discussions, group working and reflection sessions. We use a blended approach to theory which includes online and face to face skills sessions.

We have used a variety of learning and teaching strategies to ensure that we maintain a high standard of teaching. Each clinical week comprises of 40 hours and is a combination of 30 clinical hours 10 hours of self-directed theory.

Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!

Main duties of the job

To care for a group of patients during a shift and achieve and maintain a high standard of Midwifery care.

To assess plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care for individuals ensuring a high standard of Midwifery practice at all times

To participate in undertaking a clinical management round of a designated group of patients in order to assess and priorities care.

To communicate effectively with patients and their families, ensuring that their needs for information are met.

To ensure patients are involved in decisions about their care and treatment and that they have sufficient information to do this

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen

Employer details

Employer name

East and North Herts NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital - Maternity Unit

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB

Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

East and North Herts NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital - Maternity Unit

Coreys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB

Employer's website

https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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