Job summary
3rd year student midwives encouraged to apply- NQM positions available for preceptorship.
To provide direct inpatient midwifery care within a safe environment, working as part of a multi-disciplinary team by assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating midwifery care to ensure the safety of women, birthing people and their babies.
We are committed to the continual professional development of midwives within our Trust and run an innovative and well -structured training programme that supports and enhances midwifery skills to project the most recent evidence -based care. We also currently offer a variety of external courses to assist with ongoing continual professional development that pique the interest of midwives including: Aromatherapy, Biomechanics of birth, Maternity critical care, Professional Midwifery Advocates (PMA), Physiological breech birth, Hypnotherapy and many more. We support the wellbeing of staff through the establishment and dedication of a Professional Midwifery Advocacy Service and the additional benefits listed below.
Main duties of the job
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced band 6 midwife to join Stockport NHS Foundation Trust's maternity services. The successful postholder will have the opportunity to develop their skills in a variety of maternity areas including high risk and low risk intrapartum care, maternity triage and antenatal and postnatal inpatient services. At Stockport NHS Foundation Trust we pride ourselves on providing excellent quality care within a supportive, friendly and dynamic team. We currently provide intrapartum inpatient services within two environments: Our birth centre has three pool rooms and a further additional birthing room, all designed to provide a relaxing environment for birth. Our recently redecorated delivery suite promotes a safe yet serene environment and consists of one pool room and a further eight delivery rooms, with a specialist bereavement suite also available. We also have a twenty-eight bed mixed antenatal and postnatal ward that promotes a restful recovery post birth. The maternity triage department is co-located with our antenatal day unit and successfully promotes the use of the Birmingham Symptom Specific Obstetric Triage System to promote safe standards of care. Wherever you work within our unit, we are a friendly, patient-focused team and cement the establishment of our Trust Values in all aspects of care: We Care, We Respect, We Listen.
About us
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers. Our mission is to make a difference every day.
Our values are that we care, we respect, and we listen. We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you. We recognise that flexible working is important.
We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service. The salary for the role is only one part of the excellent package of benefits we offer to you:
- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- NHS pension scheme membership
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
- NHS Staff discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice
Job description
Job responsibilities
Detailed Job description and Main Responsibilities
The successful candidate should be able to:
- Be responsible in prioritising, assessing, planning implementing and evaluating in all relevant aspects of midwifery care to an agreed and expected high standard
- Ensure there is effective and sensitive communication between the women, babies and their families and with all the MDT
- Supports the Ward Manager/Team Leader in monitoring the action of others to whom responsibility for patient has been delegated
- Participate in meetings in which broad professional and service issues are discussed
- Act as a resource for colleagues so that expert knowledge is always available
- Ensure that patient documentation is appropriate, accountable and defensible in accordance with Trust and NMC policies, disseminating all relevant changes in the patients condition to the MDT
- Be competent in clinical skills to enable delivery of high quality midwifery care within the service
- Assist in the organisation and management of multi-professional care for women and families
- Undertake, perform and assess enhanced skills within the clinical area, to improve the patient experience
- Be competent in the correct use of all equipment used in the clinical setting in accordance with instructions, department procedures and NHSLA guidelines, reporting any faults as necessary
- Ensure that Child Protection, Vulnerable Adult and Mental Health legislation is adhered to
- Promote and collaborate in developing good working relationships with internal and external departments to ensure the patient journey is effective and efficient management.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54.50. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary
In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Detailed Job description and Main Responsibilities
The successful candidate should be able to:
- Be responsible in prioritising, assessing, planning implementing and evaluating in all relevant aspects of midwifery care to an agreed and expected high standard
- Ensure there is effective and sensitive communication between the women, babies and their families and with all the MDT
- Supports the Ward Manager/Team Leader in monitoring the action of others to whom responsibility for patient has been delegated
- Participate in meetings in which broad professional and service issues are discussed
- Act as a resource for colleagues so that expert knowledge is always available
- Ensure that patient documentation is appropriate, accountable and defensible in accordance with Trust and NMC policies, disseminating all relevant changes in the patients condition to the MDT
- Be competent in clinical skills to enable delivery of high quality midwifery care within the service
- Assist in the organisation and management of multi-professional care for women and families
- Undertake, perform and assess enhanced skills within the clinical area, to improve the patient experience
- Be competent in the correct use of all equipment used in the clinical setting in accordance with instructions, department procedures and NHSLA guidelines, reporting any faults as necessary
- Ensure that Child Protection, Vulnerable Adult and Mental Health legislation is adhered to
- Promote and collaborate in developing good working relationships with internal and external departments to ensure the patient journey is effective and efficient management.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54.50. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary
In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16.
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the public health agenda
- Knowledge of multiple-agencies working together towards child protection
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of multi disciplinary/multi agency working
Desirable
- Experience of clinical audit.
- Experience of research activities
- Evidence of leadership skills
Skills
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Record keeping and Documentation
- Ability to make calm rational decisions in the face of adversity
- Treats colleagues with dignity and respect. (E)
- Capacity to work within a multidisciplinary team
- Exemplary personal standards of conduct and behaviour
- Inspires others and leads by example
- Clinically competent
- Proven ability to problem Solve
- Effective organisational skills
- Good analytical and clinical decision making skills
- Awareness of Clinical Governance process
- Sufficient IT skills
- Motivated to personal and professional development of self and other junior colleagues.(
- Treats colleagues and the general public with dignity and respect
- Capacity to work with colleagues at all levels.
- Exemplary personal standards of conduct and behaviour.(E)
- Enthusiasm and inspirational skills
Desirable
- Able to work flexibly rotating on to day and night duty
- Evidence of teaching and assessing skills/ability.(
- Evidence of self management of workload
Work Related Circumstances
Essential
- Occupational Health Clearance
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the public health agenda
- Knowledge of multiple-agencies working together towards child protection
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of multi disciplinary/multi agency working
Desirable
- Experience of clinical audit.
- Experience of research activities
- Evidence of leadership skills
Skills
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Record keeping and Documentation
- Ability to make calm rational decisions in the face of adversity
- Treats colleagues with dignity and respect. (E)
- Capacity to work within a multidisciplinary team
- Exemplary personal standards of conduct and behaviour
- Inspires others and leads by example
- Clinically competent
- Proven ability to problem Solve
- Effective organisational skills
- Good analytical and clinical decision making skills
- Awareness of Clinical Governance process
- Sufficient IT skills
- Motivated to personal and professional development of self and other junior colleagues.(
- Treats colleagues and the general public with dignity and respect
- Capacity to work with colleagues at all levels.
- Exemplary personal standards of conduct and behaviour.(E)
- Enthusiasm and inspirational skills
Desirable
- Able to work flexibly rotating on to day and night duty
- Evidence of teaching and assessing skills/ability.(
- Evidence of self management of workload
Work Related Circumstances
Essential
- Occupational Health Clearance
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
