Daycare/Antenatal Clinic Midwife
Job overview
An opportunity have arisen for a dedicated and committed midwife to join the maternity team working in antenatal clinic and maternity day care.
We are looking for midwives who already have a PIN number and are passionate about delivering high quality, safe care to women.We have permanent contracts for enthusiastic midwives to provide care to women in the outpatient setting.
You will need to be versatile and have excellent communication skills. Team working is an essential part of the role.
This role doe not involve night duty but there is an expectation that the role will involve shift work, unsociable hours and weekend working as part of a rota.
Main duties of the job
The midwife will participate in high quality care for women and their families, also providing mentorship and professional support to enable students and maternity support workers to do the same. As an antenatal and daycare midwife you will have the opportunity to gain experience and maintain your skills within antenatal care .
The midwife works autonomously within Trust guidelines and sphere of professional practice with reference to departmental manager as appropriate.The midwife will work within their sphere of practice in accordance with NMC codes of practice and professional guidelines.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. We serve around three million people and we’re highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. The Trust has around 1,450 inpatient beds across two sites in Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford.Our 11,000 strong workforce provide emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care from Royal Stoke University Hospital and County Hospital in Stafford.
We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales. We have put together a wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their potential. Our goal is to be a world-class centre of achievement, where patients receive the highest standards of care and the best people come to learn, work and research.
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff is really important to us. We offer a range of options for our staff to help maintain a good work-life balance including full time, part time hours and bank hours. We are also committed to offering flexible working wherever we can and where relevant to the role and the service, agile working.You can select your preferences upon application.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager.
Person specification
NMC
Essential criteria- Registered Midwife
- Current NMC Registration
- NIPE Qualification
- Mentorship qualification
Skills
Essential criteria- Computer literate
- Rotational Midwifery experience
- Recent Antenatal experience
- Up to date with CTG assessment
- Willing to understake further study
- Evidence of CPD
- CTG masterclass
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- We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
- Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies
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