Job summary
- Main area
- Maternity
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week (3 x 7.5 hour days)
- Job ref
- 390-WAC-SO-7286
- Employer
- Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Southend
- Town
- Westcliff on Sea
- Salary
- £38,682 per annum (pro rata for part time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
NIPE Lead Midwife
Band 6
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.
Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.
We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.
Job overview
We are pleased to announce an exciting new opportunity to join our dedicated midwifery team at Southend Hospital. We are currently looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Band 6 midwife to lead on our NIPE service. This will involve setting up and delivering yearly updates to all of our NIPE trained midwives.
The role will involve both clinical shifts and teaching sessions. Are you an experienced NIPE practitioner? Do you enjoy teaching and motivating colleagues? This could be the role for you, if so we look forward to hearing from you.
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest Trusts in the country. As a fully established, merged trust we are extremely proud of the maternity services across MSE. Our sites include Southend, Basildon and Broomfield Hospital and two Freestanding Midwifery Units.
Providing high quality patient care, a positive experience for both Women and their families and being an excellent, compassionate and respectful workforce is at the centre of our service.
Our maternity units are both modern and well equipped which helps contribute to development and progression of our midwives.
Main duties of the job
You will be working alongside our team of staff responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating holistic, high quality and individualised care which respects patients’ personal dignity and beliefs
You will take the lead initiative in devising, implementing and delivering yearly update and refresher training for all of our NIPE trained midwives.
This role includes undertaking NIPE within the appropriate clinical setting on both our post natal and delivery area's. Empower service users, provide and promote health education and advise on the prevention of ill health.
Act as the families advocate when appropriate and ensure that maternity staff can offer guidance on treatment options in order to enable the patient to make an informed choice, including highly sensitive and delicate issues
Working for our organisation
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details, please refer to the attached job description and personal specification.
We look forward to receiving your application.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Midwife
- NIPE Qualified
- 2 years experience in undertaking NIPE
Desirable criteria
- 2 years experience at Band 6 level
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates knowledge of evidence based practice
- Evidence of personal and professional development
Desirable criteria
- Teaching experience with junior staff regarding NIPE
- Practice Development experience
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Katharine Platt
- Job title
- Maternity Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 443 8713
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