Job summary
- Main area
- Community Midwifery
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 151-CAP243
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Bracknell Team
- Town
- Bracknell Team - Frimley Health Foundation trust
- Salary
- £33,922 - £40,872 pro rata pa incl HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/08/2022 23:59
Employer heading
Community Midwife
Band 6
Job overview
We are excited to announce an opportunity to join the community midwives. We are in the process of developing 5 hubs with 2 established, spanning from Bracknell to Farnham and book approximately 6000 women per year. We are looking for enthusiastic midwives to help develop our service within the Bracknell area in line with the National Maternity Review 'Better Births'. As a trust we are working towards continuity of carer and are looking for someone who is keen to develop this service while working with our current community team to enable a smooth transition.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will join a Community Midwifery Team working closely with colleagues in a supportive, caring and learning environment. He or she will support students and liaise closely with other members of the wider team providing excellent evidence-based care to women from a diverse multicultural background. He or she will provide antenatal and postnatal care for women in the Community Hub, hospital or home settings, facilitating informed choice and being involved in the development of a personalised pathway. We promote homebirths and have an on call service to support the continuity home birth team. Experience of working in the Community with experience of homebirth is advantageous. Ability to drive essential.
Working for our organisation
In 2014 Frimley Park Hospital was the first to be awarded ‘Outstanding’ status by the Care Quality Commission ratings 'When the (CQC) inspected Frimley Park Hospital, we found the vast majority of care to be outstanding. Even where we rated services as good, these were found to be towards the upper end of that scale.” Prof Sir Mike Richards, Chief Inspector of Hospitals for England Soon after, the trust running Frimley Park Hospital took over Wexham Park and Heatherwood hospitals. As Frimley Health, we are now delivering the same outstanding culture of excellence across the enlarged trust
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Managing your own caseload / clinics within a hub setting while working as close team. Fulfilling the needs of your woman's antenatal and postnatal requirements with a small on call commitment (2-3 per month). Experience of working in the Community with experience of homebirth is advantageous. Ability to drive essential. This role is for the Bracknell team.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Midwife
Desirable criteria
- Registered Nurse Qualified mentor
Skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates clinical skills commensurate with a midwife who has migrated from band 5 to 6
- Demonstrates excellent written and presentation skills
Experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience in Community
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Tanya Santacaterina
- Job title
- Midwifery Matron - Community Frimley Park Hospital
- Email address
- t.santacaterina@nhs.net
- Telephone number
- 0300 613 3821
- Additional information
If you wish to contact me via email or telephone to discuss this opportunity please do not hesitate
t.santacaterina@nhs.net
0300 613 3821
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