Telephone Triage Midwife - Oldham, United Kingdom - Northern Care Alliance NHS Group

Northern Care Alliance NHS Group
Northern Care Alliance NHS Group
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Oldham, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) brings together staff and services from the former Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust and The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

The sheer size, scale and potential of our combined service is huge.

Together, we've a wealth of skills and resources to share and tap into and, a wide range of career paths for you to develop and explore.

If you want to join a team of around 20,000 NHS experts in delivering high-quality, local care across Salford, Oldham, Bury and Rochdale and beyond
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come and take your place with us.

Job overview:


The NCA are delighted to offer posts for midwives to join the NCA as a dedicated telephone triage midwife working as part of our friendly, supportive, maternity triage team.


Whilst this role will involve core duties there will be opportunities to rotate to other clinical areas to maintain clinical skills and confidence.


Main duties of the job:


Answer the telephone within maternity triage and using the BSOTS algorithm and your expert clinical midwifery knowledge provide women, birthing people and their families with advice, undertake risk assessments and refer appropriately.

Support the maternity triage team by completing some clinical administrative duties with opportunities to participate in audit.


Working for our organisation:

Oldham Care Organisation is part of the Northern Care Alliance, one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. The place where the world's first IVF baby was delivered, Oldham is a town of pioneering firsts.

Today, Oldham is responsible for delivering a range of acute and community health services across the local area and at The Royal Oldham Hospital.

As a designated major trauma unit for Greater Manchester and one of only three vascular centres in Greater Manchester, Oldham is a specialist hospital for acute surgery and provides state-of-the-art onsite pathology services to the North West.


Detailed job description and main responsibilities:


Person specification:


Qualifications / Experience:


Essential criteria:


  • Registered Midwife
  • Good Communication Skills
  • Evidence of ongoing personal and profession developement

Desirable criteria:


  • Degree or Diploma in Midwifery

Skills:


Essential criteria:


  • Demonstrates sound understanding of triage care
  • We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

Employer certification / accreditation badges:


Applicant requirements:


  • You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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