Midwife - Band 6 - Guildford, United Kingdom - Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

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Guildford, United Kingdom

3 days ago

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To work as part of the Multi-professional team providing a high standard of antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal midwifery care to women and their families within the integrated maternity service.

To work as part of a continuity of carer team or rotate within all clinical areas within maternity services to support professional development and maintain safe standards of midwifery care in line with service provision.

The post-holder is responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care.

This midwife is expected to carry out all relevant forms of care and is designated to take charge regularly of a ward area or an equivalent sphere within midwifery in the absence of the person who has continuing responsibility.

The post-holder will be required to work in both the community and the hospital across a 7 day service including night duties.

The post-holder is expected to supervise junior staff and to be able to teach qualified and unqualified staff, including basic and/or post-basic students.

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust.

Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career.

Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care.

Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.

We have received an overall Good rating from the CQC with Medical care (including older peoples care), End of Life Care and Maternity services being deemed Outstanding by the CQC.

Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on.

We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years.

There has never been a better time to join us.

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting enthusiastic band 6 Midwives to join our CQC Outstanding midwifery team.

The maternity service provides a high standard of care to the women and pregnant people of Surrey and the surrounding area, supporting the births of 3000 babies a year.

We believe in investing our time in families and building relationships that support confident, informed and calm childbearing experiences.

Our multi -professional teams are dedicated to providing personalised maternity care and parent education that adapts to the needs of the parents.

We are a UNICEF Baby Friendly Gold accredited maternity unit and 65% of our women and birthing people receive care in a continuity of carer model.

The 2023 CQC National Maternity Survey has also recognised Royal Surrey as joint first for patient experience in England.

This position is open to midwives who are interested in working within a Continuity of Carer model and are able to meet the challenge of delivering high standards of care, ensuring that each woman's journey to motherhood is an individualised experience.

We can offer an exciting and varied working environment both in the Hospital and Community Hub settings and can also provide opportunities to work in core areas of the service including the antenatal ward, antenatal clinic and the postnatal ward which we would be delighted to discuss with you.

We are an excellent choice for ambitious and innovative midwives with extensive opportunities for career development. If you are able to meet the challenge of delivering exceptional standards of care we would love you to join our team

You must hold UK NMC midwifery registration and have the right to work within the UK.

You will be expected to be able to show evidence of current practice/updating.

For further information or to arrange an informal visit, please contact:
Kate Conway, Matron for Antenatal & Gynaecology Services