Community Midwife for Complex Social Needs - Oldham, United Kingdom - Northern Care Alliance NHS Group

Northern Care Alliance NHS Group

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Oldham, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

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 one of our community midwives working within our ROMES team who provide care for women and birthing people with complex social needs.

This role will involve providing antenatal and postnatal care for a small caseload of women and birthing people who require bespoke supportive midwifery care.

Your caseload may include supporting women with a learning disability, mental health or domestic violence issues, substance and alcohol use, homelessness, young women and asylum seekers.

Main duties of the job:

The provision of midwifery antenatal and postnatal care for a caseload of vulnerable women.

Promote public health agenda and develop and share expertise in caring for women with complex social needs.

Contribute to supporting women, birthing people and families through relevant safeguarding forums.

Provide care during the antenatal intrapartum and postnatal care within the Community setting.

Providing the highest standard of care for women and their families by efficient use of available resources

Promote women's and families equality, diversity and rights.

Assess women and babies health and wellbeing needs when those needs are complex.

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:
Full details are within the uploaded Job Description

Person specification:

Registration:

Essential criteria:

Registered Midwife

Essential Qualifications:

Essential criteria:

Degree / Diploma in Midwifery

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

Essential criteria:

Evidence of acquisition of relevant skills associated with the role
Good communication skills (written and verbal)
IT skills; Computer literate
Demonstrate a knowledge of the specialty
Willingness to undertake relevant further study as required for the post
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.

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