Bank Midwife, Band 6 - Chertsey, United Kingdom - Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Description

Job summary

We are seeking to increase our team of motivated bank midwives at ASPH. Being a member of the staff bank allows you to be part of our valued team, but also gives you flexibility around your other commitments with attractive rates of payment.

Within ASPH we have a range of services. We provide a homebirth service, have an alongside birthing centre, a level 3 Neonatal Unit and high risk maternal and fetal medicine service. Working as a bank ASPH midwife will give you the opportunity to be skilled in all areas of midwifery. An MDT approach is always used within these services, and we work extremely closely with our NICU team to provide the best outcome for babies that require their care.

We pride ourselves on our working culture and the senior leadership team strive to improve the wellbeing and satisfaction of our colleagues.

ASPH have recently opened a wellbeing hub and staff will have the opportunity to access the onsite gym and other resources.

If your application meets our essential criteria, we will conduct a 'Teams' interview with you at a convenient time.

To find out more about our Maternity department, please take a look at our microsite, ASPH Maternity Department (

Please contact our workforce lead midwife Claire Durkan if you would like any further information C

Main duties of the job

Successful candidates can look forward to working within a team of dedicated multi-disciplinary team including specialist midwives, clinical support workers, obstetricians, ward clerks, nursing associates and nurses. Successful candidates will receive a full orientation programme supported by the clinical education team. Competence in skills such as high and low risk care, suturing, epidural management, water birth and IV drugs administration is required.

If you are passionate about midwifery, keen for a challenge and work well in a team whilst showing initiative and expertise, we would be pleased to hear from you.

About us

Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.

Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.

We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at Ashford & St Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with our strong commitment to staff health and wellbeing. We are committed to providing continuous professional development, staff benefits and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.

Please see the supporting links which you can find on the right-hand side of this job advert. There is guidance on how to make an application on NHS Jobs as well as more information about joining the ASPH Team

Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so applicants are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

Job responsibilities

Work within NMC codes of practice and professional guidelines.

Work autonomously within Trust guidelines and sphere of professional practice with reference to departmental manager as appropriate

Adhere to the Trust values at all times

Advocate and support the rights of individual women to make informed choices about their care

Participates in high quality care for women and their families, also providing mentorship and professional support to enable students and maternity support workers to do the same.

Promote equality, diversity and rights.

Undertake & evidence the appropriate mandatory training to support the trusts gold standard for learning & development.

Provide safe & effective clinical care in all settings

Please refer to attached JD for full job description

Qualifications

Essential

Experience

Essential

Knowledge

Essential

Skills

Essential

Other requirements

Essential