Band 5/6 Midwife - Epsom, United Kingdom - Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

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Epsom, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Band 5:

Main area

Midwifery

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Grade

Band 5

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Contract

Permanent: Working flexibly over nights, days and weekends

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Hours

Full time
Part time

34.5 hours per week (34.5 hours per week)
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Job ref
SS-Y
Site

Epsom General Hospital

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Town

Epsom

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Salary
- £32,720 - £48,054 pro rata per annum incl HCAS
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Salary period

Yearly

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Closing

15/08/2023 23:59 As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19._

At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect.

We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork.

This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values

Job overview:

It is an exciting time to join Epsom & St Helier NHS Trust maternity team. We provide care to around 4300 women per year across two sites at Epsom and St Helier.

We pride ourselves in the promotion of women centred care and have well established co-located birth centres in addition to the obstetric led labour wards, fetal medicine and specialist midwifery teams.

We have an established home birth team and pathways in place to look after women with complex care needs.

Women and their families using our maternity service consistently report very positive childbirth experiences, we have an active Maternity Voices Partnership and we have a number of improvement projects underway which will further develop our service and workforce.

We have been awarded the CNST Incentive funding for safety, we are Baby Friendly Gold reaccredited, we have used Badgernet digital records since 2018, and we are are extremely proud of our 'Call the Midwife' advice line.

Main duties of the job:

**Better Births Midwife

Band 5

/6**

We have been awarded the CNST Incentive funding for safety, we are Baby Friendly Gold accredited, we have moved to Badgernet digital records, and our unique Maternity Advice Line has been shortlisted for an HSJ award.

Working for our organisation:

We offer an extensive range of services, including cancer, pathology, surgery, and gynaecology to 500,000 people in south west London and north east Surrey.

We operate two busy general hospitals, Epsom Hospital and St Helier Hospital, and run services from other locations, including Sutton Hospital.

St Helier Hospital is home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children, while Epsom Hospital is home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

Both Epsom and St Helier hospitals have Accident and Emergency departments (A&E) and Maternity services (Obstetrics).

We also play an active role in the local healthcare economy, and are the lead provider in two innovative health and care partnerships.

In Surrey Downs (that's the Epsom, East Elmbridge and Dorking areas), we have partnered with CSH Surrey, the three GP federations in the Surrey Downs area, and Surrey County Council (who are an associate member), to provide adult community health services.

This innovative partnership is called Surrey Downs Health and Care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:
Please see attached Job description for further information about this post and working for our organisation.

Person specification:

Qualifications:

Essential criteria:

Registered Midwife
Mentor qualification or willingness to undertake mentorship course at earliest opportunity

Desirable criteria:

NLS
Experience working with maternity IT systems

Experience:

Essential criteria:

Evidence of professional development & acquisition of clinical competencies

Desirable criteria:

Experience in a broad range of clinical areas

Skills/ Knowledge:

Essential criteria:

Excellent clinical midwifery skills and knowledge
Excellent communication & interpersonal skills
Excellent IT skills

Desirable criteria:

Experience of working in teams offering continuity of care

Our mission:
'to put the patient first by delivering great care to every patient, every day

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There's never been a better time to join the Epsom and St Helier team.

Our hospitals are facing a bright and busy future, and our staff have a proven track record in providing high quality, compassionate care for our patients.

Boasting incredible staff benefits and dedicated training schemes, working for us will not only take your career forward, but could help to transform the lives of our patients and vi