Job summary
We are seeking a Band 6 Midwife, who is committed to providing quality care to pregnant women and their families, to join our dedicated healthcare team as part of our Antenatal Clinic and Maternity Day Assessment Team. As an outpatient service midwife you will play a crucial role in providing comprehensive care to expectant mothers during the antenatal period. The role incorporates varied multi-disciplinary work including working with doctors in the consultant clinics and ensuring women's antenatal care is well-co-ordinated between community midwifery teams, GPs, obstetrics, inpatient maternity department and other services.

You will work as part of our friendly team, providing care to women in the West Suffolk area and beyond. You will have previous experience delivering antenatal care and be a dynamic midwife keen to be part of this busy department and partake in service improvement and implement changes, helping to ensure that we provide an effective and efficient service. You will be provided with an induction programme and full training to fulfil the role requirements.

Main duties of the job
For full details of the job Role and Person Specification, please see attached Job Description. The closing date for this vacancy may change if we receive a strong response. Please ensure that you apply for any post you are interested in as soon as possible.

About us
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community

We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.

The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.

Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.

We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.

With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.

We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.

Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?

Details
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year Per Annum, Pro Rata
Band: Band 6
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number: 179-8357941-W

Person Specification
Essential education and qualifications

• NMC Registered practising Midwife
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Counselling skills
• High level IT skills

Desirable education and qualifications

• Degree in Midwifery
• Counselling course

Essential experience and knowledge

• Relevant midwifery clinical experience
• Awareness and understanding of current national maternity programmes
• Demonstratable desire to improve standards
• Understand change management processes.
• Worked in a variety of settings, utilising all midwifery skills.
• Evidence of multi-professional working
• Experience of supervising trained and untrained staff

Desirable experience and knowledge

• Experience in management of own caseload
• Experience in working in both hospital / community setting
• Experience of Audit

Essential skills and abilities

• Skilled in non-directive counselling and using terminology that supports all individuals
• Ability to take managerial and professional responsibility for team and staff
• Demonstrate good leadership and organisation skills
• Ability to prioritise clinical care to meet the unpredictable nature of the role
• Confident at presenting information to a wide audience
• Personal and professional resilience to meet the emotionally challenging aspects of the role
• Able to resolve queries which arise between external agencies and the Trust

Desirable skills and abilities

• Motivated to develop clinical and specialist role
• Experience of midwifery research and audit

Essential personal qualities

• Flexible approach to working hours and duties.
• Act as a role model to other midwives and members of the MDT.
• Ability to work effectively both alone and as part of a team

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Hardwick Lane, Bury St. Edmunds, IP33 2QZ, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.wsh.nhs.uk

Contact
Antenatal Clinic Lead Midwife: Cathy Adkins, catherine.adkins@wsh.nhs.uk, 01284713254