Senior Community Midwife

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It is a very exciting time for our Maternity Services at the Luton and Dunstable NHS Foundation Trust providing maternity care to women and families from the local population and surrounding areas. Join our midwifery team as we rise to meet the challenges of today's changing maternity climate.

We are committed to providing service user centred midwifery led care, initiated by all service users booked face to face and a continual drive towards a positive experience throughout pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period. . This is balanced with obstetric care provision including service users who require the support of our Level 3 neonatal services.

Our Maternity service offers Midwives a wealth of experience and balance to be able to provide care for both low and high risk service users and support for their partners and families. You will form part of the midwifery team providing health promotion and information to service users and families to ensure optimum outcomes of care. We have invested in midwifery posts and Consultants to support the care we offer to women and families.

Our recent projects include development of a community midwifery hub model.

Our Maternity service has over 5,000 births a year, offering care to a diverse and growing community through community and hospital based services. With a level 3 Neonatal Unit on site, we offer care to not only our local population of Luton and South Bedfordshire, but to service users in Hertfordshire and beyond.

You will provide management to a community midwifery team as well as clinical expertise.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Midwife
• Evidence of level 3 education
• Professional expertise acquired through CPD
• Mentorship Module/ MSPP or equivalent
• Neonatal Advanced Life Support (NALS) /Advanced Life Support
• Obstetrics (ALSO)/ Multi professional training (PROMPT)

Desirable criteria

• Degree.
• Safeguarding Courses.
• Management Course
• Car driver

Experience

Essential criteria

• Midwifery experience with recent experience in intrapartum care

Desirable criteria

• Previous management experience
• Previous teaching experience to large and small groups
• Ability to communicate with all grades/staff/families

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Understanding of the need of confidentiality awareness at all times
• In depth knowledge of midwifery
• Current issues in health service/profession
• Knowledge of child protection issues and policies and ensure their application
• Demonstrate and application of public health agenda To have an understanding of resource of management and budget control

Desirable criteria

• Experience of protocol and guideline development
• Evidence of published articles
• Evidence of research involvement

It is an exciting time to join the newly formed Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We run two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Our 7,500 staff provide high quality care for a growing population of around 700,000 across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas.

You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. Travel between hospital sites may be required. We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Job Description (PDF, 232.6KB)
• Person Specification (PDF, 32.5KB)
• Functional Aspects (PDF, 144.4KB)
• L&D Hospital site map (PDF, 96.8KB)
• Disclosure & Barring Information and Recruitment of Ex-Offenders (PDF, 78.5KB)
• Staff Diversity Network (PDF, 140.3KB)
• Information for Disabled Applicants (PDF, 98.7KB)
• Staff Benefits (PNG, 1.6MB)