Midwife Band 6 Rotational Post

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

We are looking to recruit innovative midwives who are passionate about providing quality care to birthing families and are dedicated to providing evidence-based care. Here in Oxfordshire, we offer women and healthcare professionals a unique setup of our Maternity Services where around 7500 babies are born annually. We have 4 stand-alone Midwifery Led Birth units within the county based at Banbury, Chipping Norton, Wantage, and Wallingford, as well as offering home births to all areas. There is also an integrated birth unit where around 10% of birthing people choose to go in labour. As a large Tertiary hospital, the John Radcliffe offers a large Delivery Suite with an en-suite birthing pool room, 3 Maternity theatres, and a specific Maternity Recovery Ward.

This advert is for band 6 midwives wishing to join both our hospital and community teams.

Main duties of the job

Working as a midwifery practitioner to:

1. Provide continuity of care, advice, and support throughout pregnancy, labour, and the postnatal period.
2. Be responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation, and evaluation of programmes of care within the practice area and to provide and maintain high standards of midwifery care.
3. Teach, motivate, and encourage high standards of practice whilst furthering personal knowledge and experience.
4. Accept responsibility for own personal and professional development.
5. Contribute to the management of the practice area by accepting delegated responsibility from senior colleagues.
6. Contribute to the learning environment of the practice area to enable students and new members of the practice area team to be supported.
7. Ensure all statutory and non-statutory rules and regulations are complied with. Assist in promoting Clinical Risk Management within the practice area.

About us

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training, and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital, and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards, and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues, and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement, and excellence.

Job responsibilities

1. Fulfil the role of midwife, as defined by the World Health Organisation and the NMC Midwives Rules and Code of Practice.
2. Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate midwifery care, to a defined group of women taking into account the standards and philosophies of the county-wide Maternity Services.
3. Accurately document all care given.
4. Provide clinical supervision and support to less experienced midwives and maternity care assistants.
5. Have ability and skills to organise own workload.
6. Maintain awareness of current advances and changes in practice.
7. Develop clinical expertise through experience and by attending appropriate courses, study days, and discussion groups.
8. Provide evidence of achieving the consolidation of clinical skills and the development of additional practice skills and knowledge.
9. Participate in and contribute to programmes of care to develop parenting skills and knowledge.
10. Evaluate practice by utilising evidence-based practice and participating in research.
11. With support of a senior colleague act as advocate for women and their families to ensure appropriate care.
12. Participate, where appropriate, in the on-call rota for the service.
13. Develop ability to take charge on a shift by shift basis.
14. Be able to cannulate and suture.

Person Specification

Qualifications, Knowledge, and Competencies

• Registered Midwife with current UK Registration and a minimum of 6 months employed experience as a midwife.
• Student midwife due to register within 6 months.
• Evidence of: A positive enthusiastic character.
• Being self-aware and able to accept constructive criticism.
• Ability to prioritise own workload.
• Able to work as part of a team.
• Demonstrates good verbal & written communication skills.
• Belief in and commitment to women-centred philosophy.
• Demonstrate developing strategies and ability to cope under pressure.

Physical attributes

• Good health record.
• Smart professional appearance in accord with professional dress code.

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.

Job details

Address: John Radcliffe Hospital and Community Teams

Lead Midwife for Recruitment and Retention

Salary: £37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum pro rata

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: To be discussed

Reference number: 321-SW-7078392-B6-PUB

Job locations: John Radcliffe Hospital and Community Teams