Job summary
There is an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Midwife to join the Lotus Midwifery Team at St Mary's at Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester Foundation Trust. This award winning team was set up in November 2021 to provide bespoke Specialist Care to pregnant women and their families during pregnancy loss, and in a subsequent pregnancy, within the Managed Clinical Service.
The post holder will be expected to participate in assessment, planning and delivery of direct midwifery and bereavement care over a 7 day period. Care is provided in all settings, including delivery suite, birth centre, clinics and community. The team has a focus on delivering outstanding bespoke care across the board they will also ensure, in collaboration with the manager, the delivery of the highest-quality care. The post includes working days, weekends, bank holidays and potentially nights.
Main duties of the job
The Lotus Team is a Specialist Team providing bespoke care to families following pregnancy loss, care is provided throughout the pregnancy continuum from booking until postnatal discharge. Care is also provided to bereaved families (including terminations of pregnancy), again antenatally, at delivery and in the postnatal period.
This position is ideal for an experienced and confident band 6 midwife, with a passion for individualised compassionate care wishing to support families through their pregnancies. Much of the care provided is for high-risk pregnancies, therefore you will be expected to work in all areas, including delivery suite and community. Experience in high-risk care within these areas may be useful, but not essential. Due to workload and clinic schedules there are times when you may be lone working, the team manages its own diary, providing a degree of flexibility to meet service users' needs, therefore you need to have the ability to prioritise and organise your schedule while working alongside and feeding back to other members of the team.
Some knowledge and experience of bereavement care would be useful, but full training and support will be provided. Support will be given to all new team members, designed around your development needs, to ensure confident midwifery practice.
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Education, Qualification and Training
Essential
- Registered Midwife with current NMC registration
- Degree level education or equivalent demonstrable experience.
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Desirable
- Completed or undertaking counselling course
- Interested in working towards MSc level, participating in research.
Skills
Essential
- Experienced band 6 midwife, confident and competent in caring for high risk pregnancies
- Able to use initiative / problem solve
- Demonstrates ability to work alone
- Evidence of multidisciplinary/multi agency working
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to make calm rational decisions in the face of adversity
- Able to work flexibly to help provide a 7-day service
- Exemplary personal standards of conduct and behaviour
- Competent in IT skills
- Ability organise workload and prioritise appropriately
Desirable
- Able to use Word/ Excel
- Evidence of leadership skills
- Bereavement care experience
- Attendance at any bereavement care study days
- AIMs training completed
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the public health agenda
- Demonstrates clear insight, with an increased awareness about the impact of perinatal and maternal loss has on families.
- Knowledge of factors influencing perinatal/maternal mortality
Desirable
- Demostrates knowledge about MBRRACE
- Knowledge of audit and research methodologies
- Experience of research activities
Attributes and Values
Essential
- Clearly shows a committment to patient care
- Inspires others and leads by example
- Motivated to personal and professional development of self and other junior colleagues
- Treats colleagues and the general public with dignity and respect
- Exemplary personal standards of conduct and behaviour
- Capacity to work with colleagues at all levels
- Enthusiasm for Midwifery. Ability to inspire self and team members.
Car Driver
Essential
Person Specification
Education, Qualification and Training
Essential
- Registered Midwife with current NMC registration
- Degree level education or equivalent demonstrable experience.
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Desirable
- Completed or undertaking counselling course
- Interested in working towards MSc level, participating in research.
Skills
Essential
- Experienced band 6 midwife, confident and competent in caring for high risk pregnancies
- Able to use initiative / problem solve
- Demonstrates ability to work alone
- Evidence of multidisciplinary/multi agency working
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to make calm rational decisions in the face of adversity
- Able to work flexibly to help provide a 7-day service
- Exemplary personal standards of conduct and behaviour
- Competent in IT skills
- Ability organise workload and prioritise appropriately
Desirable
- Able to use Word/ Excel
- Evidence of leadership skills
- Bereavement care experience
- Attendance at any bereavement care study days
- AIMs training completed
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of the public health agenda
- Demonstrates clear insight, with an increased awareness about the impact of perinatal and maternal loss has on families.
- Knowledge of factors influencing perinatal/maternal mortality
Desirable
- Demostrates knowledge about MBRRACE
- Knowledge of audit and research methodologies
- Experience of research activities
Attributes and Values
Essential
- Clearly shows a committment to patient care
- Inspires others and leads by example
- Motivated to personal and professional development of self and other junior colleagues
- Treats colleagues and the general public with dignity and respect
- Exemplary personal standards of conduct and behaviour
- Capacity to work with colleagues at all levels
- Enthusiasm for Midwifery. Ability to inspire self and team members.
Car Driver
Essential
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.
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Address
St Mary's at Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester Foundation Trust
Southmoor Road
Wythenshawe
M23 9LT
Employer's website
https://mft.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)
