Job summary
Newly Qualified and Preceptee Midwives
The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Job Summary
Permanent - Full time
The Duchess of Kent Maternity Unit for Women and Babies is excited to announce availability on our highly developed Preceptorship Programme. Throughout your individually designed programme, you will be supported by our dedicated Practice Development Team (PDT) to develop your skills, knowledge and autonomy as you transition from a student midwife to a fully registered practitioner. You will also receive pastoral support through our Professional Midwifery Advocates (PMA) who hold Restorative Clinical Supervision (RCS) sessions.
We offer a minimum of a twelve month Preceptorship Programme in line with Capital Midwife standards. You will be given the opportunity to rotate across three areas within Maternity with allocated supernumerary time. You will also receive protected time to attend bespoke training days relevant to your clinical area.
Once you have completed your Preceptorship, you will be able to further your continuing practice development as a midwife at Hillingdon Hospital through our available courses. We offer a strong commitment to professional development through appraisal, personal development plans and postgraduate study. A Practice Development team provides staff with a comprehensive package of training and clinical support and all our midwives are released from clinical work to attend an annual comprehensive mandatory training programme
Main duties of the job
We are looking for dedicated and motivated midwives with high standards of clinical and communication skills, who are enthusiastic and willing to develop their skills. Once you have completed your Preceptorship Programme, the post is a rotational post, which incorporates working in all clinical settings
About us
We are situated in North West London as a part of Hillingdon Hospital. We are a busy unit delivering 4000 babies a year. As a unit we believe in choice, are passionate about women-centred care and are committed to offering a wide range of experiences and development for our staff. The updated CQC report from July 2018 rated Hillingdon Maternity as "good" with "outstanding" for being well-led.
As part of the development and modernisation of our services, we have a dedicated homebirth team who caseload the women/birthing people under their care. They work closely with the midwives within our dedicated Birth Centre to facilitate continuity of care. We are looking to develop further continuity across a variety of care pathways for the women/birthing people across this sector. We hope you will consider joining us on our journey and being involved in this inspirational work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. The midwife is responsible accountable for her/his own midwifery practice
2. To reinforce professional advice through supporting and encouraging couples in active parenting skills in the postnatal period.
3. To assist the parents in caring for their babies hygiene, development and well-being whilst promoting babies safety, protection and security.
4. To encourage the parents in the active steps to promote effective feeding of their baby within the UNICEF guidelines.
5. To providing antenatal intrapartum and postnatal care, reporting any deviations from the normal to a more experienced midwife registered midwife.
6. The midwife will respond appropriately to all emergency situations7. The midwife will assist more experienced midwives and medical staff in the context of her/his own knowledge, experience and sphere of responsibility to develop their own professional competence.
8. The midwife will liaise with other agencies involved in the provisions of maternity services and seek advice from the more experienced midwife as required.
9. To foster peoples equality, diversity and rights
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. The midwife is responsible accountable for her/his own midwifery practice
2. To reinforce professional advice through supporting and encouraging couples in active parenting skills in the postnatal period.
3. To assist the parents in caring for their babies hygiene, development and well-being whilst promoting babies safety, protection and security.
4. To encourage the parents in the active steps to promote effective feeding of their baby within the UNICEF guidelines.
5. To providing antenatal intrapartum and postnatal care, reporting any deviations from the normal to a more experienced midwife registered midwife.
6. The midwife will respond appropriately to all emergency situations7. The midwife will assist more experienced midwives and medical staff in the context of her/his own knowledge, experience and sphere of responsibility to develop their own professional competence.
8. The midwife will liaise with other agencies involved in the provisions of maternity services and seek advice from the more experienced midwife as required.
9. To foster peoples equality, diversity and rights
Person Specification
Shortlisting Criteria
Essential
Person Specification
Shortlisting Criteria
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).
