Continuity of Carer midwife for Lincoln Wold's Team.

Do you want to be outstanding and deliver the best possible Maternity care for everyone, every day and achieve that great work life balance every midwife strives for?

Main duties of the job

We are looking to expand our team of midwives to support Our Wolds Continuity of Carer Team. We are looking for highly motivated, inspirational and innovative midwives who would like to join the Lincoln Wolds Continuity of Carer team . The Wolds team provide maternity care for women who live in Horncastle, Bardney, Wragy, Market Rasen, Spilsby, Coningsby, Tattersall and surrounding areas.

The Wolds midwifery team is a small, supportive friendly team and would welcome any new team member. This is a permanent position.

Currently the Continuity teams provide an on call rota to provide not only Intrapartum care to women on their caseload but also antenatal and postnatal care. On average this consists of 1 night call and 1 day call per week. Some weekend working is required. Continuity of Carer way of working has demonstrated a better work life balance for many midwives.

As part of the role you will not only be providing intrapartum to women in their homes but also on Labour ward at both our Boston and Lincoln sites

About us

Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of �643 million (20/21) and we employ nearly 8,500 people.

Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement - Outstanding Care Personally Delivered - stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.

We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.

Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from 'Requires Improvement' to 'Good'. Our rating for caring remained as 'Good'.

This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated

Job description

Job responsibilities

What should you do next?

Have a look at the job description and if you like what you see then apply today. Dont miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. Your NHS needs you!

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• RM with NMC.
• Degree/Diploma in Midwifery

Desirable

• Recognised management qualification

Previous Experience

Essential

• All round midwifery experience including antenatal clinic, postnatal and intrapartum
• Evidence of Professional Development
• Participation in clinical audit and/or standard setting

Desirable

• Lead and undertake clinical audits

Knowledge/skills/aptitudes

Essential

• Effective in communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Able to demonstrate knowledge in Child Protection
• Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework
• Resource management skills
• Computer literacy
• Ability to interpret and apply appropriate research findings

Specifc Requirements

Essential

• Able to demonstrate skills/awareness in multidisciplinary work
• Able to demonstrate time management

Employer details

Employer name

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Horncastle Childrens Centre

Boston Road

Horncastle

LN9 6DA

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