Antenatal Assessment Unit

We want you to come to Saint Mary's, and stay at Saint Mary's, because our success starts with you.

All of our staff have been involved in developing our exciting service based on a foundation of Nursing and Midwifery Values. We believe that they make Saint Mary's a better place for patients and staff. If you have the passion to provide kind, safe and excellent care we can offer you a great place to work and develop your career. We are focused on improving quality: for our patients, their carer's/families and for our staff.

This is an exciting opportunity for qualified band 6 Midwives to join one of the largest and most successful Foundation Trusts in the UK with an international reputation and a tradition of innovation. This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic midwife to develop your Skills within our Antenatal Assessment Unit base at our Oxford Road Site, Manchester.

Main duties of the job

If you choose Saint Mary's we will commit to offering you a well-established Induction Programme and are committed to supporting midwives in their on-going personal & professional development.

Not only do we have a reputation as a center of clinical excellence, we can offer a wide range of career opportunities within Midwifery as there is an established midwifery team delivering care to low risk women and a multidisciplinary team comprising of obstetricians, midwives, anesthetists, neonatologists and physicians providing care to women with specialist fetal and maternal medical needs.

We provide a full range of maternity services over three sites North Manchester, Saint Mary's Oxford Road Campus and Saint Mary's at Wythenshawe. All are based in the heart of Manchester and we have a lively and vibrant working atmosphere, with quick and easy transport links.

If you are a midwife who would like to be a part of our future and can meet this challenge we welcome your interest in a post with us - please apply today!

Contact: Tina Hartnup 0161 701 0835

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 MattersMFT 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

Registration

Essential

• Registered Midwife

Qualifications

Essential

• Evidence of continuing professional development

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Knowledge of the public health agenda
• Knowledge of multi-agency working together in child protection

Desirable

• Experience of clinical audit
• Experience of research activities

Skills

Essential

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Able to work flexibly rotating on to day and night duty
• Capacity to work with in a multidisciplinary team Exemplary personal standards of conduct and behaviour
• Clinically competent
• Effective organisational skills
• Good analytical and clinical decision making skills
• Awareness of Clinical Governance process

Desirable

• IT skills

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

Essential

• Motivated to personal and professional development of self and other junior colleagues
• Treats colleagues and the general public with dignity and respect
• Capacity to work with colleagues at all levels
• Exemplary personal standards of conduct and behaviour
• Enthusiasm and inspirational skills

Employer details

Employer name

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Oxford Road

Oxford Road

Manchester

M13 9WL

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

349-SMH-6493622*