Preceptorship Midwife (Band 5) | Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 01 May 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £34,089 - £50,364 p.a. inc. |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 May 2024 |
| Location: | London, E9 6SR |
| Company: | Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6278828/293-SWNS-0217-F |
Summary
“Only midwives with a current valid UK NMC PIN and students, who get the PIN number by March 2024, to apply”
Please note that applicants must have a PIN number by May 2024.
Please note – this vacancy is not suitable for Overseas Registered Nurses/Midwives required to take the OSCE exam.*
Are you enthusiastic about personalised, woman centre care?
Are you passionate about delivering high quality care?
The Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is offering an exciting opportunity for you, a motivated and inspirational midwife, to join our Maternity Department as a Band 5 Preceptorship Midwife , with plenty of opportunities to rotate in different departments:
- Delivery Suite
- Birth Centre
- Antenatal and Postnatal Wards
It is an exciting opportunity to utilise and develop your midwifery skills across low and high-risk settings, as well as gain relevant experience including an Obstetric led (but Midwifery influenced) Delivery Suite with the very popular Midwifery Led Birth Centre. We are able to offer hydrotherapy and water birth where clinically appropriate throughout all of our departments.
We also offer a comprehensive preceptorship package with a dedicated team to support you.
*All candidates applying for Preceptorship Midwife post will be considered for fixed term (provisionally 12 months), converted into permanent position as soon as Preceptorship programme is completed.*
Preceptorship Midwife
The post holder will practice as a Midwife within the maternity services in The Homerton Healthcare NHS Trust working all shift patterns, weekends, and bank holidays included.
The post holder will work in Delivery Suite, birth centre, antenatal and postnatal wards. This post is a transition post from training to practice, which will enable the post holder to obtain the required experience in clinical midwifery practice to successfully achieve the required competences that are essential to move through to a Band 6 role.
In order to support this transition, the post holder will be supported through a ten to twelve-month preceptorship programme by experienced midwives in each location.
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.
We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.
Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.
We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.
Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.
Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s on this page
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Please be aware when opening the JD and PS attachment, both Job Descriptions are contained in the document.
This advert closes on Wednesday 15 May 2024
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