Midwife

To work in all areas of Maternity Services at SWFT fulfilling a normal roster pattern, working all shifts throughout the week to provide all aspects of maternity care to mothers and babies.
To ensure the maintenance of high standard of midwifery care at all times.
To act as a lead professional where appropriate in planning and evaluating care in partnership with the woman for both her baby and referring when necessary., To maintain a professional manner at all times, developing the role of the midwife in the best interests of the profession and the client in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct and Trust Policies.
To view pregnancy and birth as a normal physiological process, able to assess and respond appropriately escalating any deviation from the norm in a timely manner.
To use research based practice.
Willingness to innovate or be part of an innovation to improve practice and care.
To promote informed choice and autonomy.
To provide intrapartum care in a variety in all settings: home, Midwifery Led Unit and the Obstetric Unit.
To practice autonomously and cooperatively as part of a team, supporting colleagues clinically and personally.
To promote public health issues particularly breastfeeding.
To be aware of social issues and refer where appropriate.
Aptitude and openness to acquire new skills to improve the care and experience of women and their families.
Competent in Neonatal life support (NLS), PROMPT, CTG, willingness to do NIPE training, antenatal education training, motivational conversation training.
Liaise appropriately with services to ensure safe and effective care is provided to women at the right place, and at the right time. Act as an advocate for women, whilst safeguarding her and her wider family and social group where appropriate.
Provide and perform accurate assessments and procedures during antenatal appointments, labour care (including supporting home birth, water birth, perineal suturing, cannulation and intravenous administration of drugs) and in the postnatal period.
Provide evidence-based education to women and the facilitate Parent Education initiatives.
Support women's choices regarding feeding their infant, whilst encouraging and promoting UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiatives.
Regularly attend practice support 1:1's.
Able to drive.
To act up in the absence of the Band 7.
To have acquired skills in suturing, IV's and epidural administration.
To participate in the provision of health education within the Hospital and Community.
Measurable Result Areas
To provide woman centred care.
Planning and implementing individualised care in partnership with the woman and the multidisciplinary team.
Provide high quality, evidence-based care and advice to women throughout the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods in a variety of settings such as the community, hospital and woman's home.
To work collaboratively with colleagues from wider health team.
Maintain confidentiality.
Works flexibly to meet the needs of women you are providing care for, which also supports the ethos of personalisation and choice of care.
Abide by legal requirements and statutory rules, relating to practice in accordance with NMC Code of Professional Conduct, Midwives Rules and Midwives Code of Practice.
Administer medications under the scope of Midwifery Exemptions/Patient Group Directives when required or appropriate.
To attend team/departmental meetings regularly and make contributions to professional and service development.
Be aware of the individual midwife's responsibility for effective use of Trust's resources.
To be aware of the importance of accurate documentation with regards to students training and progress within the clinical environment.
To report and accidents/incidents, ensuring adherence to the Trust's Risk Management Strategy.
To undertake Performance Assessment Development Review (PADR) for qualified and unqualified staff.
To work actively to improve outcomes and meet agreed targets.
To be responsible for time management.
To participate in studies to determine workloads, client dependency and quality assurance.
Participates in research and clinical audit activities.
Carries out the duties placed on employees by the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
Take reasonable care for the Health and Safety of themselves and other persons who may be affected by their acts or omissions at work.
To co-operate with their employer as necessary to meet the requirements of legislation.
To be aware of and adhere to local child protection procedures and the 1989 Children's Act.
Not to intentionally or recklessly interfere with or misuse anything provided in the interests of health and safety or welfare in the pursuance of the statutory provisions.
Communications and Working Relationships
To act as a good role model at all times.
To participate in the day to day functions of the team to ensure effective team working.
Communicate in an effective and timely manner with the multi-disciplinary team to ensure referrals are made and safety is ensured.
To be actively involved in the multi-disciplinary in-service training.
To work as a team player providing a flexible approach to both patients and colleagues.
Provide an environment suitable for learners within the team.
Contribute to the planning of service development.
Overcome communication barriers where they occur and seek appropriate services to ensure equality and diversity for all women under your care.
Ensure high standards of communication are kept, including the support of colleagues and the effective facilitation of conflict.
Maintain accurate records in line with NMC guidance.
To provide mentorship and support to new colleagues and student midwives.
To work with colleagues to ensure the practice can cover all shifts during annual leave periods, training and sickness., Sometimes we get a lot of applications for our roles. On those occasions we might close the job early. If you don't want to miss out we recommend submitting your application as early as possible.
The Trust use an Applicant Management System called TRAC which helps us manage the recruitment process. All communications regarding your application will come via TRAC (even if you applied via NHS Jobs).
Please check your TRAC account regularly and ensure your email is set up to accept messages so they don't go into your junk/spam folder.
We aim to shortlist all vacancies within 2 days of the vacancy closing, we will get back to all candidates ASAP.
Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address.
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is an equal opportunities employer who is committed to Equality and Diversity and does not tolerate discrimination or harassment on the grounds of any protected characteristic as defined by the Equality Act 2010.
All South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust sites are smoke free. We feel it's a great way to help our patients, visitors and staff stay healthy.
The Trust is part of a 'Foundation Group' through a strategic alliance with Wye Valley NHS Trust, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. This partnership is great for the sustainability of all four organisations and allows us to share learning and maximise opportunities to ensure the delivery of high quality health and care services for our local populations.

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is one of the top performing organisations within the NHS. Our staff think this is a great place to work and we hope you will agree. We have recently been rated as 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) following our most recent inspection.
We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the whole county. This includes our Community Teams in North Warwickshire.
We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity. Over 6000 people work for the Trust and many of them have been here a long time. People find they don't need to go elsewhere to find a fulfilling career in healthcare.
The first thing you will notice about us is how we take our values seriously. We believe that our values underpin everything we do. If you are interested in a role with us you need to make sure our values match your own.
Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide inclusive, safe, effective and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.
Probationary Period
All new staff to the Trust will be subject to a standard 6 month probationary period, the details of which will duly follow in your contract of employment.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust is committed to creating and sustaining a positive and inclusive working environment for all our employees. Our aim is to ensure that employees are equally valued and respected and that our organisation is representative of all members of society. We define diversity as valuing everyone as an individual - we value our employees, job applicants, students, patients and visitors as people. This is reflected within our values of being Inclusive, Safe, Effective, Compassionate and Trusted.
Agile and Flexible Working
All our staff will have a work base. However the Trust operates as an Agile Working Team therefore staff may be working from home on a regular basis as required by the service. However, occasionally travel around Warwickshire and into your base will be required so access to your own transport would be helpful.
The Trust also welcome staff to work flexibly and we would welcome the conversation at interview regarding flexible working.
Staff Benefits
The Trust offer a wide range of additional benefits to staff. Anyone who joins us on a substantive basis can assess things such as the Lease Car Scheme, Electronics Scheme, Discounted Leisure and Travel, Cycle to work scheme amongst many others available.
Car Parking
The Trust have recently completed the construction of a multi-storey car park at our Warwick Hospital site which has allowed us to reduce waiting times for car parking passes.
To keep up to date on our latest recruitment activity follow us on twitter @swftrecruit or look us up on Facebook (Recruitment - South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust)., Do you want to work at a maternity unit that has a CQC rating of outstanding/good within a Trust that has been rated outstanding? If so, we'd love to hear from you ….
Excellent Midwives make such a difference to one of the most life changing experiences. We know that our Maternity Department would not be the success it is today without the great team that work for us.
Over 3000 babies a year are born at South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust and we are proud to have been at the forefront of successful service improvements and developments including work with the Department of Health, Better Births and Baby Friendly Initiative.
We have an exciting opportunity for midwives to join our team. We are looking for individuals with excellent communication, who are enthusiastic, self-motivated and committed to the provision of a high quality service. You will need to be flexible to work within our maternity teams in all care settings.
If you're looking to advance your career in a friendly and staff-centred environment, we'd love to hear from you, give one of us a call if you would like more information.
See what our staff think about working in the SWFT maternity team here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccoqBPEbNzc
We're looking forward to hearing from you!
Unfortunately we are not supporting any International recruitment at this time.

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further.
We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.
Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide safe, effective and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.