Job vacancy: Midwifery Open Day - 8th June 2024, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Orpington

Job summary

Main area: Midwifery
Grade: Band 5/6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 213-NUR-PRUH-6279751

Employer: King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Princess Royal University Hospital
Town: Orpington
Salary: £32,720 - £50,364 Dependent on role (Band 5/6) & site (Denmark Hill/PRUH)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 07/06/2024 23:59

Midwifery Open Day - 8th June 2024

Band 5/6

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,500 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Monitor and maintain health, safety and security of self and others in own work area
Contribute to the development of services and quality improvement
Ensure own actions promote quality and alert others to quality issues.
Support people's equality, diversity and rights
Assess people’s health and wellbeing needs when those needs are complex and change across the caseload
Plan, deliver and evaluate care pathways to address clients complex and changing health and wellbeing needs
Lead others in the development of knowledge, ideas and work practice
Plan, allocate, assess and provide feedback to team members
Maintain and support the efficient use of physical and /or financial resources
Participate in on call-rota as part of the preceptorship rotational programme

Responsibilities for physical and financial resources

To ensure efficient and effective use of material resources / supplies within the ward/unit
To monitor, control and store resources/supplies according to the requirements and specifications of the clinical environment
To identify any problems with resource use / availability and make recommendations for corrective action
To maintain accurate records of resource use

Partnership working/service development

To adhere to trust policies and procedures relating to own workplace to contribute to service development
Take an active role in the implementation of the emerging Nursing and Midwifery agenda
Promote the profession of Midwifery and ensure midwifery care is evidence based and in line with best practice.
Embrace the public health agenda and support the delivery of local delivery plans
Participate in the teaching of parent education
To implement and propose changes to policies / practices in own area
To evaluate with others the effectiveness of any changes and how these have improved services

Research, Development and Audit

Quality

To ensure own actions promote quality and identify and manage any risks
To participate in setting and maintaining optimal standards of care on the ward / unit
To keep up to date and act consistently with quality standards and guidelines within their own clinical area and associated areas
To evaluate the quality of their own and others work, and where necessary make the appropriate improvements
To have an understanding of the quality agenda and how standards of care can be maintained
To monitor the quality of work in own area, raise quality issues and related risks and bring these to the attention of others
To assist others in understanding how their practice should change to improve quality

Audit

To participate in audit / benchmarking within the clinical area supporting the introduction of a change in practice if indicated
To contribute effectively to evaluation studies (e.g. patient satisfaction surveys)
To re-evaluate following any change to ensure that improvements have been made.

Please see attached Job description for Midwife Band 5 and Person Specification for Midwife Band 6

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Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Third year midwifery student / UK NMC Registered Midwife

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All staff have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and for ensuring they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Due to a high volume of applications, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. It is therefore recommended that you apply promptly

Equality and Diversity Information

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Annual Reports and Other Corporate Publications

King's Health Partners Academic Health Science Centre Website

King's College Hospital is part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC), a pioneering collaboration between King's College London, and Guy's and St Thomas', King's College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Natasha Bell
Job title: Practice Development Midwife
Email address: [email protected]

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