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Job description

We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic and motivated midwife to join our existing Sapphire Team, caring for a caseload of clients with additional safeguarding vulnerabilities and complex needs.

This will include providing antenatal and postnatal care for women and their families.

The right candidate will have up to date clinical skills, knowledge and experience and be familiar with current local and national Safeguarding policies and procedures.

They will be a passionate advocate for women and families, and must be able to liaise with the wider multi-disciplinary team and external agency/stakeholders involved in the care of the patient, communicating complex and sensitive patient information non-judgementally.

The role is a full time position.

• To be the named midwife for a caseload of clients with additional vulnerabilities providing support to them and their families.

To provide total midwifery care within the hospital and community settings working a flexible rota to provide 24 hour cover including on calls.

• To ensure individualised care is provided which reflects evidence based practice.
• Assess the health and wellbeing of women and babies during all stages of pregnancy, the intra partum and postnatal period in either the hospital or community setting.
• To engage with regular safeguarding supervision, team meetings and professional development
• To provide advice, training and support to peers
• To make considered judgements about how to act to safeguard and promote an unborn, child or adults welfare and be able to instigate measures to reduce the risk of abuse occurring.

Kettering General NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust are both part of the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire NHS Group. Both hospitals are separate hospitals/employers with hospital board and leadership. We share a group executive team leading on a shared vision, mission, priorities, strategies and Dedicated to Excellence Values.

Please visit the following websites for more information about working for us:

• Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
• Best of Both Worlds Northamptonshire
• University Hospitals Northamptonshire NHS Group

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. Our mission is to provide safe, compassionate, and clinically excellent patient care, by being an outstanding employer for our people. We have entered into a Group Model with neighboring Northampton General Hospital and have become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.

Our Excellence Values:
Compassion

Respect

Integrity

Courageous

Accountable

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the Shortlisting Criteria section of the document.