Triage Midwife - Band 6 Oldham, England
Job description
Job overview
An excellent opportunity has arisen for experienced Midwives to join our Triage Department at The Royal Oldham Hospital to deliver the best possible care in partnership with our women , birthing people and their families.
We are looking for motivated and enthusiastic midwives who are passionate about providing outpatient maternity care within out Triage Department to women birthing people and their families.
We have a fantastic team at Oldham, led by a group of senior staff that whilst being very different share a common belief in giving women and families a positive experience as they make their journey through maternity services. We treat women and birthing people as individuals and empower them to make decisions about their care and supporting their choices. Alongside that we want to create an environment where our staff feel valued and appreciated, given the time, the skills and the support to provide the care they aspire to.
Main duties of the job
We don’t always get everything right but are keen to learn from our mistakes. By building a culture that promotes openness and honesty, looks at improving processes and procedures rather than blaming individuals and encourages staff to ask “what could we have done better / differently? We are striving to be one of the safest maternity services in the country.
If you fancy a change, want to be part of something special then come and join us. Staff that are new to the organisation always comment on how welcome they have been made to feel. There are smiles everywhere you turn.
Staff who work in our Triage department are dedicated to developing a seamless service and implementing new initiatives to improve the flow and care for women birthing people and their families
The successful candidate will work within a dynamic team delivering the best maternity outpatient care to women birthing people and their families
We are currently implementing the Birmingham Symptom-Specific Obstetric Triage System (BSOTs) and looking to enhance our Triage team to ensure the smooth transition from the current model
The Triage team promote an environment to ensure staff feel supported and facilitate the development of all staff working within the team by creating a positive culture to enhance learning and development
Working for our organisation
Oldham Care Organisation is part of the Northern Care Alliance, one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. The place where the world’s first IVF baby was delivered, Oldham is a town of pioneering firsts. Today, Oldham is responsible for delivering a range of acute and community health services across the local area and at The Royal Oldham Hospital. As a designated major trauma unit for Greater Manchester and one of only three vascular centres in Greater Manchester, Oldham is a specialist hospital for acute surgery and provides state-of-the-art onsite pathology services to the North West.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
If you are an International Nurse without a current NMC PIN, please do not apply for this role. To find out more about the current international nursing opportunities available to you here at the NCA, please contact [email protected]
Person specification
Qualifications / Experience
Essential criteria
- Registered Midwife
- Good Communication Skills
- Evidence of ongoing personal and profession developement
Desirable criteria
- Degree or Diploma in Midwifery
Skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates sound understanding of triage care
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks, and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/covid-19-vaccination-programme where you can also find out more about how to access vaccination. There is a current Government consultation underway which will determine whether some new starters may need to be vaccinated.
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The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust is committed to diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from everyone. We value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge, and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of our local community. If you are disabled and require reasonable adjustments to the application process, please contact the Recruitment Team to discuss.
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Applicant requirements
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.
