Job summary
Employer heading
Community Midwife
Band 6
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Many of our recruitment programmes use Value Based Interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significant difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families. For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values
Job overview
The Florence Park Community Midwifery Team is currently recruiting for Community Midwives. The Team provides care to pregnant women and their families from 9 GP Surgeries covering the South of the City from St Clements to Blackbird Leys, a diverse, exciting and interesting caseload.
This post will certainly provide many development prospects including homebirths, autonomous working, continuity of care in a named GP Surgery or at our hub in Flo's and opportunity to build relationships with women and their families in the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods.
Our Team is located within Flo’s the Park (Florence Park).
Main duties of the job
Full and Part Time hours are available. Must be a car driver and have access to a car during the day and for On Calls.
Working for our organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Many of our recruitment programmes use Value Based Interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significant difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families. For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification. Please do not hesitate to contact us for further information. This post is for NMC UK registered Midwives. For international candidates, please contact [email protected].
Person specification
Qual knowl and comps
Essential criteria
- Registered Midwife with current UK Registration and a minimum of 6 months employed experience as a midwife.
- Student midwife due to register by December 2018
- Evidence of: A positive enthusiastic character.
- Being self-aware and able to accept constructive criticism
- Ability to prioritise own workload
- Able to work as part of a team
- Demonstrates good verbal & written communication skills
- Belief in and commitment to women centred philosophy
- Demonstrate developing strategies and ability to cope under pressure
Desirable criteria
- Mentor qualification
Physical attributes
Essential criteria
- Good health record Smart professional appearance in accord with professional dress code
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Amanda Crudgington
- Job title
- Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01865 779284
- Additional information
Amanda Crudgington
01865779284
Team Lead for Florence Park Community
Please do contact me if you have any questions or would like to visit our wonderful team.
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