Band 6 (£39,959 - £48,117)
Full-Time/Part-Time roles available
We are recruiting for an Integrated Midwife who wishes to join #TeamIOWNHS. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey towards “Working Together, Improving Together".
To be accountable for the overall provision of excellent individualised, evidence-based care to all women, birthing people and their families. To be a competent Midwife, working flexibly within the Midwifery Service and within The Code (NMC, 2018) as an autonomous professional practitioner.
Maintaining compliance with service standards, policies, and guidelines so that effective and safe care is always provided
To participate in the integrated midwifery model working within both community and all areas of the acute setting working shifts, including day and night shifts.
To partake in the morning multidisciplinary handover in the absence of a Clinical Lead Midwife.
To act as shift lead in the absence of a Clinical Lead Midwife.
Participate in the on-call rota for both hospital and community as part of the escalation process as well as promoting and facilitating home births.
Be confident in dealing with obstetric emergencies in hospital and community setting as appropriate.
Ensure that accurate, clear and contemporaneous, legible records are kept with evidence of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care.
To be responsible for delivering and maintaining a high standard of day-to-day evidence-based practice for all women and birthing people in the designated clinical area/caseload.
To maintain and continually develop in-depth specialist knowledge of midwifery practice relevant to the individual clinical area.
To engage with women, birthing people and their families to encourage and promote holistic individualised care.
Provide support and advice following pregnancy loss
Ensure the safe custody of drugs in accordance with the hospital policy and The Code (NMC, 2018).
For a full list of roles and responsibilities, please see the attached job description.
The isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem of the south coast off England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The Island offers an amazing coast line with beautiful countryside, year round events, festivals and award winning attractions.
Our 2024-2029 ' Working Together, Improving Together ' strategy sets out our objectives for the next 5 years, setting the framework for our collaboration to deliver our vision of working together to deliver excellence in care for our patients and communities.
Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the 'Job Description and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.
