Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a midwife to join Jerseys maternity services. This is a rotational post commencing in the inpatient setting with planned rotations to the antenatal clinic and community services. Jersey has a thriving maternity service with a focus on continuity of care and a commitment to delivering outstanding care which starts within the antenatal setting. Our values of safety, kindness, teamwork, and improvement are very important to us and throughout our daily interactions with our service users, their families and our colleagues we aspire to live by these principles. We promote normality and aim to deliver high quality, safe and effective care in a meaningful way to the families in Jersey.
Main duties of the job
Due to our size and resources, we provide employees at all levels of a wide choice of alluring benefits, an extremely competitive salary and unmatched chances for education and professional growth. We will welcome your application if you are an ambitious, enthusiastic, and proactive midwife looking for a rewarding career and a beautiful work/life balance. We have stunning beaches, glorious sunshine and an array of fantastic restaurants and shopping. Jersey is located just off the coast of France and is a short journey back to the UK served by great air and sea links. It really is a wonderful place to live and work.For an informal conversation please contact Sian Youssef [email protected]
About us
Jersey is just 14 miles (20km) from the west coast of France and 85 miles (137km) from the south coast of England. The island is easy to get to from the UK and mainland Europe. There are up to 40 daily flights in and out of the island
Striking scenery, a safe and inclusive society, miles of sandy beaches, high performing schools, an enviable work-life balance, a heritage, political and economic stability, low personal taxes, warm summers and mild winters.
Find out more at gov.je/movingtoJersey
Jersey has been a Crown Dependency since 1290, which means its not part of the UK but a self-governing possession of The Crown. Jersey has its own democratically elected parliament, government, tax system, and laws. However, the island does have a close historic relationship with France and the UK and relies on the UK for defence and international relations. It is also part of the Common Travel Area (CTA) which allows British citizens to move freely between the UK, Republic of Ireland, and the Channel Islands without a passport.
Jersey offers extensive and quality healthcare services, with private and state supported options available. The NHS is not available in Jersey, healthcare services are delivered by Health and Community Services. For the first 6 months, health care services will be provided at an added cost.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Working as an autonomous practitioner each midwife is accountable for the care they give to service users and their babies. The midwife is a specialist in midwifery practice and should have the ability to act as lead professional in the care of low-risk service users and to coordinate and implement the care of high-risk service users in collaboration with the obstetric team.Provide care in partnership with doctors and other members of the multi-disciplinary team especially when deviations from the norm occur to promote a healthy outcome for service users and their babies.Support service users and their families who have limited or no English arranging interpreting services to assist with communication. Ensuring any impairments to communication are understood and care facilitated.Provide effective leadership and act as a good role model, supervising and teaching qualified and unqualified staff as required.Preform clinical tasks & risk assessment on service users which includes but is not limited to urinalysis, physiological measurements, blood sugar testing, infant feeding, venepuncture, cannulation, catheterisation, wound swabs, eye swabs, CTG, MRSA swabs, stool samples, sputum specimens and record accurately on EPR/MEWS and escalate concerns as appropriate.Be aware and compliant with of all relevant Health & Community Services policies, procedures and clinical guidelines and escalate any concerns/breaches to a Midwifery Sister/Charge Midwife or Midwifery Manager.Assist and support Doctors with medical procedures, remain competent to support instrumental deliveries and assisting at operative deliveries.Provide a full range of education, advice and counselling to service users and their family including discussions about care options and signpost them to relevant resources and agencies.They will work within guidelines that enable their scope of practice but are responsible for recognising their limitation and undertaking continuous professional development and a portfolio for revalidation. Participate in the continual review, development, and improvement of maternity services by partaking in quality auditing processes and providing input into the development of future policies, procedures and clinical guidelines.Take a pro-active approach to risk management, raising learning points through DATIX, working with colleagues to reduce risk in all areas of service delivery in line with clinical governance.Exhibit professional behaviour and attitude being a positive role model for colleagues and service users, acting in a manner which illustrates respect for privacy, dignity and confidentiality. Have a comprehensive understanding of medication safety principles, including the principles of administration, storage, and handling of medicines, including those under midwives exemptions. They will also engage in discussions with service users, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals to ensure accurate and up to date information regarding medicines. Identity safeguarding issues relating all services users and their families and undertake the relevant referrals to agencies to ensure support is provided. Confidently and competently care for and support service users choosing to birth in a range of settings, including but not limited to consultant led labour ward, midwifery led unit & home.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC Registered Midwife
- Midwifery Degree/equivalent
- Basic Adult Life Support
- Safeguarding Level 3
- Qualification
Desirable
- Clinical Skills qualifications e.g., PROMPT, BFI, cannulation & venepuncture.
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- NIPE
- Neonatal Life Support
Experience
Essential
- Broad experience of engaging with service users, motivate and support them to high standards.
- Demonstrates clinical outcome measures for service users
Desirable
- Student supervisor and assessor qualification
- Proven post registration experience.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Health and Community Services
Address
Government Of Jersey
19-21 Broad Street
St. Helier
Jersey
Channel Islands
JE2 3RR