Job summary
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.
About us
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis 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 - theJohn Radcliffe Hospital,Churchill HospitalandNuffield Orthopaedic Centrein Headington and theHorton General Hospitalin 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 thisDelivering Compassionate Excellenceand 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 theOUH YouTube channel.
Many of our recruitment programmes useValue Based Interviewingto 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 visitwww.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values
Job description
Job 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 Internationally trained Midwives contact [email protected] for future posts.
Person Specification
Qual knowl and comps
Essential
- 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
Physical attributes
Essential
- Good health record Smart professional appearance in accord with professional dress code
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
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Florence Park Community Midwives. Flo's in the Park
Rymers Lane
Oxford
OX4 3JZ