Midwife

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

We know happy colleagues deliver better care. All our teams work in a supportive environment, which nurtures your wellbeing and provides opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.

We have an open, inclusive and diverse culture and we would like you to be part of the team.

Knowledge

Essential: - Evidence of professional development; - Able to demonstrate an understanding of clinical governance and risk assessment

Qualification & Further Training

Essential: - Registered Midwife; - Diploma / Degree level or equivalent; - Further professional development; - Mentor / Teaching Qualification / equivalent

Desirable: - NIPE trained; - Leadership course / equivalent; - NLS/ALS course; - PROMPT Training

Skills & Experience

Essential: - Significant post registration experience

Desirable: - Lone working; - Time Management; - Champion role within midwifery practice

Contractual requirements

Essential: - NMC registration; - Adherence to Trust policy and guidelines; - Ability to travel between sites; - To work flexibly to the requirements of the post