Midwife Practitioner

Site
St Thomas' Hospital

Main area
Women's and Children's

Town
London

Grade
Band 6

Salary
£34,909 - £44,290 inc pa

Contract type
Permanent

Closing
15 Sep 2008 17:00

Hours
Full Time 37.5 hours per week

Job ref
HJUK/196-MAN0078

Guy's and St Thomas' is one of the largest hospital trusts in the country, with a staff of over 9,500, a turnover of over £800m and a million patient contacts a year.

The Trust is made up of two of London's oldest and most well known teaching hospitals. The hospitals have a long history, dating back almost 900 years, and have been at the forefront of medical progress and innovation since they were founded. Both hospitals have built on these traditions and continue to have a reputation for excellence and innovation.

Looking for a change? Would you like to develop your knowledge and skills?

Want to provide women centred care?

This is an exciting opportunity for experienced midwives who wish to develop and broaden their knowledge and skills. You will enjoy providing woman centred care as a vital part of a truly multidisciplinary team. You will gain valuable experience in conditions outlined below as well as gaining experience in team midwifery with support from all disciplines in decision making. You will have an opportunity to utilise all of your midwifery skills in antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care including community visits.

There are two high risk hospital based teams called Thames and Tower and these teams consist of six midwives including a Midwifery Practice Leader for each.

THAMES provide care for women with

* SLE/APS,

* Maternal Cardiac disease,

* Pre-existing and gestational diabetes

There will also be the opportunity to be involved in the development and implementation of new and exciting initiatives such as pre-conception and obesity projects.

Car Driver essential.

Interview date 29 September 2008
Guy's and St Thomas' is committed to fair pay for all its staff. Benefits include: Final Salary Pension Scheme, Swimming Pool and Fitness Centres, Knowledge & Information Centre, Social Clubs, On-site Nursery (limited places) and access to a Childcare Co-ordinator. The Trust aims to help staff balance work and home life.

Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.

Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults

All employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their daily duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.

Please apply for this post on-line. If you have problems with using the online process, or need any assistance, please contact the "Recruitment Consultant" detailed below.

Your e-mail address is important to us
We communicate to all job applicants via the e-mail address which has been provided on the application form. Please ensure that you check your e-mail on a regular basis.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

If you decide to apply for this post but do not hear back from us within three weeks of the closing date, please assume that you not have been short-listed on this occasion.

For further details / informal visits contact
Kylie Gould,MPL, at kylie.Gould@gstt.nhs.uk , or Abigail Luck,MPL at abaigail.luck@gstt.nhs.uk

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post will not attract a work permit and therefore applicants must already have the right to live and work in the UK.

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Job Description

Person Specification

Application contact
Address

Managed Networks Recruitment Team
Recruitment @ Guy's & St Thomas'

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post will not attract a work permit and therefore applicants must already have the right to live and work in the UK.

Please refer to medrek.co.uk in your application