This information package has been compiled to provide prospective candidates with details of the post advertised.
The contents of this package are as follows:
· Post Information Sheet
· Job Advertisement
· Job Description
· Guidance Notes for completion of the application for employment form
· Application Form & Equal Opportunities Monitoring form (Please note that the application form will not be submitted for shortlisting without a completed equal opportunities monitoring form).
· Confirmation of Right to Work in the UK Statement*
· Please do not attach a CV with, or as part of your application. NHS Lanarkshire does not accept application by CV and therefore this will not be included with your application for shortlisting purposes.
· Terms and Conditions of Employment
Please refer to NHS Lanarkshire’s website http://www.nhslanarkshire.org.uk/Careers/Pages/values-competency-based-interviews.aspx for further information on our recruitment process.
All posts are subject to competency based interviews. There is more information on the recruitment process for this on Firstport:
- Welcome to NHS Lanarkshire
- About the Selection Process
- -Guide to completing an Application form
- Values and Competencies Interviews
- Overview of the Values and Competency Frameworks
* NHS Lanarkshire has a legal obligation to ensure that all prospective employees have the right to work in the UK. Please see the Terms and Conditions for this post for further information.
Please note that NHS Lanarkshire does not routinely acknowledge receipt of application forms.
REFERENCE No: 0118 38206HM
JOB TITLE: Advanced Specialist Midwife – Substance Use
£32,013 - £42,205 per annum
GRADE: Band 7
LOCATION: University Hospital Wishaw
HOURS: 37.5
CONTRACT DURATION: Fixed Term until 31 March 2019
The successful candidate will be responsible for the management and care of a specific client group in providing both individual patient care and in planning, implementing and evaluating clinical care within a specialised area of Women’s service. You will ensure compliance with NHS Lanarkshire’s policy and procedures and maintaining statutory requirements in accordance with the NMC to function autonomously with no immediate peers or specialist support.
You will be a Registered Midwife with valid NMC Registration, educated to/working towards/operating at Degree Level with Post graduate expertise within speciality. Comprehensive knowledge of clinical guidelines and standards within the speciality/area of practice is required along with excellent team-working/leadership skills and the ability to motivate others.
Where a post only has temporary funding and an existing member of NHS Lanarkshire staff wishes to apply, this will be treated as a secondment. The employee MUST already have had agreement from their line manager to be released on a secondment before applying for the post.
For secondments external to NHS Lanarkshire please refer to the secondment policy on FirstPort for further information.
Should you wish to discuss the post in more detail, please contact Liz Walsh, Senior Midwife Community & Outpatients on 01698 366301.
Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.
In the interest of being green – environmentally friendly, the preferred method of receiving applications is by email to
If however you require to post your application form please return it to Recruitment – HR Service Centre, Law House, Airdrie Road, Carluke, ML8 5EP. Should you experience any difficulty, please contact Recruitment – HR Service Centre on 01698 377740. Please ensure that you submit your application in advance of the closing date. Late applications will not be forwarded for shortlisting. When submitting your completed application please take note of the following: Please allow 2 days for postal deliveries NHS Lanarkshire does not routinely acknowledge receipt of application forms. Please note that should you contact the Recruitment Service to discuss any queries regarding your application, it is advisable that you retain the job reference number as you will be asked to quote this when you call. In the meantime, I wish you success with your application.
Applications from candidates who require a Tier 2 Certificate of sponsorship (formerly Work Permits) will only be considered if no suitable UK or EEA national is identified for this post. For further information on the UK Border Agency’s new points based System which now governs the way individuals from outside the EEA can work in the UK please visit www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk.
Closing date: 20/02/2018
Interview date: TBC
Short-listed applicants may be contacted by email where you have submitted an email address.
Please check your emails regularly.
1. JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Title: Advanced Specialist Midwife
Department(s): Maternity Services
CAJE ID: NHSL11/069
No of Job Holders:
2. JOB PURPOSE
The postholder will carry continuing responsibility for the management and care of a specific client group. The post holder will be involved in providing both individual patient care and in planning, implementing and evaluating clinical care within a specialised area of Women’s service, ensuring compliance with NHS Lanarkshire’s policy and procedures and maintaining statutory requirements in accordance with the NMC to function autonomously with no immediate peers or specialist support. To provide safe, effective centred person care.
3. ORGANISATIONAL POSITION
4. SCOPE AND RANGE
To provide a clinical leadership role within a specialised Women’s Services areas
To provide a high quality safe and supportive environment within their specialty achieved by optimising the use of staff, premises, equipment and other resources with the overall objective of establishing, maintaining and improving quality of care standards.
Provides specialist clinical expertise and act as an information resource for all professionals across the service
Women’s Services comprises of an Integrated Community/Hospital Maternity Service, Neonatl service, Gynaecology and Women’s Health Unit Service and Infertility Service.
5. MAIN DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES· Planning, assessing, developing, implementing and evaluating planned programmes of care
· Being an advocate for women and their families.
· Provide a health education role for women and their partners and extended families.
· Setting and maintaining standards of care.
· Recognising deviations from normal and implementing appropriate action
· Lead in the formulating of policy and procedures within their speciality.
· Initiates and participates in audit, research and risk management.
· Is accessible to women/families and staff to ensure an opportunity to seek information, help and support is available.
· Ensures a suitable learning environment exists to support trained/student and untrained staff
· Provides advice and support to staff with regard to their specialist area.
· Facilitates and implements training opportunities for junior midwifery/nursing and medical staff which meets their development needs.
· Ensures effective communications are maintained within the directorate and within NHS Lanarkshire to embrace the multi disciplinary team.
· Provides reports on complaints received in relation to the service and or staff.
· Ensures efficient and effective use of resources within the department i.e. monitoring stock control for specialist information leaflets.
· Provides a safe environment for staff, women and their families, ensuring any accident/incident/complaint is reported and a full investigation is instigated.
· Contributes to and influence the wider NHS agenda by participation in National Working Groups in relation to their specialist areas.
· Interprets results in relation to their specialist area and autonomously evaluates, plans and subsequently implements planned programmes of care.
· Frequently communicates highly sensitive, complex and distressing information to women their partners and families.
· Provides specialist advice to women, their families and the multi-disciplinary team.
· Responsible for day-to –day management of staff within their specialist clinical area.
· Responsible for collation and presentation of audit data from multidisciplinary teams, service users and outside agencies. Data is cascaded to a variety of arenas including National Governing Bodies i.e. Scottish Government and UNICEF.
· Responsible for developing and implementing the service for their area of expertise.
· Maintain and improve the resources of this specialist service to enable to meet future service needs and to enable staff (and those of partner agencies) to function safely and well, within this speciality.
· Awareness of and sensitivity to inter-agency dynamics
· Develop and deliver appropriate specialist midwifery/nursing and medical staff training packages, workshops and updates to ensure competence of all staff.
6. EQUIPMENT & MACHINERY
The post holder requires to have a sound knowledge of all equipment used within their specialist area and be clinically competent in the use off:
Fetal Monitors
Resuscitaires
Computer Systems and printers
Teaching aids
And may be required to use specialist equipment including scanning machines
Computer system and printer
Overhead projector
Laptop and digital projector
Stationery equipment
Photocopying equipment
Television/Video/DVD
7. SYSTEMS
The post holder requires to have a sound knowledge of all systems used within their specialist areas and be competent in their use i.e.:
Internet and intranet
Software packages – MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, outlook
Trakcare
Eksf
Stationery related to specialised service.
Learn Pro
8. DECISIONS & JUDGEMENTS
· Frequently requires to make highly sensitive and complex judgements on a range of intricate issues which requires analysis, assessment and planning.
· Facilitates and supports midwifery/nursing and medical staff when complex clinical decision making skills are required.
· Assesses and analyses patient well being and makes judgements regarding a range of physical, social and emotional care needs
· Makes complex autonomous clinical decisions regarding patient care in relation to their specialist area.
· Provide expert clinical support to healthcare professionals, women and their families.
· Use initiative, specialist clinical knowledge, experience and risk management processes to identify potential problems and areas for improvement.
· Develop, implement and evaluate new policies and guidelines in line with current evidence and best practice statements.
· Review existing policies and guidelines in line with National policy drivers.
· Take direct referrals from multi-agency team.
9. COMMUNICATIONS & RELATIONSHIPS
Internal
The postholder will be expected to communicate and liaise with the patient, their families and the multi disciplinary team involved in the provision of care, including highly complex and highly sensitive information where there can be barriers to understanding and acceptance of information and advice provided.
Frequently communicating with distressed/anxious women and their families which include showing empathy when delivering bad news
Communicate with other relevant departments/agencies within NHS Lanarkshire e.g. supplies, estates, infection control, personnel, staff organizations and PFI contractors
External
Communicate with relevant external agencies on a regional and national basis e.g. Higher Education Institutes, NES, Scottish Government.
10. DEMANDS OF THE JOB (physical, mental, emotional)
Physical Skills
Undertake venepuncture and suturing as required
IT skills including data entry
Ability to drive
Physical Demands
Stand or walk for majority of shift
Manual handling of patients
Transporting of portable equipment and training materials
Adapting physical position in relation to woman’s chosen position for delivery
Mental Demands
Concentration when inputting data
Concentration required for all or most of the shift due to complex clinical caseload and unpredictability of client groups workload
Frequently applying autonomous decision making skills
To be the lead clinical practitioner
Analyse complex clinical issues and make immediate decisions
Emotional Demands
Frequently communicating with distressed/anxious clients and relatives, and occasionally aggressive clients/relatives
Breaking bad news regarding pregnancy outcomes i.e. stillbirth, congenital abnormality, miscarriage
Dealing with conflict issues
Frequently providing advice and support in ethically related issues
Working Conditions
Frequent exposure to body fluids e.g. blood, liquor, urine and vomit
Frequent use of Visual display Unit
Lone working
Ability to work within frequently disrupted schedules and arrangements
11. MOST CHALLENDING/DIFFICULT PARTS OF THE JOB
Undertaking diagnostic procedures and making autonomous judgements on a range of complex issues.
Ethical and emotional demands when dealing with issues relating to a vulnerable client group.
Providing inspiration and continued motivation to staff.
Designing, producing and delivering effective teaching packages for both staff and service users.
Achieving and maintaining any set National Targets i.e. UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Accreditation, HEAT Targets.
The post holder must ensure that a high quality service is available to their client group.
The post holder must aim to ensure a high standard of care is provided for their specialist area, despite the difficult/challenging circumstances in which they are practising.
12. KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING AND/OR EXPERIENCE REQUIRED TO DO THE JOB
· Registered Midwife with valid NMC Registration
· Educated to/working towards/operating at Degree Level
· Post graduate expertise within speciality / area of practice that demonstrates the required breadth of knowledge required to lead safety, effectively and efficiently.
· Comprehensive knowledge of clinical guidelines and standards within the speciality / area of practice.
· Specialist knowledge and experience of relevant conditions, pathology, policies and procedures associated with the speciality/area of practice ensuring that the level of expertise can be utilised to deliver leadership within speciality / area of practice.
· Management qualification or equivalent gained through experience and continuous professional development
· Further education/evidence of Continuous Professional Development in area of speciality including study days/courses/post graduate qualification
· The post holder will possess excellent team-working/leadership skills and have the ability to motivate others and work using own initiative
· Excellent listening, communication and interpersonal skills.
· Effective time management skills
· Working knowledge of basic information technology
Job Description Agreement
Job Holder’s Signature Date
Head of Department Signature Dat
NHS LANARKSHIREPERSON SPECIFICATION
Advanced Specialist Midwife – Band 7 – NHSL11/069
Criteria / Essential / Desirable
Qualifications & Training
Level of education, professional qualifications, training and learning programmes/courses / Registered Nurse with valid NMC Registration
Educated to/working towards/operating at Degree Level
Management qualification or equivalent gained through experience and CPD
Further Education/CPD in area of speciality including study days, courses, Postgraduate qualification / Professional development in management or leadership
Experience
Length and type of experience, level at which experience gained / Post graduate expertise within speciality, area of practice that demonstrates the required breadth of knowledge required to lead safety, effectively and efficiently / Experience of working with women with drug and alcohol issues
5 years current midwifery experience
Knowledge
Depth and extent of knowledge / Comprehensive knowledge of clinical guidelines and standards within the speciality, area of practice
Specialist knowledge and experience of relevant conditions, pathology, policies and procedures associated with the speciality, area of practice ensuring that the level of expertise can be utilised to deliver leadership within speciality, area of practice
Skills/Abilities
Range and level of skills
ie communication (oral, written, presentation),
planning/organisation,
numeracy, leadership etc. / Excellent team-working/leadership skills, ability to motivate others and work using own initiative
Excellent listening, communication and interpersonal skills.
Effective time management skills
Working knowledge of basic IT / Training and facilitation skills
Ability to work with people and as part of a multi disciplinary team
Counselling skills
Presentation skills
Specific Job Requirements
Environmental conditions, unsociable hours, car driver etc / Ability to drive and holder of valid UK driving licence
Signed: / Date:
PRINT NAME: / Designation:
GUIDANCE NOTES
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