200190 Senior Charge Midwife Inpatient Services

Job title:

200190 Senior Charge Midwife Inpatient Services

Company

NHS Scotland

Job description

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Practitioner to join our team. The opportunity for a Senior Charge Midwife/Inpatient Manager is required to join our Inpatient Team and be part of Maternity Services in Dumfries and Galloway.You will manage our inpatient wards and work alongside our innovative, enthusiastic Maternity team. We are a small team providing family centred Maternity care to the families of Dumfries and Galloway.Our inpatient service is a consultant led maternity unit with approximately 1100 deliveries per year. If the buzz of the hospital setting is your preferred choice, there is opportunity to co-ordinate and be the SCM supporting the Maternity Assessment Unit, which is a 2 bedded assessment area.The Birthing Suite has 6 en-suite bedrooms with various equipment to support mobilisation during labour, 2 with birthing pools. The Maternity ward consists of 12 en-suite bedrooms with all the home comforts. The team pride themselves on delivering family centred, evidence based antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care to all families that access our service.The post holder will work 37 hours per week, predominantly Monday – Friday office hours which will incorporate some clinical working to maintain competency, this will be flexible and agreed between the post holder and their manager.Dumfries and Galloway is a beautiful place to work, live and play; it has an array of outdoor activities available within its stunning countryside location and great transport links within Scotland and across the border.The maternity team enjoy the benefits and support that being part of a small team offers and enjoy varied organised social activities. Over the past few months the team has had a picnic in the park with families, a charity walk and completed the wobbly water park (activity course on water).Informal enquiries are welcomed, please contact – Leanne.solonyna@nhs.scotADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATESTo find out more about working with NHS Dumfries and Galloway and for an insight into our friendly, beautiful corner of Scotland please visit our Work With Us web pagesNHS Scotland is reducing their full-time working week from 37.5 to 37 hours per week for NHS Agenda for Change workers in Scotland from 1 April 2024 but with no change in pay. This reduction will also be applied pro rata for part time staff. This advert and any subsequent offer/contract of employment therefore reflects the new working hours. However, as not all service areas will be able to adopt the 37 hour working week immediately from 1 April 2024, you may be required to work up to an additional 30 minutes per week for a temporary period, for which you would be paid, until the service you are working in changes rosters or working patterns to accommodate the new reduced working week.APPLICATION PROCESS –
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Please be aware that a vacancy may close early due to volume of applications, therefore you should not delay in submitting your application.EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY
NHS Dumfries and Galloway is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Dumfries and Galloway welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.PUBLIC PROTECTION
Public protection practice encompasses the recognition and management of risk in order to prevent or reduce harm to children, (including unborn babies), young people and adults. All public protection legislation, and NHS Dumfries and Galloway (NHSDG) policies and guidance are founded on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the European Convention on Human Rights, and the principles of these Conventions underpin all NHSDG core business.RIGHT TO WORK IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
NHS Dumfries and Galloway has a legal obligation to ensure that it does not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK. This permission is without exception granted by the UK Border Agency. We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category. Candidates who require a Certificate of Sponsorship can access further information on the UK Border Agency’s new points based system that now governs the way individuals from outside the UK can work at www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk
Please ensure the vacancy salary meets the minimum salary required for sponsorship. We are unable to provide sponsorship for bank contracts.UNITED KINGDOM REGISTRATION
NHS Dumfries & Galloway are currently unable to support OSCE Training for international nurses for vacancies.
Vacancies requiring professional registration require full United Kingdom registration with the appropriate council (eg NMC, HCPC, GMC etc).

Expected salary

Location

Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway

Job date

Thu, 14 Nov 2024 23:58:52 GMT

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