Senior Theatre Practitioner

Senior Theatre Practitioner

Job description

Job overview

We are pleased to share this exciting opportunity for experienced Midwives to join our Community Midwifery teams caring for women and families at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust.

This role will involve working as part of our team of dedicated and enthusiastic Community Midwives delivering exceptional maternity care in a range of community settings.

You will join a committed and experienced team of community midwives who also work closely with the wider multi-disciplinary team.

Within this Trust we deliver maternity care to 6000 women.

Main duties of the job







It is an exciting time for our service and we would love you to join our team of midwives and help us to shape our services to support womens choice in place of birth.

We offer a comprehensive orientation package,covering al aspects of our service.You will have the support from our friendly team of Midwives throughout this period and beyond.

You will need to have completed a preceptorship programme and have achieved Midwifery competencies such as cannulation,water birth and suturing.

We operate an on-call system for community midwifery which you will be required to participate in.

Each community team is supported by an experienced team lead and the teams work in close conjunction with the stand-alone Birth Centres at maidstone and Crowborough,so there is opportunity to gain experience in these enviroments as well.

Working for our organisation

MTW is a large acute hospital trust in the south-east of England.

We provide a full range of general hospital services and some aspects of specialist and complex care to around 600,000 people living in west Kent and East Sussex.

We have a team of over 8,000 full and part-time staff.





We also provide specialist cancer services to around 2 million people across Kent and East Sussex via the Kent Oncology Centre.

In the 2024 NHS staff survey, our employees ranked MTW among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and the second-best Trust to work for in the South East.

Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you.

Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities







Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.

Following your Corporate Induction you will be expected to attend the Trust’s 2-week Induction Programme for RNs, NAs, RMs, ODPs and Paramedics.

The programme is full-time (please email if this is problematic) and will involve travel to both Trust sites. The programme includes supernumerary shifts in the clinical area, classroom-based sessions and e-learning.

Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check at Enhanced Level.

Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children)

At MTW,





we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career.

We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients.

We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work.

We support our staff with disabilities to ensure they have the adjustments they need to be the best they can be in the workplace.







Collaborating with Access to Work means that our staff are assessed by experts in the workplace and we ensure that their recommendations are implemented as quickly as possible.

You can find out more here : Access to Work : get support if you have a disability or health condition : What Access to Work is - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Interview Date : To be confirmed

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

- RM and eligible to practice.
- Evidence of further study and development of professional and academic skills.

Desirable criteria

To have obtained or be studying at diploma level.

Experience

Essential criteria

- Sound knowledge of recent Government / Professional documents with awareness of implications to service provision.
- Able to demonstrate motivation to maintain professional development.
- Ability to work within acute and primary health care settings

Desirable criteria







- Previous community and hospital experience.
- Ability to use flexible innovative approaches to practice tailored to meet the clients’ individual needs.
- Knowledge of change management theories and their impact.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- A positive approach to change.
- Act as mentor to both qualified midwives and students encouraging evidence based practice.
- Ability to exercise professional accountability and autonomy.
- Ability to act effectively within a multidisciplinary team. Ensuring collaboration across professional boundaries.






- Able to recognise own limitations in order to seek advice appropriately.

Desirable criteria

- A working knowledge of quality assurance.
- Be able to prioritise one’s workload.

▶️ Senior Theatre Practitioner
🖊️ Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
📍 Royal Tunbridge Wells