About this role
Job summary
The Close Relative Marriage Midwife will work as part of a dynamic team to deliver high-quality care by supporting managers and staff across the maternity service. As set out in Culturally competent genetic services and close relative marriage: Funding criteria for areas of high need available on NHS England's Future NHS Collaboration Platform, Maternity Local Transformation Hub equity and equality pages).
The Close Relative Marriage Midwife will proactively work with women from Pakistani and other ethnic groups to encourage a greater level of genetic testing/awareness /literacy among families where consanguineous related genetic disorders are present and improve access to genetic services for families thereby enable informed reproductive decision-making.
Main duties of the job
o Ensure that provision of genetic information is available to all women practicing close relative marriage with a family history of a genetic disorder to enable empowered and timely decision making.
o Ensure timely referrals to the genetic service to ensure women have the opportunity to understand their risks and the options available to them in a pregnancy.
o Empower women to make informed choices in a culturally sensitive way.
o Initiate sensitive, appropriate conversations with families affected with autosomal recessive disorders linked to close relative marriage.
o Establish the role within the midwifery team and be a point of contact and/or referral for other midwives.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full details of the role, please refer to the Job Description (JD), as it provides a comprehensive outline of the key duties, responsibilities, and expectations associated with the position.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Clinician with current NMC midwifery registration
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
- Further training or significant experience in project management, financial management or supporting change management processes. Certificates/portfolio of evidence Ongoing personal/professional development
- Certificates/portfolio of evidence
- Ongoing personal/professional development
Desirable
- Evidence of genetic training/ experience in field of genetics
Knowledge
Essential
- Subject matter expertise across a number of key areas, including an understanding of both genomics/genetics and midwifery
- Aware of cultural and social influences on health and importance of respecting diversity and differences
- Specialist knowledge in a relevant subject to post graduate level
- Understanding of research and its application to practice Standard-setting and quality assurance
- Importance of cost containment and resource management
- Clinical supervision and reflective practice
Desirable
- Comprehensive knowledge of project management and/or health information systems development.
- Workforce development knowledge and experience.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Project.
- Current nursing practice developments and NHS reforms
Experience
Essential
- Experience and understanding of evaluating and measuring the performance of health services.
- Experience in communications and stakeholder management
- Previous experience in similar role in public sector.
- A good understanding of the health and social care environment and roles and responsibilities within it.
- Formal teaching to group of staff Post-registration experience
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Evidence of expanded clinical skills - e.g. IV drug administration, cannulation, phlebotomy etc.
- Clear communicator with excellent writing, report writing and presentation skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts concisely and accurately for diverse audiences.
- Evidence of success in effective project and programmed management
- Skills for communication on complex matters and difficult situations, requiring persuasion and influence
- Skills for nurturing key relationships and maintaining networks.
- Ability to analyse and interpret information, prempt and evaluate issues, and recommend and appropriate course of action to address the issues.
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
- Strategic thinking - ability to anticipate.
- Attention to detail combined with the ability to extract key messages from complex analysis.
- Independent thinker with demonstrated good judgement, problem -solving and analytical skills
- Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action.
- Skills for supporting project management.
- Previous experience in project management and planning.
- Ability to engender trust and confidence and demonstrate integrity in the provision of advice and support
- Skills for managing projects ensuring they meet financial targets.
- Skills for manipulating information.
- Intermediate keyboard skills.
- Clinical expertise, able to work on own initiative ad sound decision-making
- Works effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Understanding of own knowledge and skills
- Awareness of own limitations, realism in own abilities
- Ability to work without supervision.
- Able to work on own initiative, organising and prioritising own and others workloads to changing and often tight deadlines.
- An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust.
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel across sites where required
- Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do.
- Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public.
- Consistently thinks about how their work can help and support clinicians and frontline staff deliver better outcomes for patients.
- Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
- Consistently looks to improve what they do, looks for successful tried and tested ways of working, and also seeks out innovation
- Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of equality of opportunity and diversity.
Desirable
- Fluent in Urdu
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Barts Health NHS Trust
Address
Newham University Hospital
Glen Road
Plaistow
E13 8SL
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)