Newly Qualified Midwife - MSE

Are you approaching the completion of your midwifery training?
MSEFT (Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust) is inviting applications from dedicated, compassionate, and respectful third-year midwifery students to join our midwifery team. With our maternity units handling around 12,000 births annually, we can assure you that not every day will be the same!
MSEFT is now one of the largest Trusts in the country. As a fully established, merged trust we are extremely proud of the maternity services across MSE. Our sites include Southend, Basildon and Broomfield Hospital.
Our team is committed to assisting you in enhancing both your competencies and confidence as you transition from Band 5 to Band 6. We provide a structured preceptorship program tailored for Newly Qualified Midwives. This program is designed to guide, develop, and empower individuals, enabling them to pursue their career aspirations as a Midwife.
If you are eager to help shape the future here at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust and are committed to delivering first-class, compassionate care to mothers and their babies, we look forward to receiving your application.
Please indicate your preferred site (Basildon, Broomfield, or Southend) in your supporting statement. We will make every effort to accommodate your site preference.
Band 5 Midwives will undergo an robust and award-winning preceptorship programme over a 12–18-month period. During this time, we will offer continuous support to ensure you acquire the necessary skills and qualities needed for progression into a professional and confident Band 6 midwife.
Upon completion of the preceptorship programme, you will be required to work in all areas of the service which include obstetric, theatre and the community across all three sites, if necessary.
You will be working in collaboration with other multidisciplinary professionals enhancing and promoting the health and wellbeing of mothers and neonates in line with local and national standards relating to maternity care and referrals as appropriate.
Duties will include:

• Assess, plan and deliver total midwifery care for a caseload of women within the community, prioritising workload and management of time.
• Identify, plan and implement care in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team in relation to families with complex psycho-social needs e.g. child protection.
• Maintain accurate and contemporaneous records on the women and babies care at all times, including all discussions on care and information given. Ensuring the safekeeping and storage of all confidential materials
• Ensure multidisciplinary communication to promote continuity of care for women using maternity services
• Act as a clinical role model promoting professional, competent standards, working closely with the multi-disciplinary team.

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest in the country. Comprising of three main sites at Broomfield in Chelmsford, Basildon and Southend we are ‘One Team, Working Together’, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers. So, we’re very happy that you have chosen to join us!
We not only offer you an excellent working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress.
As a fully established, merged organisation we have worked closely with our patients, staff and the wider community on our new trust values which guide us to be Excellent, Compassionate and Respectful in everything we do here at MSE.
For further details, please refer to the attached job description/personal specification. If you have inquiries about our midwifery preceptorship program or would like more information about Mid and South Essex as an organization, please get in touch!