Registered Midwife - Falkland Islands
Job Description
Job summary
This role is located in a British Overseas Territory, therefore UK legislation such as the Data Protection Act (2018) and the Equality Act (2010), or similar, may not apply.
Are you looking for a new adventure with an excellent work life balance in a safe, unique, beautiful and community focused setting?
Do you want to work in a hospital focused on providing the highest quality, patient focused care possible to its diverse community? Then this is the job for you.
The KEMH is the principal healthcare facility in the Falkland Islands which alongside of primary care, also provides a broad range of elective & emergency secondary care services to a resident population of about 3700 people, (plus short-term residents and visitors).
We are looking to employ a Registered Midwife to join our team to provide quality care to the residents and visitors of the Falkland Islands.
If you are an experienced Midwife with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) registration or equivalent professional registering body who has experience of working in the NHS & looking for a new challenge, to work independently within a small team and participate in a 24 hour on-call rota, we would like to hear from you.
In return we offer: A competitive salary package, an outstanding work life balance, 6 weeks paid annual leave, plus 11 days Public Holidays and a flight and relocation package.
Main duties of the job
This position requires a midwife, on a two-to-four-year contract to join a small multi-disciplinary team to provide high quality care to patients, to promote health and contribute to effective multi-disciplinary care in the Falkland Islands.
This role involves, but is not limited to, working within a small multi-disciplinary team to provide evidence based and woman-centred midwifery to women in the Falkland Islands in the ante, intra and post-partum period.
About us
The Health and Social Services Directorate, Falkland Islands provides emergency, primary, secondary and community healthcare as well as social services assistance, support, and advice. Most health services are based at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital (KEMH) which is the Islands only hospital and is based in the capital Stanley. We serve the local community of about 3,700 residents, short-term residents and visitors.
The Falkland Islands are an unique natural environment located in the South Atlantic, 8,000 miles south of the UK mainland, which is a British overseas territory with a full internal self-government. The Islands boasts unspoilt beaches, outstanding wildlife, and stunning landscapes with a good work/life balance. Stanley is a friendly and busy city with a wide range of amenities and a variety of clubs and associations. Our vacancies are in our local currency, Falkland Islands pound (FKP), which is directly equal to the U.K. pound (GBP).
The hospital environment is one in which clinical staff have the time, resources, and support to provide the highest standards of care and to develop their careers. In addition to being supported to practise with a broad scope, clinical staff are encouraged and assisted to develop particular areas of clinical expertise
Job responsibilities
- Acting as a practitioner within own scope of competency to provide maternity care in accordance with Nursing & Midwifery Council (or other recognised regulatory body), & locally adopted guidelines & policies. The post-holder will be expected to utilise their professional skill & judgement to contribute to the management of the caseload of women who are pregnant within the resources available, in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team.
- Deliver high quality, evidence-based individual models of maternity care which comply with locally-adopted guidelines & policies. Reviewing & updating local guidelines & policies via established procedures for doing so where required to ensure currency with internationally-recognised best practice.
- Promote the health of women with the provision of pre-conceptual care to improve the outcome of pregnancies in regular clinics as well as with community outreach.
- Promote health & optimise outcomes by providing education to the women & families on a one to one basis or with group work on healthy & safe lifestyles.
- Liaise with the wider multi-disciplinary team, both within the Falkland Islands, & where appropriate overseas, to identify & manage risk in the context of a remote environment, plan care & treatment pathways, & ensure the best possible outcomes for both planned & emergency episodes of care.
- Act as the womans advocate in promoting & delivering the high standards of midwifery care, ensuring all fundamentals of care are addressed, & current, relevant policies, guidelines & procedures are adhered to.
- Provide collaborative antenatal care in the community &/or hospital to; Identify & manage risk; Enable the women to make informed choices; Plan, provide, evaluate & record care; Respond appropriately to the changing needs of the pregnant women; Work alongside the GP with an extended skillset in obstetrics or consultant obstetrician (as is available) to provide antenatal care.
- Provide intrapartum care to women, throughout their labour & delivery including in planned, urgent or emergency situations; Identifying & managing risk; Enabling the women to make informed choices; Planning, providing, evaluating & recording care; Responding to the changing needs of the pregnant women including in emergency situations, referring & consulting with the wider multi-disciplinary team as required.
- Provide postnatal care to women & their baby within the hospital & community setting: Identifying & managing risk; Enabling the women & families to make informed choices; Planning, providing, evaluating & recording care including promoting a safe environment; Responding to the changing needs of the woman & family to facilitate the adaptation to parenthood & achieving the familys optimum independence; Collaboratively work with the 0-19 service to seamlessly handover ongoing care.
- Contribute to & maintain an environment in which effective learning & improvement can take place & provide teaching to colleagues including non-midwifery staff, in order to advance the care of mother & baby in all settings.
- Adherence to, & compliance with the Falkland Islands Government & Department & Health & Social Service Information Technology & data management policies & procedures, including contributing to the housekeeping & accurate updating of computer-based patient records.
- Ensure that a culture of continuous improvement in the provision of midwifery care is promoted through: Working within the clinical governance structure; Participating in performance reviews as required; Undertaking training/ CPD in order to meet professional registration requirements; Meet own developmental needs identified through the performance review process in order to practice safely & effectively in the context of the Falkland Islands; Enabling & delivering effective multi-disciplinary working.
Job description is not exclusive/exhaustive of your duties
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or equivalent enabling current registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council or equivalent regulatory body as a midwife
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Full driving licence (manual vehicles)
Desirable
- Current registration as a general nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (or equivalent regulatory body)
Experience
Essential
- 5 years post registration experience as a midwife
- Experience of practicing midwifery in a full range of clinical settings
- Articulate and knowledgeable in current midwifery issues and practice Evidence of fluency in the English language
- Good oral communicator including being able to adapt communication style to ensure effective communication with other health service staff, overseas treatment centres or consultants, patients and family members in a wide variety of circumstances
- Good written communicator able to maintain records in line with Nursing and Midwifery Council and local guidelines and complete statutory reports as required
- Competent in the use of electronic patient records. Ability to retrieve and compile statistics
- Good computer literacy, including in the use of use of common Microsoft Office programmes such as Outlook, Excel and Word
- Evidence of working effectively with a multi-disciplinary team to promote the best possible outcomes, and act as a patient advocate
- Able to work as an autonomous practitioner, making decisions around complex healthcare conditions using a patient-centred approach and referring to the multi-disciplinary team appropriately
- Confident in the ability to appropriately professionally challenge; always working in the patients best interest
- Willing to participate in managing a neonate and/ or mother during an overseas transfer in the event of an emergency medical evacuation relate to caseload ...
