There has never been a more exciting time to join West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust! Major redevelopment works are due for completion by 2025 or soon after. These will be most dramatic at Watford General Hospital where up to 90% of buildings will be new.
There are also plans for a digital transformation, new models of care and a multi-storey car park. As well as this, the trust – which won the UK Best Employer Award (Nursing Times 2019) – is applying for teaching hospital status in recognition of its wide and well-renowned role in educating doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals
At West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust, we have a great opportunity for newly qualified Midwives to join our team. As well as the robust preceptorship programme we provide to support the consolidation of your skills, we are offering a bonus of an additional £2,400 for the first year for suitable candidates.
We would like to invite you to join our highly motivated midwifery team where commitment to providing high quality, woman-centred care is our passion. We are forward thinking with motivated staffs who strive to improve the quality of the service that we offer to our women, their babies and their families.
We have Level 2 Baby Friendly accreditation, CQC rating of ‘good’ and provide professional development opportunities for all levels of staff and work with the recommendations from the Better Births report and developing our Continuity of Carer team.
Our unit provides three options for place of birth; the established co-located Alexandra Birth Centre, home birth and the Delivery Suite. This ensures that all women have access to the optimal birth environment in accordance with their choice and in line with evidence based practice. Midwives are consequently supported and enabled to practice in the optimal environments for all elements of midwifery care for all women (and their families) to enjoy a normal birth experience.
Our rotational posts offer excellent all round experience in a progressive environment, with the potential for individuals to develop a full range of midwifery skills.
Offering:
An innovative, personalised, start to your midwifery career in a friendly, non-judgmental environment
Educational development opportunities
A new EPR system which will streamline the use of data and technology to improve patient care
A confirmed site of redevelopment with a completely new hospital being pledged by 2025
Interviews will be held on the 11 and 13 February 2021 by remote platform.
