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Maternity & Child Health Division
Maternity

The maternity service at Basingstoke and North Hampshire Foundation Trust is a friendly unit which aims to provide a high quality personal service for women and their families. We have a strong midwifery led model of care with approximately 3,000 births each year. We are currently implementing plans to deliver the Maternity Matters strategy and have plans underway to set up a midwifery led birth centre. We work closely with obstetricians and neonatologists to provide care for women with complex needs. The maternity team is a friendly group of people who are committed to having a happy working environment and delivering the best care to women and their families. We are committed to staff development and have a strong model of midwifery supervision. If you want to work with a lovely team of people then come, have a tour, listen to our plans and most importantly meet the staff.

Child Health
The integrated children’s service unit at the Basingstoke and North Hampshire Foundation Trust provides care to children and their families in the Acute, Neonatal, Ambulatory, Learning Disability and School environments. Our 26 bedded Acute Inpatient Unit offers a wide range of experience, caring for children and young people with medical , surgical, orthopaedics and oncology conditions. We are committed to the development of a learning culture through the provision of appropriate training and development of our staff. This includes comprehensive multi-disciplinary training. We also have very close links with Southampton University.

As an experienced paediatric nurse, you will have the opportunity to develop within an area of particular interest to you. You will be supported to develop a wide range of extended clinical skills, including working with adolescents, and in our HDU and close observation area. The post will involve rotation to other areas within Child Health e.g. understanding the role of the Health Visitor Liaison and the Children Community Nursing Team. In addition you will be able enhance your managerial skills in a supportive environment through appropriate leadership training.