Band 5/6 Midwife

Job summary

As part of our recruitment strategy we are looking to appoint self-motivated, enthusiastic, dynamic Registered Midwives.

As a maternity unit we are innovative with lots of developments planned for 2022. Being led by a supportive management team we can offer excellent opportunities for further career development. In line with NHS England requirements..

We are seeking, innovative and flexible midwives that will work within our Maternity Service to progress the recommendations made from the Better Births report and requirements from NHS England within our integrated and rotational care teams providing care to the women and their families.

You will be working within the integrated care teams or in a rotational role within acute high risk hospital setting.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

The post holder will practice as a midwife within the maternity services in University Hospitals Birmingham working day duty, night duty, weekend and bank holidays and participate in on call when working in the community and continuity of care teams. The post holder will work in all areas of maternity service.

To work as an autonomous, accountable and experienced practitioner and a lead professional in the provision of care to women and their families.

To provide all relevant forms of specialised programmes of care and advice to women and their families, including responsibility for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care during the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal period

In order to support your transition into post we will ensure you are provided with:

• Trust induction
• Clinical induction including mandatory & statutory training
• Local induction within the service /team including an agreed period of

supernumerary time

• Named clinical mentor
• Support from the Practice Development / Clinical Education Team
• Access to speciality specific training / development
• if newly Qualified you will have Automatic enrolment onto the Trust

Preceptorship Programme to progress to Band 6 within 12-18 months

Informal discussions are welcomed and you should contact Mrs Hayley Butler , Site Lead Matron Heartlands Hospital on 0121 424 1083 or Maggie Coleman, Site Lead Matron Good Hope Hospital on 0121 424 9750

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

Job description

*Please Note*: For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Midwife on part 2 of the NMC

Professional register

Experience

Essential

Completion of pre or post registration

midwifery programme

Return to midwifery practice

Ability to work autonomously within

professional and Trust guidelines

Able to take the professional lead in

caring for low risk women

Knowledge of needs of high and low risk

women and neonates

Knowledge of child protection issues and

when to take action

Knowledge to competently perform and

interpret fetal heart auscultation,

cardiotocography

Knowledge to safely use medical devices

and other equipment required for

practice

Knowledge of legal and ethical principles

in midwifery for choice, consent, client

autonomy

Knowledge to safely manage epidurals in

labour

Understanding of risk management

Able to enter data on computer for

notification of births, and patient records

Able to collect data for statistics audit

Able to use computer package to

generate growth charts

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.

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.

UK Professional Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.