Bank Midwife

NHS; Merthyr Tydfil; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

An established health board is seeking a dedicated Midwife to join their Maternity Services team. This role involves assessing, planning, and implementing care programs for clients across various birthing environments, ensuring the highest standards of care are upheld. The ideal candidate will possess a midwifery qualification and demonstrate strong clinical skills, with the ability to mentor less experienced staff. Join a supportive team that values respect, collaboration, and continuous improvement in providing exceptional care to the community. This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference in women's health services.

Qualifications

• Midwifery qualification required with clinical skills and experience.
• Ability to mentor less experienced staff and ensure high care standards.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for assessment, planning, and evaluation of maternity care.
• Ensure high standards of care reflecting quality standards and trust mission.

Skills

Clinical Skills

Assessment and Planning

Mentoring

Communication Skills

Education

Midwifery Qualification

Job description

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board has approximately 6000 births per year.

Maternity Services are provided over 3 sites and we are able to offer women and staff the 4 birthing environments: home, freestanding birth centre, alongside birth centre, and obstetric labour ward.

The environment in the Prince Charles Site level 2 has undergone major refurbishment in 2019. We offer care to women in our obstetric unit and we have an alongside midwifery led unit. We have increased the number of pools to 3 and are able to offer, in addition, a bereavement room and an enhanced environment for both women and staff.

At the Royal Glamorgan Hospital, we have a freestanding midwifery led unit offering women and staff the opportunity to birth in a home away from home in a tranquil and supportive environment.

Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend is a Level 2 Maternity Unit. We are able to offer low-risk women the opportunity to labour and birth in our alongside Midwifery Led room, Daffodil Suite, which incorporates a Birthing Pool. Our Obstetric services support women requiring increased surveillance during labour.

Main duties of the job

The Worker will be responsible for the assessment, planning development, implementation, and evaluation of programmes of care for clients in all areas of Maternity service.

The Worker will ensure the provision of the highest standards of care, which reflects the quality standards and the Trust mission.

The Worker will be required to practice clinical skills through experience and on completion of Midwifery Skills Competencies. To act as a mentor for less experienced Midwives and other staff.

Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary, and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

• We listen, learn, and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15,000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only the lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.

Job responsibilities

Please see the job description in the supporting documents.

Person Specification

• Skills
• Knowledge
• Qualifications
• Experience

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.

Salary: £37,898 to £45,637 per annum pro rata.