Integrated Midwife - Band 5/6

Integrated Care System; Torquay; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Torquay is seeking enthusiastic, motivated midwives to join their integrated midwifery team. The role involves assessing care needs, collaborating with colleagues, and providing care in various settings. Applicants must be registered midwives with a completed preceptorship and evidence of ongoing professional development. The position emphasizes supporting women's choices for safe and tailored birth experiences.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of child protection and domestic violence.
• Community experience required.
• Experience of home births and Parent Education training.

Responsibilities

• Assess and evaluate care programmes for women and their babies.
• Act as a mentor for less experienced staff.
• Provide midwifery care to women with complex needs.

Skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Ability to work autonomously

Organizational and prioritization skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Education

Registered Midwife

Evidence of ongoing professional development

Completed a preceptor programme

Job description

Go back to Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

Integrated Midwife - Band 5/6

The closing date is 26 August 2025

We are seeking enthusiastic, motivated, and committed midwives to join our integrated midwifery team workforce. These posts offer the opportunity to be part of Torbay's nationally renowned and well-established integrated team midwifery model.

We support women to have a safe and individually focused birth. We work closely with the Devon LMS and neighboring Maternity Units to ensure high-quality care for women in Devon.

Fully integrated teams in the Torbay Maternity Service provide midwives the chance to maintain all their skills.

Band 5 midwives must have completed at least 6 months of a preceptee programme.

Main duties of the job

• Assess the full range of care needs and develop, implement, and evaluate care programmes throughout the antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal periods for women and their babies.
• Work autonomously within guidelines and professional practice standards.
• Act as a mentor or practice supervisor for less experienced midwives, students, and other members of the multi-professional team.
• Work within NMC codes of practice and professional guidelines.
• Serve as Lead Professional for low-risk women.
• Provide antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal care in various settings, including home and hospital.
• Collaborate with professional colleagues to provide midwifery care to women with complex needs.
• Contribute feedback to ensure the health and social care setting responds to the individual needs of women, especially those who are disadvantaged, and advocate for these women where appropriate.
• Support women's rights to make informed choices about their care.
• Promote equality, diversity, and rights.
• Participate in annual appraisals, identify training needs, and engage in continuous personal development.

About us

Our fully integrated midwifery teams meet the Better Birth recommendations for providing a Continuity of Carer model for women.

We support the choice agenda; at least 6% of women we care for choose to birth their baby out of hospital. We work closely with the Devon LMS and neighboring Maternity Units to ensure high-quality care for women in Devon.

We are committed to safe, individually focused births and providing women with birth location choices.

Job responsibilities

Full vacancy details can be found in the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information based on the role requirements or person specification.

Ability to travel efficiently around the Bay is important to carry out your duties.

Person Specification

Qualifications and training

• Registered Midwife
• Evidence of ongoing professional development
• Completed a preceptor programme

Knowledge & Experience

• Knowledge of child protection, domestic violence, substance misuse, and working with women with special needs
• Ability to cope in stressful environments with emotional women, their families/supporters, and staff
• Community experience
• Experience of home births
• Parent Education training

Specific skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work autonomously
• Organizational and prioritization skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A disclosure check will be required to assess any criminal convictions.

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

Depending on experience, salary is per annum, pro rata.