Midwife

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Leeds; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in the healthcare sector is seeking dedicated midwives to join their Maternity Department. This role offers the chance to provide exceptional care to women and their families, ensuring that every aspect of maternity care is met with the highest standards. With a commitment to staff development and a supportive environment, you will have the opportunity to grow and enhance your skills while making a meaningful impact on the lives of many. If you are passionate about women's health and eager to be part of a collaborative team, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Essential midwifery training and current UK professional registration required.
• Strong communication and organizational skills are vital for this role.

Responsibilities

• Provide midwifery care across various settings including hospitals and homes.
• Maintain high standards of care and support the Senior Midwife.

Skills

Lateral Thinking

Written and Verbal Communication

Organizational Skills

Team Leadership

IT Skills

Education

Degree or Equivalent

Registered Midwife

Job description

Job Summary

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is offering an exciting opportunity for midwives who currently hold a live NMC PIN to join our Maternity Department as a Band 5 rotational Midwife.

The trust provides maternity services for the City of Leeds and beyond - an area with a widely diverse demographic and population.

We have a proven history of investing in further training and development for our staff. We support, nurture and guide them in reaching their full potential, expanding and increasing their skill sets, thereby enabling the provision of the very best possible care to our women and their families. Our developmental programmes/opportunities are widely recognised and highly regarded. As a trust our vision is to be the best in specialist and integrated care and we want to be the best place to work. We strive to be patient centred, fair, collaborative, accountable and empowered. This is The Leeds Way.

For further information please do not hesitate to contact Julie Holmes or Sarah Harrington - Midwifery Matrons on 0113 206 5169.

Main duties of the job

Maintain a high standard of women centred care in accordance with Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust guidelines and policies. Act as a referral agent and co-ordinator of care provision. Establish effective multi-agency collaboration across the primary/secondary interface to meet the needs of the patients. Act as a role model for the development of clinical skills and knowledge within the department team. Maintain a safe working environment. Support the Senior Midwife in setting and monitoring standards and seek to continuously improve standards and the quality of patient care, including national standards. Promote evidence based practice. Participate in the audit and evaluation of clinical practice in the interests of promoting quality care. Provide assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of midwifery care for women and their babies, ensuring written records are kept to NMC standards.

About Us

Leeds Teaching Hospital Maternity Services support the birth of approximately 9000 babies per year. We are a tertiary unit with the largest Fetal Medicine Unit in the North. We also have a Quaternary Paediatric and Cardiac Surgery unit, the largest Congenital Cardiac Service in the North of England, and we are specialists in Prematurity Prevention for Y&H.

Our Vision and purpose

We provide outstanding Maternity care. We put women and families at the centre of everything we do.

Our Priorities

To be recognised as a leading provider of outstanding Women's healthcare.

To work collaboratively with our partners in local and regional networks, providing patient-centred care via effective integrated systems.

We prioritise the wellbeing of our teams and make sure they have the resources, training and encouragement they need to be excellent.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Date posted

14 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

C9298-NUR-631

Job locations

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF

Leeds General Infirmary

Great George Street

Leeds

LS1 3EX

Job Description

Job responsibilities

Job Title: Midwife (Rotational)
Reports To: Senior Midwife (Sister)
Accountable To: Matron
Band: 5
Unit/Department: Maternity
Location: LGI/St James's

Job Purpose

To provide midwifery care in whichever setting the woman or baby requires care. This will include hospital, health centres, children's centres and women's homes. To be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care in the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods. To carry out all relevant forms of care with minimal supervision.

To regularly take charge of the ward in the absence of the Senior Midwife (Sister). To participate in the in-service training and preceptorship/mentorship of junior staff, post basic learners and students.

JOB DIMENSIONS

The maternity unit has approximately 8,500 births a year. LTHT is a tertiary referral centre for both obstetrics and neonatology. Other specialties within the hospital that impact on maternity unit are feto-maternal medicine, adult and neonatal cardiology, neonatal surgery and a reproductive medicine unit.

The post holder will work within the hospital environment caring for women and their babies before, during and after pregnancy depending on the area.

S/he participates in rotation throughout the maternity service and covers both day/night shifts and on call as required by service need.

The midwife maintains personal contact with women and meets their needs on an individual basis by listening, assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care. Is aware of the anxieties of women and their families and the support they may need.

S/he carries out midwifery care to the highest possible standard according to agreed policies and procedures, as well as the NMC Standards.

The midwife ensures that the appropriate practitioner is informed promptly of a complication or change in the mother's or baby's condition.

She ensures effective communication with health care professionals and other personnel to ensure continued care to the patient and assists in the smooth running of the ward/area.

Reports on the changes occurring in treatment and client needs during the shift.

Is prepared to work in areas of the midwifery service other than where based in order to meet the requirements of the service.

Maintains the supply and custody of drugs/medicines etc including keeping agreed register. Ensures that measuring, administration and recording of all drugs and medicines is carried out in accordance with the rules of the NMC and according to Trust policy.

Please refer to attached document for full description and personal specification.

Person Specification

Skills & Behaviours Essential

1. Capable of lateral thinking.
2. Good written and verbal skills.
3. Ability to organise and prioritise own and others workload.
4. Understanding of skills and knowledge required to lead and develop team members.
5. IT skills.

Experience Essential

1. Midwifery training.
2. Willing to undergo training as necessary.
3. Knowledge of speciality.
4. Current issues in healthcare.

Qualifications Essential

1. Degree or equivalent.
2. Registered Midwife.

Desirable

1. Recognised teaching/assessing qualification.

Additional Requirements Essential

1. Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for post.

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 Registration

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

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF

Employer's website

https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/