Midwife (Band 5)

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust; Wigan; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable healthcare provider in Wigan is seeking a Band 5/6 Rotational Midwife. This role involves providing compassionate and personalized care during pregnancy, delivery, and postpartum. Ideal candidates will be passionate about Midwife Led Care and committed to enhancing the home birth rate. The position offers the opportunity for professional development within a supportive environment. Contact details for informal inquiries are available.

Qualifications

• Passion to provide kind, safe, and personalised midwifery care.
• Ability to conduct deliveries and care for newborns.
• Commitment to continuing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Provide care and advice during pregnancy and postpartum.
• Advocate for women in a multi-disciplinary environment.
• Manage workload and evaluate care programs.

Skills

Midwifery care

Advocacy for women

Effective communication

Clinical responsibility

Education

Registered Midwife qualification

Job description

Overview

Band 5/6 Rotational Midwife

We are seeking to recruit a highly motivated Band 5 newly qualified midwife who has the passion to provide kind, safe and personalised midwifery care, acting as an advocate for women and their families. The successful candidate will be innovative and committed to Midwife Led Care and be highly motivated to meet the challenge of increasing our home birth rate. 2 positions are available. They are both fixed term maternity cover posts for 18 months. This vacancy is open to all internal and external candidates. NHS Employees should ideally secure their manager’s agreement for a secondment arrangement ideally prior to applying, as this will be a condition of any offer made. This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term basis as it has been established to provide cover for an employee on maternity leave and will end in 18 months or when the substantive postholder returns. Whilst this post is advertised on an acting / secondment basis there is the potential that this post may become permanent in the future.

This vacancy may close earlier than the specified closing date if a suitable level of applications are received.

Responsibilities

• As a qualified midwife the post holder will be required to provide the necessary care and advice to women during pregnancy, labour and the postpartum period, to conduct deliveries under their own responsibility and care for the newborn.
• To provide women-centred care, acting as their advocate in all matters relating to care given within a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency environment, upholding the principles of midwifery public health.
• The post holder will have clinical responsibility for the assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care, and provide day to day management of workload.
• The post holder will be required to participate in their continuing professional development. The post requires effective communication and an ability to provide support for unqualified members of staff.

Location and Employer

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of Maternity, acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values.

Maternity care at WWL is committed to placing women and their families at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.

How to apply / Informal enquiries

For further details / informal visits contact:

• Name: Emily Childs
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• Name: Hannah Ashton
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• Tel: [phone]