Midwife - Transitional Care Unit

NHS National Services Scotland; Wishaw; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Leave - 35 days including PH

NHS pension scheme

Incremental salary progression

Paid sick leave increasing with length

NHS discounts and more

Job summary

NHS Lanarkshire is hiring a Registered Midwife to assist the Senior Charge Midwife in delivering high quality, woman and baby-centred care across the maternity service. You will contribute to planning, implementing, and evaluating clinical care in line with NHS Lanarkshire policies and national standards.

The role requires active participation in ensuring evidence-based practice, safeguarding, and continuous improvement, with a focus on patient-centred care and teamwork within a supportive NHS

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife with valid NMC Registration.
• Educated to/working towards/operating at Degree Level.
• Postgraduate expertise within speciality / area of practice.
• Comprehensive knowledge of clinical guidelines and standards.

Responsibilities

• Planning, assessing, developing, implementing and evaluating planned programmes of care.
• Advocate for women and their families and promote normality throughout pregnancy, labour and postnatal period.
• Provide a health education role for women, partners and extended families.
• Setting and maintaining standards of care.

Skills

Registered Midwife

NMC Registration

Clinical guidelines knowledge

Advocacy for women and families

Education

Degree level education

Postgraduate expertise in maternity

Job description

About The Organisation

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

The Role

The postholder will assist the Senior Charge Midwife to deliver high quality evidence based woman and baby centred care. S/he will be involved in providing both individualised patient care and in planning, implementing and evaluating clinical care within all areas of the maternity service, ensuring compliance with NHS Lanarkshire's policy and procedures and maintaining statutory requirements in accordance with the NMC. To provide safe, effective centred person care

In this key role, you will:

• Planning, assessing, developing, implementing and evaluating planned programmes of care
• Being an advocate for women and their families and promoting normality throughout pregnancy, labour and the postnatal period
• Provide a health education role for women their partners and extended families
• Setting and maintaining standards of care

What You'll Bring:

• Registered Midwife with valid NMC Registration
• Educated to/working towards/operating at Degree Level
• Post graduate expertise within speciality / area of practice that demonstrates the required breadth of knowledge required to lead safety, effectively and efficiently.
• Comprehensive knowledge of clinical guidelines and standards within the speciality / area of practice.

What we Offer

• Annual Leave - 35 days including public holidays
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Annual incremental salary progression
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• NHS discounts and more.

NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent - regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

*Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.

For informal discussion, please contact Sharon Oosterbosch, Neonatal Senior Nurse, Woman's Services on [e-mail]

If you have any questions about the recruitment process or require support with your application, contact Gemma Irwin, Recruitment Administrator on [e-mail]