Pre-Registration Shortened Midwifery Programme

NHS; Ashford; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

An esteemed NHS Trust is offering a unique opportunity for qualified Adult Nurses to enter a Pre-Registration Shortened Midwifery Programme. This role focuses on developing the skills required to become registered midwives, with work-based experience complemented by educational support, ensuring comprehensive care for parents and their babies in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience as a Nurse post-qualification.
• Ability to complete Induction pack, Preceptorship pack, and Clinical competencies.

Responsibilities

• Working as a rotational midwife in high-risk labour ward and antenatal/postnatal wards.
• Providing high-quality care while achieving core competencies during training.

Skills

IT Skills

Education

NMC Registered Nurse

Job description

Go back East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust

Pre-Registration Shortened Midwifery Programme

The closing date is 09 July 2025

We are offering an exciting opportunity within our Maternity Services at East Kent Hospital University Foundation Trust in our shortened midwifery programme. This provides registered nurses with a training programme to become registered midwives.

It is an innovative, flexible, work based course for Qualified Adult Nurses who want to become Midwives. It will develop your skills and knowledge so that you can become a responsive, confident Midwife able to care for parents and their babies.

Our maternity units are based in Ashford and Margate, Kent, both areas having high speed rail links to London and easy access to Europe. We serve a diverse population of women, referred for both high risk and low risk pregnancies and with a professional and compassionate team of midwives and obstetricians.

Main duties of the job

East Kent midwives are proud to care for their women. Working for us will enable you to practice in an environment that attracts and retains an outstanding calibre of staff. Our Clinical Skills Facilitators will support you to provide a high standard of care to our patients when assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of care.

Successful applicants will work towards a shortened midwifery course with Kingston University your tuition fees will be paid for, whilst working as a band 5 midwife with EKHUFT. During these 24 months you will be expected to work as a rotational midwife in the high risk labour ward, antenatal and postnatal ward, while achieving your core competencies.

About us

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with fivehospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Job responsibilities

Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in Documents to download.

If you have further queries please dont hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.

Person Specification

Experience

• Demonstration of experiences in relation to the knowledge and skills framework expected for Band 5.
• Clinical experience working as a qualified Nurse following qualification.

Skills

• Ability to work towards and demonstrate completion of: - Induction pack - Preceptorship pack - Practice portfolio - Competencies and clinical
• IT Skills
• Demonstrable ability to meet Trust values
• Willingness to travel between sites

Knowledge

• NMC publications including: - Midwives rules and code of practice. - Understanding of research related to midwifery. - Awareness of current issues in Health Care. - Awareness of role of Supervisor of Midwives

Qualifications

• NMC Registered Nurse

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.

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust