Rotational Midwife

Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital and Charity; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Foundation Trust in Birmingham is seeking a Band 6 Midwife to join their expanding maternity family. The role involves providing clinical care in the maternity unit and engaging in service improvements. Successful candidates will possess a relevant NMC pin and experience in midwifery. This position offers various training opportunities and a flexible working approach.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Opportunities for further qualifications

Clinical support 24/7

Qualifications

• Relevant NMC pin is required.
• Experience in clinical care within maternity.
• Willingness for continuous professional development.

Responsibilities

• Providing clinical care within the maternity unit as a Rotational Band 6 Midwife.
• Engaging in service improvement initiatives.
• Supporting multi-disciplinary teamwork.

Skills

Experience as a Midwife

NMC Pin

Teamwork

Communication

Job description

Overview

Are you a Band 6 Midwife looking for an exciting change? We have opportunities available for delivery suite with possibility for rotation. We are looking for experienced midwives to join our expanding maternity family. We are fortunate to be able to offer new and exciting opportunities within our team and it is a fantastic time to be a part of this new journey here with us at Birmingham Women’s Hospital. Provision of seamless care and wellbeing for all women and birthing people, is at the forefront of our practice. Our midwives strive to provide holistic care for all and pride ourselves on expertise, knowledge and the delivery of evidence based, personalised midwifery care.

Please ensure that you meet the requirements of the job description. We are unable to support applications if you do not have relevant NMC pin. Please do not apply if you have not completed this already.

Main duties of the job

Providing clinical care within the maternity unit as a Rotational Band 6 Midwife. Please see job description and personal specification for further detail.

Why join us at Birmingham Women’s Hospital?

• Opportunities to gain further development/qualifications and career progression e.g. NIPE Qualification, Management Matters, Leadership and Management, Aromatherapy etc.
• A flexible working approach – for example, we can offer full or part time hours with a supportive flexible working policy.
• Staff improvement huddles – as a midwife with us you will have a key involvement in continuous service improvement initiatives and driving changes within the department.
• Multi-disciplinary team working.
• Professional Midwifery Advocates (PMAs) who provide expert clinical supervision, support and guidance when needed.
• Special interest groups – we have team members supporting specifically with safeguarding, audit, student mentorship, infant feeding, infection control, equality and diversity and more.
• Clinical support 24/7 from our Clinical Midwifery Educator team.

Birmingham Women’s and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children’s Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women’s Hospital is one of two dedicated women’s hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Rachel Dewhurst Job title: Delivery Suite Ward Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01214721377