Student Midwife - Band 5

Barts Health Nhs Trust; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a student midwife to join maternity services. This role involves a two-year Postgraduate Diploma in Midwifery, focusing on delivering compassionate, evidence-based care. Candidates must be registered adult nurses with relevant qualifications and experience, alongside strong English proficiency. Opportunities exist for a dynamic career in Midwifery.

Qualifications

• Registered Adult nurse with current NMC registration.
• Minimum Bachelor's degree with evidence of Level 6 studies.
• Post qualification experience as an adult nurse on the NMC register.

Responsibilities

• Join Maternity services at the Royal London Hospital.
• Deliver woman-centred care for mothers and families.
• Participate in the two-year Postgraduate Diploma in Midwifery curriculum.

Skills

Registered Adult Nurse

Patient Interaction

Academic and Professional Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree with at least 2:2

Diploma in Higher Education

Job description

Overview

We are recruiting for a student midwife to join our Maternity services at the Royal London Hospital. The two-year Postgraduate Diploma in Midwifery aims to produce competent, caring, autonomous and evidenced-based midwives, capable of delivering effective woman-centred care for mothers, birthing people and their families in any context. Midwives of the 21st century practice within dynamic, rapidly changing and diverse contexts and require personal, academic and professional skills to practice in an optimum way. During the two-year course, time will be spent 50% with London South Bank University Southwark and 50% with The Royal London Hospital Barts Health NHS Trust. This course can open up an exciting career in Midwifery with a diverse range of opportunities to enhance your future careers.

Requirements

• A registered Adult nurse (level 1) with current registration with the NMC
• A Bachelor\'s degree with a minimum of 2:2 with a minimum qualification of Diploma in Higher Education with evidence of study at Level 6
• Post qualification clinical working experience as an adult nurse on the NMC register in the UK
• For applicants whose English is not their first language, they must achieve a minimum score of 7.0 overall or equivalent, with not less than 7.0 in listening, speaking and reading and not less than 6.5 in writing for the IELTS at the time of application OR for the Occupational English Test (OET) with minimum B grade. OR You have completed a pre-registration nurse, midwife or nursing associate programme that was taught and examined in English. During that programme you must have spent at least half of your time interacting with patients, service users, their families and other healthcare professionals, and at least three-quarters of these interactions must have been in English. And you have recently practiced for one year in a country where English is a majority spoken language.

About Barts Health NHS Trust

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain\'s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients. Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together. We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.