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Job summary

Main area
Maternity
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
284-24-5968281-DWPR-H
Employer
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Birmingham Women's hospital
Town
Birmingham
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
17/07/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust logo

Community Midwife

NHS AfC: Band 6

Job overview

Job summary

Are you a Band 6 midwife looking for an exciting change?

If working for an organisation with an outstanding global reputation appeals to you, then please apply for our Community Midwife posts

(Band 6)

If you are Ambitious, Brave and Compassionate there has never been a more exciting time to join our team. Ambitious and proud to provide world-class care, everyone who works at Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust plays an important role in making our hospitals the incredible places they are. Our vision is to build a world leading team to deliver world class care.

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust are committed to creating the best place to work, where all staff can reach their full potential. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and welcome and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation. We look forward to receiving your application

 

Main duties of the job

You should be an experienced midwife, able to provide antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care. You will be expected to care for a caseload of women and have good experience and knowledge of safeguarding.

A car and driving license are essential for these roles.

Working pattern 9am-5pm over 7 days with early & late on calls for community-no night shifts.

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.

 

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

 

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Registered midwife (NMC)
  • Band 6 midwife
  • Able to work independently
  • Able to work within Trust guidelines, and in conjunction with local and national policies and procedures
  • Able to manage a caseload
  • Able to work on call shifts
  • Full clean driving license
  • Able to provide antenatal and postnatal care
Desirable criteria
  • Good knowledge of Trust systems
  • Able to provide intrapartum care

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Bev Power
Job title
Community team manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07710068872
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