Job summary
- Main area
- Midwifery
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 434-SCS6770738
- Employer
- Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Stoke Mandeville
- Town
- Aylesbury
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Birth Centre Midwife
Band 6
Be part of our BHT family
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.
We care for over half a million patients every year:
- provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
- nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
- regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
- deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.
More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.
We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.
If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [email protected] or phone 01494 734868.
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work – and invite you to join our BHT family.
Job overview
The Birth Centre Team provide intrapartum and postnatal care to midwife led women in the Aylesbury Birth Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital
Main duties of the job
Band 6 Midwives
Location: Aylesbury Birth Centre Stoke Mandeville Hospital
Are you a band 6 midwife with experience of midwife-led care or birth outside the hospital setting?
Are you passionate about providing safe, personalised care?
Do you want to be a part of a small, friendly team providing midwife led intra partum and postnatal care to birthing people.
We are looking for dedicated midwives to provide care to women choosing birth outside the obstetric unit.
We will offer you excellent support, training and development. We pride ourselves on treating everyone who comes through our doors, to receive care or to work, with kindness & compassion.
Working for our organisation
Here is why we think you’ll love working as a midwife at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust: What's it like to work in our maternity team? - YouTube
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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
• As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
• We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
What do we stand for?
• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.
Person specification
EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
Essential criteria
- Registered Midwife
- ENB 997/MSPP
Desirable criteria
- NVQ assesor
- Evidence of further study
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience as a preceptor Midwife
- Ability to be a mentor to student midwives/nurses/MCA’s
- midwives/nurses/MCA’s Completion of mentor assessor workshops
Desirable criteria
- Ability to work as part of a team and communicate effectively within it
SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE
Essential criteria
- Professional appearance and behaviour
- Clinical skills, in particular: Suturing Cannulation
- Supervision of epidural infusion
- Good communicator both verbally and in writing
- Ability to write clearly and legibly in English
- Ability to work on own initiative and mange own time
- Knowledge of evidence informed and research based practice
- Willing to undertake further study
- Knowledge of NMC Code of Conduct, Guidelines and Professional Practice
- Awareness and knowledge of vulnerable adult and child Protection issues
- Good previous attendance record
- Flexible approach to working hours and practices
- Satisfactory enhanced DBS with check against vulnerable groups barred lists
Desirable criteria
- Computer literate
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jo Gridley
- Job title
- Matron for Community and Birth Centre
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07816177075
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