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Job summary

Main area
Women & Children's
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week (Working day and night shifts and rostered to an on call rota)
Job ref
210-2025-176
Employer
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Countes of Chester Hospital
Town
Chester
Salary
£37,338 - £44,962 pa pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
24/03/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust logo

Rotational Midwife

Band 6

Job overview

Working Full or Part time hours 

We are seeking enthusiastic and dynamic midwives to join our highly motivated Midwifery team at The Countess of Chester. The post holder will have completed their preceptorship and will be expected to rotate around Labour ward, Triage, Inpatient Ward, Antenatal Clinic and Community.  They will participate in an on call rota to cover the inpatient service in times of escalation.

We are committed to providing a safe and positive experience to our women, while recognising that staff are our greatest asset. We engage with our staff at all levels to discuss ideas to improve our care, while providing staff development opportunities.

With 1800  births per year, our Maternity Service  includes the following:

  • An alongside midwifery unit
  • An 8 bed consultant led obstetric Unit
  • A Community midwifery service
  • A Fetal Medicine Service inc. preterm clinics
  • A  27 bed antenatal and postnatal ward providing 4 transitional care beds 
  • Specialist midwives within Bereavement, Infant Feeding, Perinatal Mental Health Midwife, Smoking cessation, Fetal Services, Fetal monitoring.
  • Close relationship with our local Maternity Voice Partnership

We are also excited to announce we are currently working on plans for our new maternity unit which is planned to open in July 2025.

Main duties of the job

  1. Work autonomously within guidelines and Sphere of Professional Practice within a designated area whilst being responsible for performing a comprehensive assessment plan, implementation and evaluation of care delivery according to the health and social needs of women and their babies.
  2. Work collaboratively with other professionals and agencies to ensure women and their families’ needs are met especially in relation to ongoing health/social requirements and discharge arrangements.
  3. Work collaboratively to ensure care women receive is safe, kind and effective.
  4. Establish and maintain effective communication with women and their families.
  5. Collect, collate and report information, ensuring accurate records are maintained
  6. Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations
  7. Involve women and their families in the planning and delivery of care.

Working for our organisation

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:

  • The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
  • Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
  • Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.                                                                 

The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.

The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

See Job Description for further details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £27.50 (standard) or £55.50 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application.

Person specification

Qualification

Essential criteria
  • Registered Midwife
  • Degree /relevant experience
Desirable criteria
  • Relevant speciality qualification i.e Examination of the Newborn / NALS/relevant experience

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria
  • Able to maintain accurate records within the diversity of midwifery
  • Able to present factual information and deal with questions
  • 12 months post registration experience.
  • Willingness to develop speciality knowledge if applicable to post

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - SilverMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Step into health

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Helen Chapman
Job title
Inpatient Maternity Matron
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01244362640
Additional information

 

 

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