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Do you consider caring with compassion fundamental to your role?

Are you looking for a new career path in one of the most picturesque parts of the country?

Then Royal Lancaster Infirmary Maternity unit and Community are just the place for you, offering the beautiful Lake District on your doorstep and within easy reaching distance of the other cities, offering excellent transport links to the main cities in the UK

Our trust provides a preceptorship programme for newly qualified Band 5 midwives to  join our dynamic, dedicated, forward thinking professional teams. Our services cover a wide geographical area with both rural and urban communities within this area.

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As a successful applicant we will support you to undertake your preceptorship whilst working on delivery suite and Ward 17 which are located within the Royal Lancaster Infirmary. The unit has an Obstetric Delivery Suite,  mixed antenatal and postnatal Ward (Ward 17), a dedicated women's theatre and Day Assessment Unit. We also have a dedicated triage service running 24/7.

On completion of your preceptorship as a  band 5 midwife you will then join our Lancaster community team on a permanent basis.

You will provide high quality women centred maternity care to a caseload of service users, effective leadership, optimise teaching opportunities and give support to all grades of staff; planning and directing activities to provide the optimal standard of care. 

 Please note there is a level 2 Neonatal Unit, providing  care to babies from 27 weeks, with 4 dedicated Transitional Care beds on Ward 17.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

We operate from three main hospitals - Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.

WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.

All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.

Our community services for adults are provided in people’s homes, community centres, clinics, GP Practices, community hospitals and our main hospitals. Our aim is to work with people to help them remain independent, improve their health and manage their conditions through high quality care, advice and support.