Job summary
- Main area
- Midwifery
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 362-A-24-7075176
- Employer
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Stepping Hill Hospital, Women's Unit
- Town
- Stockport
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/04/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Community Midwife
Band 6
Job overview
Midwife – Band 6 – This post isn't open for preceptorship applications
FULL/PART TIME POST
Are you passionate about providing the highest quality maternity care and would like to join our friendly multidisciplinary team?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for Midwives to join the Community Midwifery team at Stockport NHSFT. We are an established Midwifery team working together with partnership services, across the four localities of Stockport, High Peak for the benefit of women and their families.
Main duties of the job
Evidence of continual professional development and previous intra-partum experience enabling skills that support birth in high and low risk environments would be essential for this role. Community experience including knowledge of safeguarding procedures and caring for vulnerable families would be advantageous.
Working for our organisation
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
Benefits we offer to you:
- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- NHS pension scheme membership
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
- NHS Staff discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Professional
- Has a thorough understanding of and abides by statutory publications that directly affect the Midwife’s role, responsibilities and accountability.
- Accepts responsibility for personal, professional development and education needs, including attendance at in-service training and mandatory study days.
- Participates in hospital audit and research programmes in order to rationalise professional care.
- Acts as a supervisor/assessor to Student Midwives/Nurses and facilitates the creation of a learning environment.
- Acts as a preceptor to newly qualified staff and demonstrates the ability to provide ongoing support for junior colleagues.
- Disseminates professional and clinical knowledge to colleagues by participation in presentations, research groups etc.
- Demonstrates a thorough understanding of the role of the Professional Midwifery Advocate.
- Understands Clinical Governance, Risk Management and the Quality Agenda, and participates in Clinical Incident Reporting where necessary.
- To have an awareness of contributing to and supporting the Band 7 midwife to achieve compliance with the CQC outcomes and CNST standards.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54.50. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary
In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16
Person specification
Qualification
Essential criteria
- Midwifery registration
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent written communication.
- Able to make decisions, assertiveness
- experience in waterbirth / perineal suturing
experience
Essential criteria
- teaching students
knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstates a committment to support women through normal birth
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jane Ingleby
- Job title
- Midwifery Community Team manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07795252522
- Additional information
Email preferred in the first instance
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