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Job summary

Main area
Midwifery
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent: pro rata per annum
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
  • Flexible working
34.5 hours per week (Weekdays and weekend working)
Job ref
343-6710536-RB-UB-Y
Employer
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Epsom Hospital
Town
Epsom Surrey
Salary
£42,939 - £50,697 pa pro rata inc HCAS ( outer London)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
03/12/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust logo

Community Midwife

Band 6

 
*The pay scales advertised have been confirmed by NHS England, we are awaiting confirmation of when these will be reflected. The new scales can be found here: Pay scales for 2024/25 | NHS Employers
 

At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect.  We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork.  This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work.  When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.

 

Job overview

Community Midwife - Band 6

The postholder is responsible to the Matron and the Team leader and will assist him/her to provide a high standard of midwifery care in the community setting.  The successful candidate will work in a community team providing care to antenatal women in clinics and postnatal women and their babies

The postholder will be expected to carry out all relevant forms of midwifery care and will supervise other midwives, preceptors, maternity assistants and students as necessary

Main duties of the job

Community Midwife- Band 6

At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect.  We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork.  This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work.  When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.

At Epsom and St Helier we pride ourselves in offering flexible working arrangements, a robust in service training package, appropriate ratios for statutory supervision of midwives and a positive working culture.

We are looking recruit a Band 6 midwife at Epsom hospital into one of our two community midwifery teams.  If you want to work in community, this is an excellent opportunity for you to support antenatal women through their pregnancy journey and to delivery postnatal care to women at home/ clinics during the postnatal period. We use Badgernet to document our care and we are a BFI Gold accredited Trust

If you are interested and would like to know more information then please contact me to discuss further, I look forward to speaking to you.

 

Working for our organisation

St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC). 
 
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the Community Midwife role. Please contact me to discuss the role

Person specification

Questions based

Essential criteria
  • Qualifications
Desirable criteria
  • Extra professional training

previous experience

Essential criteria
  • Clinical
Desirable criteria
  • previous clinical experience

questions

Essential criteria
  • Scenario questions
Desirable criteria
  • clinical based questions

Questions

Essential criteria
  • Equality & Diversity questions
Desirable criteria
  • Team working based question

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardTrust IDNo smoking policyLondon Living Wage is a voluntary commitment made by employers, who can become accredited with the Living Wage FoundationDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - BronzeCare quality commission - GoodDisability confident employerNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality MarkHappy to Talk Flexible WorkingNational Preceptorship Quality MarkDisability Advice Line

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
Mary Willocks
Job title
Matron
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07741078982
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