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Job summary

Main area
Midwifery
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Bank: As and when required
Hours
Flexible working - Bank only
Job ref
151-Clin-MidBank07
Employer
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Wexham Park Hospital
Town
Slough
Salary
£22.82 £22.82 incl. HCAS
Salary period
Hourly
Closing
29/07/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust logo

Bank Midwife

Band 6

Job overview

If you are committed to providing outstanding care for women and have a strong desire to provide the best birth possible but need a more flexible working option the Maternity department at Frimley Health is the perfect place.

We are looking for versatile and highly motivated Bank Midwives with a passion for ensuring every woman, baby and their family leaves our service having received a highly quality experience.

Joining our team of bank Midwives you will be providing a full range of care 24/7 across all hospital settings in state of the art facilities.

As part of our temporary staffing service you will maintain a good work/life balance, whilst having access to a range of employee benefits and training/study day opportunities.

Main duties of the job

All midwife practitioners will be Registered Midwives, accountable for their own midwifery practice and will be able to fulfil the following role through the ability to make decisions with current protocols and principles of care in compliance with the NMC’s Midwives Rules and code of Midwifery Practice.

  •  This midwife may be a recently qualified midwife or she may be very experienced but she/he will be expected to continue with post-registration education and development to become a confident midwife able to provide care with the women either in the community or hospital environment.
  • The post holder is required to take responsibility as a prime care provider in either the hospital or community setting. She/he will be confident in providing midwife led care.

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.

We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.

Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  •  May take charge of a shift in the ward area for the shift duration.
  • To participate in the planning of off duty rotas.
  • To participate in the planning of the service within the post holder’s current work area.
  • To make effective and efficient use of given resources.
  • To be responsible for the use of all Trust equipment.
  • To comply with all Trust policies and procedures.
  • To participate in the Trust’s appraisal review for unqualified staff.
  • To apply the Trust values in to all aspects of your work

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered Midwife, currently on NMC register
  • Diploma/BSc in Midwifery
Desirable criteria
  • PSPA/mentorship

Skills and knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Completed preceptorship

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of midwifery MDT collaboration

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardWe offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.Disability confident employer

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Karin Vandewalle
Job title
Recruitment & Retention Midwife
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0300 615 6601
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