- Registered Midwife
- Practising Midwife
- Maintained an up to date professional portfolio
- Training in obstetric emergencies
- Teaching/Mentoring qualification
- Recent experience in all aspects of midwifery practice
- Competencies relevant to sphere of practice.
- Evidence of further study and development of professional and academic skills
- Experience of mentoring students
- A good standard of written and spoken English is required to be able to undertake the relevant duties.
- Knowledge of current evidence based midwifery practice.
- Ability to demonstrate competence in fetal monitoring.
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge of effective management of obstetric emergencies.
- Ability to demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of medicines management
- Ability to demonstrate key issues relating to safeguarding
- Demonstrate a broad knowledge of current midwifery issues
- Competent in Perineal suturing.
- Competent in IV medicines administration.
- Competent in cannulation.
- Competent in care of women with epidural analgesia. ( Acute unit)
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Band 6 Midwife
1 week ago
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Swindon, United KingdomAn opportunity has arisen for us to recruit additional midwives to our team on the Maternity Assessment Centre which includes Antenatal Clinic/Triage/Day Assessment Unit. · This unit supports approximately 20,000 episodes of care per year for women who have high risk pregnancies ...
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Midwife Band 5/6
1 week ago
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Swindon, United KingdomThe successful applicants will receive an orientation programme and are assured that they will receive appropriate support. Being a Midwife at The Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, is a truly remarkable and rewarding career. Here at GWH, we are proud to be able to fac ...
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Midwife Band 5/6
4 days ago
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Swindon, United KingdomBand 5 and 6 Midwives · it's an exciting yet challenging time for the Maternity Services at GWH, as we embrace a period of improvement and development · As part of this we have a number of opportunities for both experienced and newly qualified midwives to join our fabulous team. ...
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Band 6 Midwife
1 week ago
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Swindon, United Kingdom PermanentJob summary · An opportunity has arisen for us to recruit additional midwives to our team on the Maternity Assessment Centre which includes Antenatal Clinic/Triage/Day Assessment Unit . · This unit supports approximately 20,000 episodes of care per year for women who have high r ...
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Midwife Band 5 or Band 6
4 days ago
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Oxford, United KingdomWe are looking to recruit innovative midwives who are passionate about promoting normality and are dedicated to providing evidence based care. · Here in Oxfordshire, we offer women and healthcare professionals a unique set up of our Maternity Services where around 7500 babies are ...
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Midwife Band 5 or Band 6
1 day ago
Oxford University NHS Foundation Trust Oxford, United KingdomWorking as a midwifery practitioner to. Provide continuity of care, advice and support throughout pregnancy, labour and the postnatal period. Be responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care within the practi ...
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Stroud Community Midwife, Band 6
2 days ago
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Stroud, United Kingdom**Permanent position, 30 hours a week** · Lead Midwives, Alex and Kirsty, are looking to welcome qualified midwives to join our friendly and supportive team at Stroud Maternity Unit, a well-loved freestanding maternity unit providing outstanding care for the local community. · Wo ...
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Patient Safety and Quality Midwife, Band 7
1 week ago
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Gloucester, United KingdomManagement and professional responsibilities - To ensure that the grading of incidents is accurate and that the level of investigation is commensurate with the harm caused and likelihood of recurrence - To work within Trust policies, protocol and guidelines providing comment on n ...
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Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Gloucester, United KingdomThrough strong leadership and effective management, the Lead Midwife for Education and Training will support their team to promote and deliver excellence, while maintaining and continually improving clinical standards evidenced by achievement of key quality performance indicators ...
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Band 6 Community Midwife
6 days ago
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust Bath, Somerset, United KingdomWould you like to work in a highly motivated and friendly Maternity digital team covering Bath, North East Somerset and West Wiltshire? This is an exciting opportunity to join our digital maternity team where you will work as part of a dynamic team, as the Digital Midwife. This i ...
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Digital Midwife band 6
1 week ago
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust Bath, United Kingdom Fixed-TermJob summary · Would you like to work in a highly motivated and friendly Maternity digital team covering Bath, North East Somerset and West Wiltshire? This is an exciting opportunity to join our digital maternity team where you will work as part of a dynamic team, as the Digital ...
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Midwife
1 week ago
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Swindon, United KingdomPlease see attached Bands 6 Job Description. If you are this midwife and would like to be a part of our future and can meet this challenge we welcome your interest in a post with us please apply today ...
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Screening Midwife
2 days ago
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust Bath, United KingdomWe have an exciting opportunity for a band 6 Midwife to work within our newborn screening team on a permanent contract. You will provide holistic midwifery care to women and babies in the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal period. · As a member of the Antenatal and Screening te ...
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Midwife
4 days ago
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust Bath, United KingdomCommunity Birth Team Band 6 Midwife · Would you like to work in a highly motivated and friendly Maternity team covering Bath, North East Somerset and West Wiltshire? We are committed to providing high quality, woman-centred care, and have already implemented work to provide conti ...
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Oxford Living Lab Research Assistant
5 days ago
Oxford Brookes University Oxford, United KingdomNHS Band: 5, 6 or 7**Part Time, Fixed Term - Research** · - Oxford Brookes University has an opportunity to second a Nursing, Midwifery or Allied Health Research Assistant over a nine-month period for 11 hours per week. Applicants should be a nurse, midwife, or allied health prof ...
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Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Gloucester, United KingdomThe Deputy Antenatal Screening Co-ordinator for maternity services is a key role in helping to deliver the national antenatal and cross linked newborn screening programmes locally with significant responsibility to ensure successful completion of the pathway for women and their f ...
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Band 6 Midwives
1 week ago
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Swindon, United KingdomIt's an exciting yet challenging time for the Maternity Services at GWH, as we embrace a period of improvement. · As part of this we have a number of opportunities for experienced midwives to join our fabulous team in the White Horse Birth Centre. · The White Horse is an alongs ...
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Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Swindon, United Kingdom PermanentJob summary · The Named Professional for Midwifery Safeguarding will ensure the delivery of a comprehensive strategic and operational vision for the continued development and delivery of statutory and contractual safeguarding arrangements and provision within the Maternity Units ...
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Delivery Suite Coordinator
1 week ago
Oxford University Hospitals Oxford, United Kingdom Part timeJob overview · Band Delivery suite coordinator · An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Maternity Services at Oxford University Hospital's NHS Foundation Trust for an exceptional, committed, and motivated midwife for the post of Delivery Suite Co-Ordinator. The successf ...
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Lead Midwife
1 week ago
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust Bath, Somerset, United KingdomAre you a practicing midwife who is interested in joining the maternity services based at the Royal United hospital, Bath. The successful applicant would work within the Quality and patient safety team as the Fetal Wellbeing Lead Midwife? · This an exciting new role in which you ...
Band 6 Midwife - Swindon, United Kingdom - Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Description
Job summary
It's an exciting yet challenging time for the Maternity Services at GWH, as we embrace a period of improvement.
As part of this we have a number of opportunities for experienced midwives to join our fabulous team in the White Horse Birth Centre.
The White Horse is an alongside birth centre that has a large lounge/kitchenette, a postnatal room and four birthing rooms, two of which have birthing pools. We also have a range of birthing equipment such a slings, duoetto, floor mats, beanbags and couches to create a warm and welcoming environment for women and birthing people.
We are looking for midwives who have experience in all birthing environments but specifically within an interest in providing care within a birth centre, can demonstrate kindness and compassion and are passionate about providing gold standard care to the families who choose to birth with us.
We would like to invite you to join our highly motivated and friendly Midwifery team. We are committed to providing high quality, family-centered care.
Are you self-motivated, dynamic, professional midwives with excellent communication and interpersonal skills to join our proactive, professional maternity posts will include shift working (inc night duty) and on call. The successful applicants will receive an orientation programme and are assured that they will receive appropriate support.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is required to provide holistic midwifery care to women/birthing people and babies in the antenatal, Intrapartum and postnatal periods.
The midwifery care is provided both in hospital, birth centre and community settings including the management of individual caseloads, clients and/or ward areas.
The post holder will deputise for the Band 7 in all clinical areas. The role is multidimensional and requires the post holder to integrate and fulfil all the identified dimensions.
Being a Midwife at The Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, is a truly remarkable and rewarding career.
Here at GWH, we are proud to be able to facilitate an average of 4000 births per year. As a Trust, we are lucky to boast a collocated birth centre and home birth options, so it really is an exciting time to come and work here as we move forward with our continuity of carer vision.
About us
Our STAR values - Service, Teamwork, Ambition and Respect - are a golden thread running through everything we do. These values serve as a guiding principle, driving us towards our vision of delivering great joined up services to our local community. Whether at home, in the community, or within the hospital, our goal is to empower individuals to lead independent and healthier lives.
Job descriptionJob responsibilities
If you are this midwife and would like to be a part of our future and can meet this challenge we welcome your interest in a post with us please apply today
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