Band 6 Midwife

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

The Royal Surrey Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting enthusiastic, innovative band 6 Midwives to join their team.

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust provides a CQC rated Outstanding Maternity Service to the women and pregnant people of Surrey and the surrounding areas. Supporting the births of 3000 babies a year, our midwives, obstetricians and support workers are dedicated to providing maternity care and parent education that adapts to the needs of the parents. We believe in investing our time in families and we build relationships that support calm and secure childbearing experiences.

We are UNICEF Baby Friendly Gold accredited maternity unit and support 65% of our families through continuity of care or caseloading care models and with our dedicated homebirth team.

Main duties of the job

Deliver high standards of care, ensuring that each womans journey to motherhood is an individualised experience. The candidate will have the skills and ability to work across the maternity pathway, in both the hospital and the community setting as part of a continuity of carer team.

You must hold NMC midwifery registration.

You will be expected to be able to show evidence of current practice/updating.

Recruitment Event

We are excited to be hosting a Recruitment Fair at the Royal Surrey County Hospital on 29th April to showcase our service and meet enthusiastic, innovative midwives who are interested in joining our team. There will be an opportunity to have a tour of the maternity and neonatal unit, meet some of the midwifery team, learn about our exceptional service and interview for midwifery position.

To register for the Royal Surrey Recruitment Fair please email Clare Cardu, ccardu@nhs.net

There will also be an opportunity to meet the team and interview for a midwife position at the Healthcare Job Fair in Dublin, Ireland on Saturday 25th March

To register for the Healthcare Job Fair, Dublin, visit: www.healthcarejobfair.com

£2000 towards relocation costs offered to successful overseas candidates.

About us

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust is a friendly, supportive, busy but welcoming acute and community Trust that is ambitious about developing our services and your career.

Our compassionate, caring and friendly colleagues make up our Royal Surrey family and are at the heart of what we do. We all have a passion for learning, continuous improvement and excelling together through innovation, research and development. There are over 4,500 members of our Royal Surrey family.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in the community and homes across Guildford and Waverley.

We have received an overall Good rating from the CQC with Medical care (including older peoples care), End of Life Care and Maternity services being deemed Outstanding by the CQC. We are investing in our colleagues through our health and wellbeing programme and a commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years.

There has never been a better time to join us.

Date posted

14 March 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,503 a year including HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

C9384-AGB-Midwives-1

Job locations

Egerton Road

Guildford

Surrey

GU2 7XX

Job description

Job responsibilities

We are an excellent choice for ambitious and innovative midwives with extensive opportunities for ongoing career development from specialist midwifery roles to advanced clinical practice. With a strong senior leadership team, a drive for innovation and transformation, and a culture of providing safe, evidence based care, we really are a fantastic place to work.

We are able to offer certificate of sponsorship to overseas candidates who have full UK NMC registration.

Job description

Job responsibilities

We are able to offer certificate of sponsorship to overseas candidates who have full UK NMC registration.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Experience as a practising midwife.
Must have an understanding of the background to and aims
of current healthcare policy/national guidance/CQC/ and
appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
Member of relevant professional body.

Desirable

Experience of organising own workload and leading where
appropriate.
Experience of managing a ward area.
Experience of working within the community setting.

Supporting information

Essential

Please provide any other information in support of your application.

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Midwife Part 10 of the register
Shows consolidation of experience through achievement of
Competency Skills in midwifery.
Diploma level or above midwifery qualification.

Desirable

Teaching and Assessing qualification/ Mentor preparation
course

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Experience as a practising midwife.
Must have an understanding of the background to and aims
of current healthcare policy/national guidance/CQC/ and
appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
Member of relevant professional body.

Desirable

Experience of organising own workload and leading where
appropriate.
Experience of managing a ward area.
Experience of working within the community setting.

Supporting information

Essential

Please provide any other information in support of your application.

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Midwife Part 10 of the register
Shows consolidation of experience through achievement of
Competency Skills in midwifery.
Diploma level or above midwifery qualification.

Desirable

Teaching and Assessing qualification/ Mentor preparation
course

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.