Integrated Midwife

Job summary

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board maternity services is currently seeking newly qualified band 5 midwives, or those who are currently working within their preceptorship period to join our busy team at The Grange University Hospital. With approximately 5500 birth per year we offer an extensive preceptorship package where newly qualified midwives will be supported to develop skills and gain experience in both obstetric and midwife led care.

Main duties of the job

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board maternity services is currently seeking newly qualified band 5 midwives to join our busy team at The Grange University Hospital. With approximately 5500 births per year we offer an extensive preceptorship package where newly qualified midwives will be supported to develop skills and gain experience in both obstetric and midwife led care. This is a very exciting time to join Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, as we moved our obstetric services to The Grange University Hospital in November 2020. Within the Grange University Hospital maternity services offer obstetric led care, high dependency care and there is an alongside midwife led unit for pool birth. In addition there are midwife led birthing areas at Ysbyty Aneurin Bevan, Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr.

This is an integrated post and will provide you with the opportunity to support key services in the maternity unit and to ensure high quality, safe care for women during their pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period.

If you are currently a student midwife in Wales, you will need to continue your application for ABUHB via the NHS Wales streamlining route - no application should be made via this advert.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.