Integrated Midwife

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for registered midwives band 6 to join our maternity team at Aneurin Bevan.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board supports approximately 5500 births per year and covers a wide geographical area offering services to a diverse community.

We have all our acute services based at the Grange university Hospital which is a new state of the art, purpose built hospital offering single rooms for all women/ birth people for antenatal, birth and postnatal care. In this acute setting we also have a very successful, tranquil along side birth centre averaging approximately 70-80 births per month, offering choice and meeting the needs of both Obstetric led and Midwifery led women/birth people and their families.

The Community Midwifery teams covers wide geographical & diverse communities from the city of Newport to the Welsh valleys. We support women's choices whether birthing at home or in our free standing birth centre. We offer women parent education working in collaboration with Early Years, Aqua natal, Aromatherapy, Yoga, & baby massage. We offer community induction days and community prompt to enhance your community skills.

There is access to training to support your professional development and enhance your midwifery skills.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will offer a full range of care needs and develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care throughout the antenatal, intra-partum and postnatal period for women/birth people, babies and their families, facilitating them in the decision making process in all aspects of their care.

They will demonstrate an ability to manage own work load, prioritising and planning care provision for women/birth people and their families.

Demonstrate the ability to communicate openly and respectfully with women/birth people and their families, with colleagues at all levels within the organisation and multi-agency groups.

They will be a competent autonomous practitioner who practices within their sphere of practice, and adheres to trust policies and guidelines. Participate with audit and support the clinical governance agenda.

They will support and guide junior midwives and student midwives within all clinical areas.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh 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 Well-being 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.