Job summary
This post is fixed term / secondment until 31/03/2025 due to funding.
If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.
Are you a registered midwife seeking a new exciting challenge?
Conwy Flying Start are looking to recruit a full time community midwife within the Llandudno Flying Start area, initially on a Fixed Term contract with the possibility of extension to funding.
The Flying Start Midwife will provide an enhanced midwifery service to those identified, via referral, who require a high level of clinical and social support.
The flying start Midwife will provide quality clinical and social care to those on their caseload promoting safe, effective care and health promotion to the most vulnerable across the Conwy Flying Start Catchments areas. The midwife will work closely with the local community midwifery teams and the Flying Start Health Visitors to provide a tailored care package to identified families.
Main duties of the job
The midwife will be required to provide midwifery care to meet the relevant antenatal and postnatal needs of women and their families who reside within the Flying start communities, and in so doing contribute to reducing the risk of long-term social exclusion and poverty and contribute to the wellbeing of the family by promoting positive parenting.
The midwife will have responsibility for developing locally sensitive midwifery services, with accountability for working within the relevant Flying Start aims and objectives. The objectives for this post will include a strategy for opportunistic contacts for advice and support for parents and their families, signposting for relevant local services.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
About us
If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales . Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and 'Proud to Lead' competence framework.
Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the "Disability Confident Employer" scheme.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click "Apply now" to view in Trac.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click "Apply now" to view in Trac.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife
- Evidence of Ongoing Professional Development
Desirable
- Completion of Mentorship course
Clinical
Essential
- Experience in Midwifery
- Physical Skills including venepuncture, sensory skills for abdominal palpation and vaginal examination
Desirable
- Experience of working within community midwifery
- Good Knowledge and experience of clinical risk and clinical governance
- Experience of facilitating group work
Personal & People Development
Essential
- Demonstrates enthusiasm towards teaching and sharing knowledge
Desirable
- Able to identify own learning needs
Quality
Essential
- Ability to work to deadlines
- Ability to develop and maintain constructive relationships with all professional disciplines
Desirable
- Experience of Report writing/Data submission
Management & Leadership
Essential
- Possess excellent leadership skills
- Possess excellent assertiveness skills
- Time Management skills
- Demonstrates ability to prioritise competing demands
- Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty and integrity in undertaking the role
Desirable
Personal
Essential
- Resilience in the face of adversity
- Demonstrate positivity, enthusiasm, drive and self motivation
- Flexible and reliable
Desirable
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife
- Evidence of Ongoing Professional Development
Desirable
- Completion of Mentorship course
Clinical
Essential
- Experience in Midwifery
- Physical Skills including venepuncture, sensory skills for abdominal palpation and vaginal examination
Desirable
- Experience of working within community midwifery
- Good Knowledge and experience of clinical risk and clinical governance
- Experience of facilitating group work
Personal & People Development
Essential
- Demonstrates enthusiasm towards teaching and sharing knowledge
Desirable
- Able to identify own learning needs
Quality
Essential
- Ability to work to deadlines
- Ability to develop and maintain constructive relationships with all professional disciplines
Desirable
- Experience of Report writing/Data submission
Management & Leadership
Essential
- Possess excellent leadership skills
- Possess excellent assertiveness skills
- Time Management skills
- Demonstrates ability to prioritise competing demands
- Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty and integrity in undertaking the role
Desirable
Personal
Essential
- Resilience in the face of adversity
- Demonstrate positivity, enthusiasm, drive and self motivation
- Flexible and reliable
Desirable
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
