Job summary
To provide advice support and care of women and their families duringthe preconceptual, antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods.Provide a full range of health, education and social care advice to womenwithin an integrated model of care covering pre-conception, antenatal,labour, birth and postnatal periods.Provide midwifery care in a range of environments through pregnancy,labour, birth and postnatal period for women and their babies.Work autonomously within departmental guidelines and sphere ofprofessional practice.
Main duties of the job
Passionate about midwifery? Do you want to use all of your midwifery skills? Then Powys maternity services may well be the place for you.
Due to exciting development within the maternity service, we are looking for a motivated midwife to join our midwifery team in Ystradgynlais.
We are looking for a band 6 midwife to work 37.5 hours per week as a permanent position and we offer a comprehensive induction package.
You will be joining a service with one of the highest home birth rates in Wales, a high physiological birth rate and the highest breastfeeding rate in Wales. You will be supporting women choosing to birth at one of our 6 free standing birth centres, 5 of which provide water birth facilities.
You will provide and coordinate antenatal and postnatal care for both midwife led care and consultant led women.
As a service, we are passionate about supporting midwives ongoing professional development and the opportunity to access an award winning training during your employment.
The ability to speak Welsh for this post is desirable; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
About us
Powys is cited as being a wonderful place to live and work; a rural health setting where you can personally and professionally grow, where patients are at the heart of care provision. If you are an ambitious professional in search of job satisfaction, Powys is the place to be. Whatever your career aspirations, we are committed to supporting and developing you.
Powys Teaching Health Board is responsible for meeting the health and wellbeing needs of the population of Powys. Powys is the largest county in Wales with Snowdonia to the North and the Brecon Beacons to the South, the spectacular scenery is something to behold. Working in partnership, we commission and provide award-winning hospital, community, mental health and learning disability services, so our portfolio is varied and diverse. We are proud to offer patients an unrivalled level of care and range of careers for professionals who want to make a real difference.
Did you know - Powys Teaching Health Board accepts applications to retire and return from within the NHS in Wales. If you would like to know more, please contact the Powys Teaching Health Board Workforce team on 01874 712580 or powys.workforcegeneralenquiries@wales.nhs.uk
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Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made 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 and/or Knowledge
Essential
- Registered Midwife
- Awareness of political and wider health agenda specifically Midwifery 20:20 and All Wales Normal Labour Pathway.
- Post Registration education and professional updating in line with NMC fitness to practice
Desirable
- Child Protection in line with LSCB
- Homebirth
- Waterbirth
Experience
Essential
- Post registration clinical experience
- Range of clinical experience
- Suturing - Able to suture without supervision
- Obstetric emergencies - competent to lead in the management of an emergency
- Homebirth - Able to attend as first midwife without supervision
- Fetal Heart Monitoring - Able to interpret fetal heart deviations from normal and call appropriate help (pinnard/sonicaid)
- Resuscitation - competent to participate as the lead in resuscitation
- Cannulation - Able to cannulate without supervision
- Venipuncture - Able to perform venipuncture competently
- Examination of the newborn - Able to undertake examination of the newborn following birth and in the postnatal period unsupervised
Aptitude and Abilities
Essential
- Normality - Able to promote, assess and deliver alternative methods to normalize care both antenatally and intrapartum
- Breastfeeding - Able to discuss and practically apply UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative Team Steps to Successful Breastfeeding
- Antenatal Screening - Under supervision able to discuss and provide information on antenatal screening tests offered and able to give details of the choices women have following a positive screening result
- Research, audit and evaluation skills to ensure a high-quality service
- Caseload Management with the skill to work as autonomous practitioner
- Ability to work as a team member
- Good networking skills
- Ability to plan, organize and clear decision making skills and prioritising
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
Desirable
- Able to discuss and provide information on antenatal screening tests offered to women in pregnancy and give the reasons why they are offered and be able to give details of the choices women have following a positive screening result
- Ability to speak Welsh
Values
Essential
- Empathetic and reassurance skills to deal with potential highly complex and sensitive circumstances that can often be emotional and distressing
- Can demonstrate PTHB Values
other
Essential
- Ability to travel
- Ability to cover on call cover for service (team and wider area)
- Physical ability to handle equipment to meet the role of an integrated midwife within a community setting
Person Specification
Qualifications and/or Knowledge
Essential
- Registered Midwife
- Awareness of political and wider health agenda specifically Midwifery 20:20 and All Wales Normal Labour Pathway.
- Post Registration education and professional updating in line with NMC fitness to practice
Desirable
- Child Protection in line with LSCB
- Homebirth
- Waterbirth
Experience
Essential
- Post registration clinical experience
- Range of clinical experience
- Suturing - Able to suture without supervision
- Obstetric emergencies - competent to lead in the management of an emergency
- Homebirth - Able to attend as first midwife without supervision
- Fetal Heart Monitoring - Able to interpret fetal heart deviations from normal and call appropriate help (pinnard/sonicaid)
- Resuscitation - competent to participate as the lead in resuscitation
- Cannulation - Able to cannulate without supervision
- Venipuncture - Able to perform venipuncture competently
- Examination of the newborn - Able to undertake examination of the newborn following birth and in the postnatal period unsupervised
Aptitude and Abilities
Essential
- Normality - Able to promote, assess and deliver alternative methods to normalize care both antenatally and intrapartum
- Breastfeeding - Able to discuss and practically apply UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative Team Steps to Successful Breastfeeding
- Antenatal Screening - Under supervision able to discuss and provide information on antenatal screening tests offered and able to give details of the choices women have following a positive screening result
- Research, audit and evaluation skills to ensure a high-quality service
- Caseload Management with the skill to work as autonomous practitioner
- Ability to work as a team member
- Good networking skills
- Ability to plan, organize and clear decision making skills and prioritising
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
Desirable
- Able to discuss and provide information on antenatal screening tests offered to women in pregnancy and give the reasons why they are offered and be able to give details of the choices women have following a positive screening result
- Ability to speak Welsh
Values
Essential
- Empathetic and reassurance skills to deal with potential highly complex and sensitive circumstances that can often be emotional and distressing
- Can demonstrate PTHB Values
other
Essential
- Ability to travel
- Ability to cover on call cover for service (team and wider area)
- Physical ability to handle equipment to meet the role of an integrated midwife within a community setting
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).
