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Community Midwife

Melrose Full-Time 36000 - 60000 £ / year (est.) No home office possible

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Tasks: Join our team as a Community Midwife, providing care in beautiful Scottish Borders.
Company: NHS Borders is dedicated to high-quality maternity services and women-centred care.
Benefits: Enjoy flexible working hours, a supportive team, and a stunning location with great transport links.
Why this job: Be part of a passionate team delivering evidence-based care while enjoying a vibrant community lifestyle.
Qualifications: Must be an innovative, motivated midwife with excellent communication skills and a driving licence.
Other info: This is a permanent part-time role with day shifts and on-call responsibilities.

The predicted salary is between 36000 - 60000 £ per year.

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for band 6 midwives to work in NHS Borders located in the beautiful Scottish Borders. The post is rotational based within the Central community team, covering Galashiels and Peebles area.

In NHS Borders we put women at the centre of our maternity service and, aim to provide the best care for women and their families.

We pride ourselves on the standard of care we provide to our women and their families and ensure high quality and safe care through strong leadership and a team approach.

Our maternity services are on an exciting journey to fulfil Best start recommendations and offer continuity of care through case loading midwifery teams who will care for women at home and in our consultant led unit and you will be part of these teams working collaboratively to promote the delivery of evidence based women centred care.

This as an excellent opportunity to join our friendly and supportive multidisciplinary team within the maternity services in NHS Borders. We deliver our midwifery services alongside the Borders General Hospital, located near Melrose in the centre of the Scottish Borders which provides our women with an antenatal/postnatal ward and labour suite with consultant clinics and early pregnancy unit. We provide community support in the home and GP surgeries located throughout the Borders from Peebles, Hawick, Jedburgh, Galashiels, Kelso, Duns and Eyemouth.

We are seeking an innovative, highly motivated, flexible and enthusiastic midwife with excellent communication and interpersonal skills who will provide high quality, person centred care working within the community settings. This band 6 midwife should be passionate about continuity of care with a desire to develop their midwifery expertise and join our friendly, supportive and motivated midwifery team.

You will have the ability to work flexibly and effectively within a busy team who care for a population of women with diverse health and social care needs, working in partnership with other health and social agencies.

This is a Permanent part time post offering an exciting opportunity for experienced midwives who are keen to develop skills and practice midwife-led care

If you can demonstrate these qualities we would welcome your application.

The role requires a commitment to day shifts and on calls both through the day and night as required by clinical need.

The Scottish Borders occupies an enviable location in the South of Scotland with diverse landscapes based on geographical areas from fabulous cliff tops and beaches to rivers, hills, and rolling countryside right on our doorstep, great links to all other major cities in the country through train stations based in Tweedbank (Galashiels) and soon to open, Reston ( on the east coast main line), This means the area can offer employees plenty of choice when it comes to both accommodation and opportunities of things to do in the pursuit of the right work-life balance.

Have any questions? Informal enquiries to: Kerry Simmonds, Senior charge Midwife 018907 52623

NHS Borders encourages applications from all sections of the community. We promote a culture of inclusion across the organisation and are proud of the diverse workforce we have.

Please note it is an essential requirement to have a driving licence and use of a car.

PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early

Please note: the salary quoted is for full-time hours (37 hrs per week). For appointments to part-time hours, the salary will be pro-rata.

Due to legislative changes from 1 April 2025, this post may require a different level of criminal records check done than is currently the case. If the post is assessed as a \”regulated role\”, your appointment will be subject to joining the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. If there is any change to what is currently required, this will be confirmed by either the Hiring Manager or the Recruitment Team. For more details on these changes please visit: Disclosure Scotland Changes.

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.

As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK websitehere.

For specific types of post, if you do not have the necessary eligibility to work in the UK, it might be possible (though not guaranteed) to secure sponsorship via a UK Skilled Worker/Health & Care Worker Visa. However, this is only possible if the employer is a licenced Sponsor, and if the post does not fall below the current minimum salary threshold or ‘going rate’. Further information on these criteria can be foundhere.

It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsoredBEFORE submitting your application form.

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