Integrated Midwife - Band 5/6

Overview

Are you an enthusiastic, motivated, and committed midwife ready to make a difference? We are looking for passionate midwives to join our integrated midwifery team workforce in Torbay. This is a chance to be part of Torbay\’s nationally renowned integrated midwifery model and lead in innovative maternity care. We are dedicated to supporting women to have safe, personalized, and empowering birth experiences. Working closely with the Devon LMS and neighbouring Maternity Units, we ensure every woman in Devon receives high quality care. Our fully integrated teams within the Torbay Maternity Service offer midwives the opportunity to maintain and develop all of their skills in a supportive, collaborative environment.

Band 5 midwives must have completed at least 6 months of a preceptee programme. If you are commencing employment in a developmental capacity, you will start at the bottom of Band 5 and progress to a Band 6 once evidence of competencies and qualifications have been achieved.

Responsibilities

• Assess the full range of care needs and develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care throughout the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal period for women and their babies.
• Work autonomously within guidelines and sphere of professional practice.
• Act as a mentor or practice supervisor for less experienced midwives, students and other members of the multi-professional team.
• Work within NMC codes of practice and professional guidelines.
• Lead Professional for low-risk women.
• Provide antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care in a variety of settings, including home and hospital.
• Collaborate with professional colleagues to provide midwifery care to women with complex needs.
• Contribute feedback to ensure the health and social care setting is responsive to individual needs, advocate for women as appropriate, and promote equality, diversity and rights.
• Participate in and undertake annual appraisal, identifying specific training requirements as part of service planning and continuous personal development.

Working for our organisation

Our fully integrated midwifery teams are meeting the Better Birth recommendations for providing a Continuity of Carer model for women. We support the choice agenda; at least 6% of women we care for choose to birth their baby out of hospital. We work closely with the Devon LMS and neighbouring Maternity Units to ensure women in Devon receive high quality care. We are committed to safe and individually focused birth and offering women choice in where to birth their baby.

Additional information

Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification. Ability to travel efficiently around the Bay is important to carry out duties. You will be joining during an exciting time as the first fully integrated care organisation in England, with a positive and vibrant working atmosphere. We invest in our staff and value potential career development.

Important information

• We reserve the right to close vacancies early if we receive a high volume of applications. Apply promptly.
• Please read the job description carefully and tailor your application to reflect the requirements of the role.
• Armed Forces candidates will be guaranteed an interview if they meet minimum criteria. Step into Health guidance can be found on the NHS Employers website.
• Correspondence will be sent via Trac, text and email. Check your email and Trac account regularly.
• Applicants with no NHS experience will ordinarily be appointed to the minimum of the band.
• If you have not received an invitation to interview within 28 days of the closing date, assume your application was unsuccessful.
• Ensure timely receipt of appropriate references.

The Trust is committed to preventing discrimination, valuing diversity and achieving equality of opportunity. No person will receive less favourable treatment on the grounds of the nine protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. If you require support you can obtain this from our Equality Business Forum which has representatives from all protected groups.