Bank Midwife

Job overview

From the day you arrive you will join our team of remarkable people, committed to your continued enjoyment and growth. We'll make sure you always feel a part of a flexible workforce that constantly seeks new ways of working to deliver the best care.

Following our 2023 CQC inspection, we are on an  improvement journey within the maternity services.

We have recently opened a dedicated maternity triage department with an associated dashboard to ensure safety and appropriate RAG rating of our women, we are launching BadgerNet a paperless maternity system in February 2024, including electronic CTG to enable viewing around the unit . We are reviewing our induction of labour processes, alongside our regional colleagues, to improve the journey for the women & birthing people accessing our services.

Working closely with our system partners via the Local Maternity & Neonatal System to develop region wide escalation and supporting our Maternity & Neonatal Voices Partnership in ensuring that women, birthing people and their families, voices are heard and changes implemented.

We are embedding the use of Birth Rate Plus reporting tool to ensure that any escalations are timely and used to support the development of the service to ensure it is safe for our service users.

We are collaboratively working with our Neonatal team and from January 2024 will be a Maternity & Neonatal Team working in partnership to ensure babies are born in the right place, with the right teams and support.

Main duties of the job

As a registered midwife, the post holder is responsible for the assessment, planning implementation and evaluation of care provided in Maternity services.

Working autonomously within guidelines and the sphere of professional practice they will be working towards completion or have completed a recognised preceptorship programme.

The role is to cover midwife staffing across all areas of the service including Community Midwifery, Antenatal/Postnatal wards, Labour Ward, Alongside Midwifery Led Unit and Antenatal Clinic/Day Unit/Triage placements.

The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is also really important to us, and our latest NHS Staff Survey reflects this. Its great to know our engaged staff are feeling even more positive and enthusiastic by recommending the Trust as a place to work. Colleagues can look forward to a warm welcome and a future full of opportunities at Hull Womens and Childrens Hospital.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please note that this advertised vacancy does not meet the UKVI eligibility requirements for a Skilled Worker Visa and therefore HUTH would not be able to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.

Be a part of it, you'll love it. WE PROMISE.

What can we offer you?

• Ability to book shifts in advance including priority over agency workers
• Enhanced rates for unsociable hours
• Free access to all in house training; face to face mandatory paid at hourly rate.
• Friendly on site Bank Team available 5 days a week
• Access to on site management team able to arrange last minute shifts out of hours
• Comprehensive Induction; opportunity for initial 3 month placement including Supernumerary shifts.
• Enrollment into excellent NHS Pension Scheme
• Cost of uniform covered by trust
• Be treated as an internal applicant if you want to apply for a permanent post within our trust.
• Payment in lieu of annual leave
• Support with NMC Revalidation

What can you offer us?

• A minimum of 12 months post registration experience
• To be motivated, enthusiastic & deliver a high standard of nursing care
• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• Ability to work flexibly within teams across wards and departments within our trust
• Ability to work a minimum of 1 shift per month
• Hold a professional NMC registration in Midwifery

Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.