Community Midwife
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Join Our Caithness Midwifery Team – Make a Difference to Maternity Care in a Stunning Location
Are you ready for a role that combines professional growth with breathtaking scenery? The Caithness Integrated Midwifery Team is looking for passionate midwives to join our Community Midwifery Unit. Whether you’re newly qualified or experienced, this is your chance to deliver midwife-led care and develop as an autonomous practitioner in a truly unique remote and rural setting.
What We Offer:
- A supportive, friendly team based at Caithness General Hospital, serving communities across Caithness and North Sutherland.
- The opportunity to provide local birth choices in a low-risk environment, with around 15 births annually and care for 125 families throughout pregnancy and postnatal journeys.
- Close collaboration with the NHS Highland Obstetric, Midwifery, and Neonatal team at Raigmore Hospital, Inverness (approximately 110 miles away) for higher-risk pregnancies and sick neonate transfers.
- A flexible 24/7 service with on-call provision, a full and current driving licence is essential for this role.
Why Caithness? Imagine living and working in Wick, the most northerly town on Scotland’s east coast, surrounded by dramatic coastlines, rural lochs, and sandy beaches offering a lifestyle that that prioritises balance. Wick offers a vibrant community with supermarkets, cafés, restaurants, hotels, churches, local school, community facility including, swimming pool, fitness suite and library, while nearby Thurso adds a college and more amenities.
When you’re off duty, you can:
- Explore nature: wild swimming, surfing, or simply relaxing by the sea.
- Spot incredible wildlife: seals, puffins, deer, otters, and even orcas!
- Enjoy the best of both worlds—peaceful rural life with Inverness just two hours away for city links and shopping.
Why Join Us? You’ll become part of a welcoming, co-operative team that values innovation and compassion. This role offers not just a job, but a lifestyle embracing the challenges and rewards of rural practice while making a real difference to families.
This is a full-time permanent post of 37 hours per week, covering across a 7-day rota in accordance with service requirements, plus on-call commitment.
Informal enquiries will be welcomed by Donna Firth, Midwifery Team Lead, Telephone: 01955 880330/email: donna.firth@nhs.scot
Recruitment team can be contacted by e-mailing nhshighland.recruitment@nhs.scot
Please quote Jobtrain reference 237331
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NHS Highland is geographically the largest of the 14 regional boards of NHS Scotland, covering an area of 12,500 square miles, across Highland and Argyll & Bute.
We employ over 10,700 people, making us one of the biggest employers in the area. As an organisation, we make a very significant contribution to the local economy.
Our staff are also important members of our communities. Our greatest asset is our workforce, and the way we go about our work comes from the values and behaviours we demonstrate on a daily basis. As a board we strive to ensure the environment is conducive to nurturing a positive culture, supported and delivered through our NHS and social care values.