Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
12 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Experience of working as part of a midwifery team in the UK
- Personal Attributes
Professional appearance and behaviour
- Personal Attributes
Politically aware
- Personal Attributes
Adaptable
- Personal Attributes
Full current driving licence with access to own transport
- Skills and Knowledge
Good interpersonal skills
- Skills and Knowledge
Effective communication skills
- Skills and Knowledge
Able to organise and prioritise workload
- Skills and Knowledge
Evidence of competencies outlined in the job description
- Demonstrates Trust Values
Compassion, Ambition, Respect, Encourgaement –
- Qualifications and Training
Registered Midwife
- Qualifications and Training
Positive attitude to training and development
Desirable
4 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Experience of Community including home birth.
- Experience
Experience of enhanced support for women i.e. peer support
- Skills and Knowledge
Enhanced skills in supporting women i.e hypnobirthing, aromatherapy, acupuncture
- Qualifications and Training
IT Literate
Job overview
We are looking for enthusiastic experienced band 5 / 6 midwives, to join our highly motivated midwifery team, with opportunities to work within the hospital and Community setting.
If you are a newly qualified or a final year Student Midwife we can offer exciting opportunities within our Maternity Services at Chesterfield
Chesterfield Birth Centre provides co-located midwife and consultant led labour ward facilities, which include 4 birthing pools.
Our maternity inpatient ward offers a calm and welcoming environment for women and their families.
Midwives are employed on an integrated basis , rotating between hospital and community based services, including rotation into a Continuity of Care model as required.
A Comprehensive induction programme will be provided and band 5 midwives will receive our competency package to facilitate their progression to band 6.
Join us as a Rotational Midwife! You will be part of a team who combine excellent antenatal care to patients on postnatal wards, delivery suite and in the community.
We work rotational through days, nights and weekends including bank holidays
Main duties of the job
Job Summary
To contribute to the provision of a professional midwifery service, ensuring the highest possible standards of care are received by women and their families. To act as an excellent clinical role model and practice autonomously within the parameters of guidelines/ policies, and sphere of professional practice.
The post holder will provide high quality woman centred care in any setting, hospital or community, and may be required to work in a continuity of carer model.
The post holder will support the preceptorship and development of junior staff, and undertake the role of Practice Supervisor and / or Assessor for student midwives.
The job description acts as a guideline to the responsibilities of the post holder and will be reviewed in consultation with the post holder and amended to meet changing professional and service needs.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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This advert is for Integrated Midwife with Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Chesterfield, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Midwife role. The advertised salary is £29,970 - £44,962 per annum pro rata (Salary is dependant on experience). The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 26 Jan 2025.
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