Midwife

Job overview

Band 5/6 Midwives

Hours:  Part/Full Time hours available

Are you a Midwife who would like to develop your knowledge, skills and competency by practicing within our excellent Maternity Unit in the Wye Valley?

We would like to hear from both newly qualified Midwives and those with previous experience. All successful candidates we have a comprehensive preceptorship programme which involves supported orientation in all clinical areas and includes working with our clinic and community teams.

We support women in their birth choices; for home birth, or birth in the Obstetric Unit. Diverse experience can be gained in holistic midwifery-led care for low risk women and babies in addition those requiring more complex and shared care. The posts will be rotational and ongoing rotations will include practice in antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care, community and new continuity teams.

There will be opportunities for driven and skilled midwives to be part of our new Continuity of Carer teams that are in development who provide full continuity of care to a cohort of women in line with the local and national service developments reflecting the recommendations outlined in the ‘Better Births’ National Maternity review.

Salary & Banding will depend upon experience.

Main duties of the job

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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