Main area Midwifery Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours
* Full time
* Part time
* Job share
* Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Part Time hours available) Job ref 434-SCS6800717-A
Site Stoke Mandeville Town Buckinghamshire Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 07/04/2025 23:59
Be part of our BHT family
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.
We care for over half a million patients every year:
* provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
* nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
* regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
* deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.
More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.
We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.
If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact bht.recruitment@nhs.net or phone 01494 734868.
We pride ourselves in being a great place to work – and invite you to join our BHT family.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for committed midwives who are currently band 6 or have completed their preceptorship. We have full time and part time positions available in our friendly and supportive community teams at Stoke Mandeville and High Wycombe. Our community midwives provide antenatal and postnatal care in the community, and support women choosing homebirths on an on-call basis.
Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust is committed to providing staff with learning and development opportunities to support their career progression. We offer opportunities to work alongside specialist services including our internationally acclaimed spinal unit. Our maternity services provide care for approximately 4,800 women and their families. We offer a variety of birth choices for our diverse population and have a dedicated suite for women experiencing bereavement. We have a level 2 neonatal service and close links with the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.
Main duties of the job
* provide antenatal care to a caseload of women
* support the delivery of community based postnatal care
* support the homebirth service
* Maintain accurate and contemporaneous records at all times, both written and electronic.
* Administer and supply medicines under midwives exemptions/PGDs and Medicines Act of 1968 and Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust Medicines Policy.
* Actively promote the concept of holistic personalised care within the maternity services in both hospital and community.
* Advise on the promotion of health, education, social care and the prevention of illness.
* Recognise and appropriately manage complex physical, emotional and psychological situations that may be detrimental to the health and well-being of mother and baby.
* Devise and develop a plan of midwifery care based on assessment in association with mother, taking into account her individual personalised needs and preferences.
* Implement the plan of midwifery care and where appropriate co-ordinate other members of the multi-disciplinary team responsible for implementing specific aspects of the care.
What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
What do we stand for?
Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.
If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.
If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on bht.recruitment@nhs.net quoting the vacancy reference number.
Person specification
Education, Qualifications & Training
* Registered Midwife
* NVQ assessor
* Evidence of further study
Skills, Abilities & Knowledge
* Clinical skills, in particular: Suturing, Cannulation, Supervision of epidural infusion
* Ability to write clearly and legibly in English
* Knowledge of NMC Code of Conduct, Guidelines and Professional Practice
* Awareness and knowledge of vulnerable adult and child Protection issues
* Good communicator both verbally and in writing
* Ability to work on own initiative and manage own time
* Good previous attendance record
* Flexible approach to working hours and practices
* Professional appearance and behaviour
* Knowledge of evidence informed and research-based practice
* Willing to undertake further study
* Satisfactory enhanced DBS with check against vulnerable groups barred lists
Experience
* Experience as a preceptor Midwife
* Ability to work as part of a team and communicate effectively within it
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
If you are successful at interview, we will require you to complete a Covid-19 risk assessment document.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight. If we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before to the closing date.
Contacting you: We will contact candidates through the email address supplied on their application form. Please make sure you check this regularly.
Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interview will not be reimbursed.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name Jo Gridley Job title Matron for Community and the Birth Centres Email address johanna.gridley@nhs.net Telephone number 07816177075 Additional information
For an informal discussion or more information please contact:
Jo Gridley Matron for Birth Centre and Community Services johanna.gridley@nhs.net. 07816177075
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