Main area: Midwifery
Grade: Band 7
Contract: Fixed term: 1 year (Secondment considered)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Shift pattern including day and night shifts over the weekend and bank holidays)
Job ref: 387-WC-7148-DA
Site: St Michaels Hospital
Town: Bristol
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 pa pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 03/11/2024 23:59
Interview date: 18/11/2025
As an organisation, we recognise the value of a healthy work-life balance. When applying, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate flexible working, so your work life fits around your home life.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within the Trust.
Are you an experienced midwife? Are you ready to continue your leadership skills? Do you want to work in a forward-thinking NHS Foundation Trust?
We currently have an opportunity for one senior Band 6 midwife to join our team as part of our developmental Band 7 midwifery programme. As part of your continued development, you will spend time within the rotational band 7 team enhancing your leadership and management skills.
We are proud of our services which include:
* Co-located midwife led birthing unit
* Regional Fetal Medicine Unit
* Regional Maternal Medicine
* A Transitional Care ward
* BSOTS Triage Assessment Unit
* Continuity of Carer Teams
* Free standing Birthing Unit
We pride ourselves on delivering holistic care through our flexible and dynamic approach within a caring, welcoming and friendly team.
St Michael’s hospital is located in the centre of the beautiful city of Bristol. It is bursting with character and provides the perfect work-life balance.
Main duties of the job
* Have relevant and extensive Band 6 experience.
* Be able to demonstrate leadership and management skills.
* Be flexible with a caring attitude.
* Have excellent extended clinical skills.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston; join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce, we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and personal specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
Knowledge
* Post registration experience at Band 6
* Extended clinical midwifery skills
* Previous Community Experience
Skills and Abilities
* Communication/Interpersonal
* Leadership Skills
* Management Skills
* Ability to work as part of as well as lead a team
* Ability to work on own initiative
* Ability to prioritise and appropriately delegate
* Ability to initiate change
* Ability to facilitate development in others
* Evidence of teaching skills
* Child protection training
* Case conference report writing
* Mobile, with the ability to travel within and around the trust catchment area
Qualifications
* Registered Midwife
* Assessing in Practice Level 2 or Teaching and Assessing in Practice Level 3 or equivalent
* Motivation and enthusiasm
* Flexible approach to duties/shifts
We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.
Additional Information
The Trust is committed to investing in and caring for all our staff. We will support you in maintaining and improving your health and wellbeing, as well as your career development through management and training support - developing exceptional people for exceptional careers.
UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults.
To comply with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, all applicants must be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed at Interview.
If you require sponsorship for a visa to work in the UK, to avoid disappointment, please check to ensure you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.
IMPORTANT:
Please note that if you apply for a position with this Trust, you may be contacted via Trac or via email. This includes invites for job interviews. We therefore recommend that you regularly check your Trac account and email accounts. We may also contact you by texting the mobile number, if provided, on the application form.
Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts, we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore, please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification.
Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.
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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: Sam Haines
Job title: Modern Matron
Email address: Sam.Haines@uhbw.nhs.uk
Additional contact:
Sophie Mann
Modern Matron
Email: Sophie.Mann@uhbw.nhs.uk
If you have problems applying, contact
Address: United Bristol Healthcare Trust
Bristol Royal Infirmary
Marlborough Street
Bristol
Success
BS2 8HW
Telephone: 01173425000 (option 1)
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