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The Caithness Integrated Midwifery Team are looking for midwives to work in the Community Midwifery Unit based at Caithness General Hospital, Wick, Caithness in the stunning far north highlands of Scotland.
Wick is the most northerly town on the east coast and within the beautiful county of Caithness, with stunning scenery and amenities including a supermarket, cafes, restaurants, takeaways, hotels and churches. There is a local High School in Wick and, in the nearby town of Thurso, where there is also the Thurso Campus of the University of the Highlands and Islands (North, West and Hebrides).
The area provides the opportunity to enjoy village life, to partake in wild swimming or surfing or to relax and watch the local wildlife including seals, puffins, deer, otters and orca. The city of Inverness is a 2.5 hour drive where you will find travel links and many shops and hotels. Becoming part of this friendly and co-operative team will offer you work in a stunning location and embrace the unique challenges and opportunities presented by rural practice.
These posts offer exciting opportunities for both newly qualified and experienced midwives who are keen to practice midwife-led care and to develop skills as autonomous practitioners in remote and rural practice. The midwifery team provides maternity services within the community midwifery unit based at Caithness General Hospital and across the Caithness and North Sutherland area. The service offers local births for low risk pregnancies, facilitates approximately 20 births annually and supports around 150 women throughout their pregnancy and post-natal period. For the management, care and transfer of higher risk pregnancies and sick neonates the midwifery team work closely with NHS Highland Obstetric, Midwifery and Neonatal Maternity Unit team based at Raigmore Hospital, Inverness (approx 110 miles away) The midwifery team work flexibly to provide a 24/7 service with an on-call provision.
These are full/part-time permanent posts, to be worked in accordance with service requirements. A full and current driving licence is essential.
Informal enquiries to: Donna Firth, Midwifery Team Lead, Tel: 01955 880330, email: donna.firth@nhs.scot
Recruitment team can be contacted by e-mailing nhshighland.recruitment@nhs.scot
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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.
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NHS Scotland is reducing their full time working week from 37.5 to 37 hours per week from 1 April 2024 but with no change in pay. This reduction will also be applied pro rata for part time staff. This advert and any subsequent offer/contract of employment therefore reflects the new working hours. However, as not all service areas will be able to adopt the 37 hour working week immediately from 1 April 2024, you may be required to work up to an additional 30 minutes per week for a temporary period for which you would be paid until the service you are working in changes rosters or working patterns to accommodate the new reduced working week. If you have any questions or concerns please contact the Recruiting Board.