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Main area: Midwife Grade Band 6
Contract: Fixed term: 12 months (plus 10 month 0.92 Maternity Leave cover.)
Hours: Part time - 34.5 hours per week (Post holder required to work mixed shift allocations from long shifts, night shifts, some on call commitments, weekends. Duties include community, labour ward, postnatal ward.)
Job ref: 279-7136148-APR25
Employer: University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Princess Royal Hospital
Town: Haywards Heath
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 29/04/2025 23:59
About our Trust
At UHSussex we’re proud to be at the heart of the NHS. As one of the UK’s largest acute Trusts, we’re a leading example of the excellence, the ambition and the values that have embodied the NHS for over 70 years.
Our hard-working, talented and dedicated people work together towards a common goal – to always put our Patient First. In fact, our mission is summed up by our ‘where better never stops’ motto and you will play a part in driving us forwards and in improving the lives of patients across Sussex.
At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and a Veteran Aware Trust.
We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We’re here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our Wellbeing Programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it, including where possible, flexible working to support work-life balance - because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.
As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.
We look forward to receiving your application and the start of your journey with UHSussex.
Job overview
We are recruiting experienced midwives into one of our continuity of care (COC) teams based in Haywards Heath.
Oak Team provide care for women and people within a specific geographical area, with work beginning to utilise the excellent continuity of care that the teams provides for women and people who are socially or structurally disadvantaged, with an aim to meet the recommendations of the Core20plus5 framework for reducing health inequalities.
All applicants must be aware that this is a 24 hour 7 day a week service and you will work long days, nights and weekend shifts or an 'on-call' model of care provision.
Main duties of the job
To provide a high standard of Midwifery care to women and pregnant people during the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods in both Acute and Primary Care Settings according to Trust Policies and Standards. As a qualified midwife, the post holder will be required to provide the necessary supervision, care and advice to women and pregnant people during pregnancy, labour, and the postpartum period, to conduct deliveries under their own responsibility and carry out care of the newborn. COC midwives are required to demonstrate a high degree of autonomy in accordance with the Nursing & Midwifery Council’s “Midwives Rules
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