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Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Bank Midwife Band 6

The closing date is 30 June 2025

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Job summary

JOB TITLE: Bank Registered Midwife

LOCATION: Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation trust

DIRECTORATE: Temporary Staffing

DEPARTMENT: Temporary Staffing

GRADE: Band 6

RESPONSIBLE TO: Temporary Staffing Manager

ACCOUNTABLE TO: Head of Temporary Staffing

Main duties of the job

As a band 6 midwife you will be expected to work in collaboration with other multidisciplinary professionals enhancing and promoting the health and wellbeing of mothers and neonates in line with local and national standards relating to maternity care and referrals as appropriate. You will be required to work in all areas of the service including obstetric theatre and the community as necessary and work as part of a Continuity of Care Team as per the national maternity plan. You may also be required to take part in an on-call Rota should the service require this. As a midwife you will be committed to achieving the Trust's targets regarding the Government's public health agenda.

To provide high quality, safe, evidence based, holistic midwifery care to women in all maternity care settings including antenatal care, labour and birth, and postnatal care settings as well as parent education across the MSE. To provide continuity of care and to work in partnership with the women, to provide women centered, personalised midwifery care.

About us

With a workforce of approximately 15,000 staff, we can now do more and go further in delivering health services to our local communities.

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

Patients will experience improved care as well as fewer delays and cancellations. We are able to provide more once-in-a-lifetime specialist care region-wide. With our new trust size will come more opportunities for development, research, networking and innovation.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Date posted

06 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£23.13 an hour 23.13

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Flexible working

Reference number

Bank Midwifery

Job locations

Basildon

Nethermayne

Basildon

SS16 5NL

Job description

Job responsibilities

To enable woman to remain the focus of care and as her advocate to encourage her to participate in her care plans based on good communication and evidence based information.
Assess, plan and deliver total midwifery care for a caseload of women within the community, prioritising workload and management of time.
To be competent to work within a team to deliver care based on the needs of women to maintain
To identify, plan and implement care in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team in relation to families with complex psycho-social

Please see attached JD for full description

Job description

Job responsibilities

To enable woman to remain the focus of care and as her advocate to encourage her to participate in her care plans based on good communication and evidence based information.
Assess, plan and deliver total midwifery care for a caseload of women within the community, prioritising workload and management of time.
To be competent to work within a team to deliver care based on the needs of women to maintain
To identify, plan and implement care in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team in relation to families with complex psycho-social

Please see attached JD for full description

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Midwife
Enhanced DBS clearance

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

Evidence of personal and professional development
Understanding and knowledge of current issues in Midwifery andthe wider NHS
Is aware of responsibilities in relation to NMC Code

Communication Skills

Essential

s Excellent interpersonalskills and the ability to develop and establish internal and external relationships
Able to communicate effectively and fluently ina range of situations and across communication barriers

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Midwife
Enhanced DBS clearance

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

Evidence of personal and professional development
Understanding and knowledge of current issues in Midwifery andthe wider NHS
Is aware of responsibilities in relation to NMC Code

Communication Skills

Essential

s Excellent interpersonalskills and the ability to develop and establish internal and external relationships
Able to communicate effectively and fluently ina range of situations and across communication barriers

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Basildon

Nethermayne

Basildon

SS16 5NL

Employer's website

https://www.mse.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Basildon

Nethermayne

Basildon

SS16 5NL

Employer's website

https://www.mse.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)