Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

Birth Centre Midwife

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Job summary

The Birth Centre Team provide intrapartum and postnatal care to midwife led women in the Aylesbury Birth Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital

Main duties of the job

Band 6 Midwives

Location: Aylesbury Birth Centre Stoke Mandeville Hospital

Are you a band 6 midwife with experience of midwife-led care or birth outside the hospital setting?

Are you passionate about providing safe, personalised care?

Do you want to be a part of a small, friendly team providing midwife led intra partum and postnatal care to women.

We are looking for dedicated midwives to provide care to women choosing birth outside the obstetric unit.

We will offer you excellent support, training and development. We pride ourselves on treating everyone who comes through our doors, to receive care or to work, with kindness & compassion.

About us

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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?o As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.o We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes. o We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.Why work for us?o 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.o As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.o Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.What do we stand for?o Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.o Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.o Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

Details

Date posted

26 February 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working

Reference number

434-SCS6770738

Job locations

Stoke Mandeville

Mandeville Road

Aylesbury

HP21 8AL


Job description

Job 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.

Job description

Job 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.

Person Specification

EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING

Essential

  • Registered Midwife
  • ENB 997/MSPP

Desirable

  • NVQ assesor
  • Evidence of further study

Experience

Essential

  • Experience as a preceptor Midwife
  • Ability to be a mentor to student midwives/nurses/MCA's
  • midwives/nurses/MCA's Completion of mentor assessor workshops

Desirable

  • Ability to work as part of a team and communicate effectively within it

SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE

Essential

  • Professional appearance and behaviour
  • Clinical skills, in particular: Suturing Cannulation
  • Supervision of epidural infusion
  • Good communicator both verbally and in writing
  • Ability to write clearly and legibly in English
  • Ability to work on own initiative and mange own time
  • Knowledge of evidence informed and research based practice
  • Willing to undertake further study
  • Knowledge of NMC Code of Conduct, Guidelines and Professional Practice
  • Awareness and knowledge of vulnerable adult and child Protection issues
  • Good previous attendance record
  • Flexible approach to working hours and practices
  • Satisfactory enhanced DBS with check against vulnerable groups barred lists

Desirable

  • Computer literate
Person Specification

EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING

Essential

  • Registered Midwife
  • ENB 997/MSPP

Desirable

  • NVQ assesor
  • Evidence of further study

Experience

Essential

  • Experience as a preceptor Midwife
  • Ability to be a mentor to student midwives/nurses/MCA's
  • midwives/nurses/MCA's Completion of mentor assessor workshops

Desirable

  • Ability to work as part of a team and communicate effectively within it

SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE

Essential

  • Professional appearance and behaviour
  • Clinical skills, in particular: Suturing Cannulation
  • Supervision of epidural infusion
  • Good communicator both verbally and in writing
  • Ability to write clearly and legibly in English
  • Ability to work on own initiative and mange own time
  • Knowledge of evidence informed and research based practice
  • Willing to undertake further study
  • Knowledge of NMC Code of Conduct, Guidelines and Professional Practice
  • Awareness and knowledge of vulnerable adult and child Protection issues
  • Good previous attendance record
  • Flexible approach to working hours and practices
  • Satisfactory enhanced DBS with check against vulnerable groups barred lists

Desirable

  • Computer literate

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

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

Stoke Mandeville

Mandeville Road

Aylesbury

HP21 8AL


Employer's website

https://careers.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

Stoke Mandeville

Mandeville Road

Aylesbury

HP21 8AL


Employer's website

https://careers.buckshealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Matron for Community and Birth Centre

Jo Gridley

johanna.gridley@nhs.net

07816177075

Details

Date posted

26 February 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working

Reference number

434-SCS6770738

Job locations

Stoke Mandeville

Mandeville Road

Aylesbury

HP21 8AL


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