NHS
Job title:
Lead Midwife for Community Services
Company
NHS
Job description
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced passionate registered midwife to lead and manage our community midwifery teams at Walsall Healthcare Trust. You will be experienced, enthusiastic and caring and must be able to work autonomously, demonstrating excellent clinical skills to provide effective, individualised women centred care. You will need to promote normality and the use of alternative therapies for the benefit of low-risk women. If you are looking for the opportunity to work innovatively, utilizing and developing your midwifery skills within a successful Midwifery community led team then this may be the opportunity for you.Main duties of the jobAre you a forward thinking midwife? Do you wish to work in a unit committed to the provision of woman centred care? Are you excited by the changes and challenges occurring in Midwifery, maternity services and better births?You must be flexible, having the ability to work to participate in our on-call manager’s rota and shiftsas required to support the midwifery led unitSuccessful candidates can look forward to working within a team of dedicated Midwives and Obstetricians. Successful candidates will receive a full orientation programme supported by the professional development teamAbout usWalsall Healthcare NHS Trust is an integrated Trust and the only provider of NHS acute care in Walsall, serving a population of 286,700, providing inpatient and outpatient services at the Manor Hospital as well as a wide range of services in the community. Walsall Manor houses the full range of district general hospital services under one roof. The £170 million development was completed in 2010 and the continued upgrading of existing areas ensures the Trust now has a state-of-the-art Critical Care Unit, Neonatal Unit, Obstetric Theatre, and Integrated Assessment Unit facilities. Work is also well underway on its multi-million pound new Urgent and Emergency Care Centre which will house a new Emergency Department (including Children’s Emergency Department), co-located Paediatric Assessment Unit, Acute Medical Unit and Urgent Care Centre. This is scheduled for completion this year.We would particularly welcome applications from people from a BME background and people with a disability as these groups are currently under-represented at senior level. We value diversity within our Trust and are working to achieve equality in our recruitment.We support flexible working for all employees and prospective applicants.Any settled workers meeting the requirements must be offered the position in preference to any non-resident candidates meeting the requirements, unless the role falls under a PhD-level code, in which case sponsorship may be attained.Date posted28 March 2025Pay schemeAgenda for changeBandBand 7Salary£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annumContractPermanentWorking patternFull-timeReference numberTEMP_500Job locationsWalsall Healthcare NHS TrustMoat RoadWalsallWS2 9PSJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesAre you a forward thinking midwife? Do you wish to work in a unit committed to the provision of woman centred care? Are you excited by the changes and challenges occurring in Midwifery, maternity services and better births?An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced passionate registered midwife to lead and manage our community midwifery teams at Walsall Healthcare Trust. You will be experienced, enthusiastic and caring and must be able to work autonomously, demonstrating excellent clinical skills to provide effective, individualised women centred care. You will need to promote normality and the use of alternative therapies for the benefit of low-risk women. If you are looking for the opportunity to work innovatively,utilizing and developing your midwifery skills within a successful Midwifery community led team then this may be the opportunity for you.You must be flexible, having the ability to work to participate in our on-call managers rota and shiftsas required to support the midwifery led unitSuccessful candidates can look forward to working within a team of dedicated Midwives and Obstetricians. Successful candidates will receive a full orientation programme supported by the professional development teamJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesAre you a forward thinking midwife? Do you wish to work in a unit committed to the provision of woman centred care? Are you excited by the changes and challenges occurring in Midwifery, maternity services and better births?An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced passionate registered midwife to lead and manage our community midwifery teams at Walsall Healthcare Trust. You will be experienced, enthusiastic and caring and must be able to work autonomously, demonstrating excellent clinical skills to provide effective, individualised women centred care. You will need to promote normality and the use of alternative therapies for the benefit of low-risk women. If you are looking for the opportunity to work innovatively,utilizing and developing your midwifery skills within a successful Midwifery community led team then this may be the opportunity for you.You must be flexible, having the ability to work to participate in our on-call managers rota and shiftsas required to support the midwifery led unitSuccessful candidates can look forward to working within a team of dedicated Midwives and Obstetricians. Successful candidates will receive a full orientation programme supported by the professional development teamPerson SpecificationSkillsEssential
- managment experience
Desirable
- nipe qualification
ExperienceEssential
- community and mlu based experience
Desirable
- leadership
KnowledgeEssential
- managment of a team
- experience of HR occ health sickness training reviews
Desirable
- experience of an on call system
Person SpecificationSkillsEssential
- managment experience
Desirable
- nipe qualification
ExperienceEssential
- community and mlu based experience
Desirable
- leadership
KnowledgeEssential
- managment of a team
- experience of HR occ health sickness training reviews
Desirable
- experience of an on call system
Expected salary
£46148 – 52809 per year
Location
Walsall
Job date
Sun, 30 Mar 2025 04:34:22 GMT
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