Midwife

Both band 5 and band 6 roles are available - depending on meeting the criteria on the job description.

Would you like to work in a highly motivated and friendly Maternity team covering Bath, North East Somerset and West Wiltshire? We are committed to providing high quality, woman-centred care, and have already implemented work to provide continuity of care for families in line with the national Better Births maternity review.

Rated ‘Outstanding’ in our latest CQC review, our service consists of an acute and 2 standalone birth centres. We also have 2 community midwifery led units, a 24 hour Maternity Assessment Unit and are in the planning stages of an alongside midwifery unit at the RUH site. This is your chance to be part of a transforming organisation where we aim to ensure all women have access to the optimal birth environment in accordance with their choice.

We are seeking self-motivated, innovative and flexible midwives to work within our continuity of carer teams or in our integrated teams providing care to families.
As a midwife working within our services we can offer you experience across all areas of maternity including, community maternity units, stand-alone birthing centres, homebirth and the Consultant led Birth Centre, acute postnatal and transitional care settings. If you are a Midwife who would like to be a part of our future and can meet this challenge we welcome your interest in applying for a job at the RUH.

Professional

• Fulfil the role of midwife as defined by the Nursing and Midwifery Council adhering to the

Midwives Rules and Code of Practice thereby ensuring relevant registration is maintained.

• Take personal responsibility for own professional development and up-dating in accordance with PREP requirements.

Clinical

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care throughout pregnancy, labour and the postnatal period. Also facilitate others in their practice.
• Effectively prioritise clinical caseload to meet client need.

Education and Training

• Be aware of national and local policies that have impacted upon the maternity services.
• Be sufficiently flexible to change and develop practice in light of knowledge gained through reflection, research and audit.

Managerial

• Ensure relevant information is disseminated to staff within appropriate time scales, including the multi-disciplinary team if required.
• Use effective interpersonal skills to lead and promote excellence in midwifery practice.

Due to the nature of this role, we require candidates who apply to have current right to work in the UK. We value and encourage all international applications to apply to work with our trust via our international nursing campaign. To do this please follow this link: https://www.medacs.com

At the RUH we’re proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more aboutliving and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about ourextensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future withthe landmark Dyson Cancer Centreand ourpassion for research.

Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.