Band 5 Main area Midwifery
Grade Band 5
Contract Permanent: pro rata per annum
Hours
37.5 hours per week (37.5 hours per week)
Job ref 343-6911974-UB-RB-Y
Site St Helier hospital
Town Carshalton
Salary £34,521 - £50,697 pro rata per annum incl HCAS (outer London)
Salary period Yearly
Closing 07/02/2025 23:59
Interview date 10/02/2025
- The pay scales advertised have been confirmed by NHS England, we are awaiting confirmation of when these will be reflected. The new scales can be found here: Pay scales for 2024/25 | NHS Employers
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.
Job Overview
Join Our Team of Dedicated Midwives at St Helier!
Are you passionate about providing exceptional care and a positive experience for women? We are looking for enthusiastic midwives to join our St Helier team, with both full and part time hours available.
Why Join Us?
- Comprehensive Preceptorship Programme: Tailored support for newly qualified midwives
- Ongoing Development: Access to extensive in-house training and professional growth opportunities
- Collaborative Environment: Work in a warm, welcoming, and supportive team
- Shape the Future: Be at the forefront of midwifery service improvements and help drive sustainable, quality changes in care
This is a fantastic opportunity to advance your career and enhance your midwifery skills in a nurturing and innovative setting. If you share our commitment to excellence in midwifery care, we would love to hear from you. Apply now and make a difference!
Main duties of the job
We have opportunities for both experienced Band 6 Inpatient midwives, and Preceptorship midwives.
Please see correlating Job Description for full duties. In summary:
- Undertake all fundamental elements of midwifery care across a range of settings
- Shift working (Nights, Days, Weekends, Bank holidays)
- Work as a key part of multi-disciplinary team
- Mentor junior staff and lead in best practice
- Responsible for maintaining CPD including attending Trust mandatory training
- (Band 5 only) Engage and adhere to requirements of Preceptorship programme within specified time frame
Our
Preceptorship program at ESTH helps early career midwives build skills, knowledge, and confidence as they move into their Band 6 role. Led by our Preceptorship Midwives, it offers tailored support to help new midwives meet clinical and professional standards.
The Program Includes
- Professional Development programme supporting progression to Band 6 Midwife
- Specialist Midwife Leadership
- Holistic Support: The program includes a combination of practical training, mentorship, peer support, and reflective practice, giving early career midwives the tools and confidence they need to succeed
- Structured Learning: regular review points ensure support is tailored to individual needs
Experienced staff will benefit from ongoing professional support at ESTH. Our skilled PMA team, wider management and specialist midwives work together to promote a positive culture for career growth, ensuring all staff feel valued.
Working for our organisation
Our maternity team provides a dynamic and forward-thinking environment, offering comprehensive and high-quality care to women and their families. We are committed to promoting woman-centred care, having a well-rounded team who provide individualised care to a diverse population.
- We care for approximately 4,300 women annually across our two sites, utilising digital maternity systems
- Comprehensive Service Offering: Includes assisted conception, community services, obstetric-led labour wards, co-located birth centres, specialist midwifery teams, and our home birth team.
- Positive Feedback: Women and families consistently report positive experiences, highlighting the quality of care provided. The 2024 Maternity Benchmark survey demonstrated ESTH performed above average, particularly in postnatal care.
- Active Improvement Culture: There are ongoing improvement projects that aim to enhance service delivery and workforce development.
- Collaboration with Local Maternity Systems
ESTH provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across South West London and North East Surrey. We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Please find the attached supporting Job Descriptions which contain more information about the Band 5 and Band 6 Midwife roles.
Person Specification Qualifications Essential Criteria
Desirable criteria
- NLS
- NIPE
- Additional higher education or relevant qualifications undertaken
- Evidence of CPD
Experience Essential criteria
- Experience in all maternity clinical areas (Antenatal, Intrapartum, Postnatal)
- Confident with multidisciplinary working
Desirable criteria
- Experience in continuity of carer team
- Experience or placements in wider maternity specialities
Skills/ Knowledge Essential criteria
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Good knowledge of fetal monitoring practice
- Knowledge of obstetric emergency management
- Good fundamental IT skills
- Awareness of National guidelines and evidence based practice
Desirable criteria
- Additional externally acquired skills eg aromatherapy, biomechanics
- Cannulation, Suturing or IV administration experience
- Experience working with Maternity IT systems (eg CERNER, Badgernet)
Your application : Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References : You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We
do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date : In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting : You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS : We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
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Employer certification / accreditation badges Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
