Job Summary
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 willbenefit 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.
About Us
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 acrossour 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.
Date posted
24 January 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£34,521 to £50,697 a year pro rata per annum incl HCAS (outer London)
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
343-6911974-UB-RB-Y
Job locations
St Helier hospital
Wrythe Lane, Carshalton, Surrey, SM5 1AA
Carshalton
SM5 1AA
Job Description
Job responsibilities
Please find the attached supporting Job Descriptions which contain more information about the Band 5 and Band 6 Midwife roles.
Responsibilities
Job description Job 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
Desirable
- NLS
- NIPE
- Additional higher education or relevant qualifications undertaken
- Evidence of CPD
Experience Essential
- Experience in all maternity clinical areas (Antenatal, Intrapartum, Postnatal)
- Confident with multidisciplinary working
Desirable
- Experience in continuity of carer team
- Experience or placements in wider maternity specialities
Skills/ Knowledge Essential
- 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
- Additional externally acquired skills eg aromatherapy, biomechanics
- Cannulation, Suturing or IV administration experience
- Experience working with Maternity IT systems (eg CERNER, Badgernet)
Person Specification Qualifications Essential
Desirable
- NLS
- NIPE
- Additional higher education or relevant qualifications undertaken
- Evidence of CPD
Experience Essential
- Experience in all maternity clinical areas (Antenatal, Intrapartum, Postnatal)
- Confident with multidisciplinary working
Desirable
- Experience in continuity of carer team
- Experience or placements in wider maternity specialities
Skills/ Knowledge Essential
- 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
- Additional externally acquired skills eg aromatherapy, biomechanics
- Cannulation, Suturing or IV administration experience
- Experience working with Maternity IT systems (eg CERNER, Badgernet)
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
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
St Helier hospital
Wrythe Lane, Carshalton, Surrey, SM5 1AA
Carshalton
SM5 1AA
Employer's website
https://www.epsom-sthelier.nhs.uk/work-for-us (Opens in a new tab)
