Midwife (Hospital and Community) - Band 5/6

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is looking for motivated and enthusiastic midwives to join our Maternity Services Team. This is an exciting time to join the Trust as we work towards the national vision informed by the Maternity Services Review: Better Births (2016) and implementation of the Ockendon Independent Maternity Review - immediate and essential actions.

There are opportunities for experienced Band 5 and 6 Midwives to join the Jessop Wing Midwifery Team at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals working across the community and hospital setting, aspiring to the long term ambition to deliver Continuity of Care to mothers and babies within Sheffield .

Please note that this advert is for experienced Midwives only. There are separate recruitment processes for Newly Qualified/Early Career and International Recruitment.

By joining our team you find and experience friendly, nurturing environments with supportive, individualised preceptorships and inductions plus personally tailored professional development supporting onward career aspirations .

Induction is supported by a team of Clinical Midwifery Educators and your smooth transition to the department will be further enhanced by an established team of Professional Midwifery Advocates.

The Directorate of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Neonatology is based at the Jessop Wing which is linked to the Royal Hallamshire Hospital and is a maternity unit working towards Unicef Baby Friendly Accreditation. The maternity unit has approximately 6000 births per year and is a Regional Tertiary Maternity Service with 44 Level 3 Neonatal Unit cots. A Tertiary Gynae-Oncology service and Gynaecology Service, which includes an Assisted Conception Unit, complete the services within the Directorate.

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You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives. We are working in partnership with our Local Maternity System across South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw to deliver the Better Births agenda promoting equitable care to all women within our services.

• A supportive team environment in which to provide high standards of quality care
• Ongoing professional development including mandatory training and midwifery specific topics.
• On-going support from Professional Midwifery Advocates (PMA)
• A diverse population and client group.

Please see the attached documents for this vacancy which gives you more detail on why you should come and work for us.

Midwives who are: -

• Committed to providing high standards of quality care.
• Flexible according to service needs.
• Able to develop their clinical skills and participate in continuing their professional development.
• Enthusiastic and motivated to support women’s choice
• Able to manage own workload, communicate effectively and work together in a multidisciplinary team
• Professional and can demonstrate the Trust ‘PROUD’ values
• A car driver and able to work in both the community and the hospital

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details about these posts.

Please ensure that your application demonstrates how you meet each of the role criteria.