Band 6 Midwife

At UHB, providing high-quality, woman-centred care is at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to supporting women and families to make informed choices about their pregnancy and birth experience, while promoting safe, personalised and compassionate care across all maternity settings., Our maternity transformation plans are ambitious, with a strong focus on safety, personalised care, innovation and collaboration with the communities we serve. If you are a passionate and driven midwife looking to develop your career within a dynamic and progressive maternity service, we would love to hear from you. Come and be part of our journey as we continue to build and shape the future of maternity services at University Hospitals Birmingham. Main Duties and Tasks:

• The post holder will practice as a midwife within the maternity services in University Hospitals Birmingham, working day duty, night duty/ weekends/ bank holidays.
• The post holder will work as an autonomous, accountable and experienced practitioner, providing low risk antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care.
• To work within a flexible manner that allows you to meet the individualised needs of the women for whom you are the known or lead midwife and to provide support to team members if necessary.
• Strong communication skills will be integral to your role within your team, the wider maternity service and key workers, both internal and external to the organisation.
• Act as the professional lead for women, promoting the normal birthing process.
• To maintain a professional, approachable disposition at all times with all members of staff, patients and their visitors
  
  This is an exciting opportunity to join a supportive and forward-thinking service with opportunities to work across our maternity sites, gaining experience in a wide range of clinical environments. We welcome applications from experienced midwives who are passionate about delivering evidence-based care and committed to continuously improving outcomes and experiences for women and families.
We are particularly interested in hearing from midwives with experience or a specific interest in maternity triage, although this is not essential. Successful candidates will work within multidisciplinary teams to provide safe and effective care across the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal pathway.

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.