Community Midwife | Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Are you self-motivated, dynamic, professional midwives with excellent communication and interpersonal skills to join our proactive, professional maternity team.
If you are this midwife and would like to be a part of our future and can meet this challenge we welcome your interest in a post with us - please apply today!

All posts will include shift working (including night duty) and on call duty. Shorter school days will also be considered. The successful applicants will receive an orientation programme and are assured that they will receive appropriate support.

Being a Midwife at The Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a truly remarkable and rewarding career.

Here at GWH, we are proud to be able to facilitate an average of 4000 births per year. As a Trust, we are lucky to boast a collocated birth Centre and home birth options, so it really is an exciting time to come and work here as we move forward with our 'continuity of carer' vision.

We would like to invite you to join our highly motivated and friendly Midwifery team. We are committed to providing high quality, family-centered care., Disability Confident
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We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group - a formal partnership between Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17, 600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people. We are creating a heath and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.

This role is available on both a full-time and part-time basis. A minimum of 22.5 hours per week is required. Candidates interested in part-time work are encouraged to apply, and the salary will be calculated on a pro rata basis.

……it's an exciting yet challenging time for the Maternity Services at GWH, as we embrace a period of improvement and development focusing on Continuity of Care for our women/birthing people in line with the Better Births agenda...

As part of this we have a number of opportunities for both experienced and newly appointed band 6 midwives to join our fabulous community team.

We are looking for midwives who have experience across all maternity areas, can demonstrate kindness and compassion and are passionate about providing gold standard care to the families who choose to birth with us.

We have full and part time vacancies in our community midwifery team and will consider a mixture of shifts and flexible working patterns.

The post holder is required to provide holistic midwifery care to women/birthing people and babies in the antenatal, Intrapartum and postnatal periods. The midwifery care is provided both in hospital, birth centre and community settings including the management of individual caseloads, clients and/or ward areas. The post holder will deputise for the Band 7 in all clinical areas. The role is multidimensional and requires the post holder to integrate and fulfil all the identified dimensions.