Community Midwife

Fancy a change of scene? Look no further, we have the perfect role for you in our Community Midwifery Units!

Bath is exploding with cultural attractions and historical sights, a scene overflowing with places to eat and drink, with some of the finest independent shops in Britain. There’s plenty going on beyond the City too, with stunning countryside to explore including the beautiful Cotswolds. Surrounded by vast green spaces the RUH is only a walk or bus journey away from the main hustle and bustle of the City.

Come and join our Midwifery team working in our Community Maternity Units (Paulton, Trowbridge, Chippenham and Frome). This is an exciting time for Midwifery services, the focus has never be greater than it is now. We are committed to investing in you, you will have access to training and development and other learning opportunities to ensure you achieve your career aspirations. Your health and wellbeing is very important to us, we offer flexible working, support from PMAs, our midwifery retention team and we can offer you a competitive relocation package.

Working in a small team, provide holistic continuity of midwifery care to women and babies in the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods.
Be accountable for his/her own practice in compliance with statutory requirements.
Provide midwifery care both in hospital, birth centre and community settings managing an individual caseload to ensure the provision of continuity of carer.
Be responsible for maintaining and developing clinical skills and professional knowledge Participate in an “on call” system to ensure 24 hour cover of midwifery and homebirth services
Be active in the training and professional development of students and junior staff, and to provide clinical advice where necessary

To be aware of the public health strategy and work in partnership with other providers of health and social care to meet local community needs.

If you are looking to relocate to the fabulous city of Bath, we can offer a relocation package that may be suitable for you (subject to terms and conditions). Further information can be shared if we progress your application.

The RUH strives to be a diverse and inclusive employer where we can all be ourselves and celebrate our diversity and the benefits that diversity brings to our teams and the care we provide. We particularly encourage applications from people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, who are underrepresented within our Maternity Services.

At the RUH we’re proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more aboutliving and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about ourextensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future withthe landmark Dyson Cancer Centreand ourpassion for research.

Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.

Due to the nature of this role, we require candidates who apply to have current right to work in the UK. We value and encourage all international applications to please apply to work with our trust to do so via our international nursing campaign. Please follow the link below. You can get in touch at https://www.medacs.com