Midwife, Band 5

Do you want to work in an organisation that values you as an individual?

Do you want to be part of a team that provides multi-disciplinary support, encourages your development and values your contribution?

Then University Hospitals of Leicester is the organisation for you!

At Leicester Maternity service we have vacancies for Band 5 preceptor Midwives and Band 6 Midwives. We would love for you to join our team where you will work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team in an environment that is supportive and empowering.

Leicester, is a vibrant, multicultural city, with a large rural community in the county and Rutland. There are many cultural attractions in the city centre with theatres, bars, Highcross shopping centre. Just out on the edge of the city Fosse park offers a large shopping centre with free car parking and public transport links just off the motorway. Leicester is in a central location for travel all around the country with good rail and motorway networks.

To all International Applicants, we will be releasing an advert specifically for International Midwives. This will be advertised in due course.

With a birth rate around 9700, our service is one of the largest and most culturally diverse in the country with a wide range of complexities and specialist services to guarantee opportunities to gain excellent experience.

We have a level 3 tertiary Neonatal service and host the East Midlands congenital heart service therefore, we are highly skilled at managing complex referrals from other services.

Leicester maternity services provide safe, high quality care and encourage innovation and development from all staff. We pride ourselves on staff engagement and actively encourage a safe working environment where staff feel safe to speak up and raise concerns.

We are one of the biggest and busiest NHS trusts in the country, incorporating the General, Glenfield and Royal Infirmary hospitals. We have our very own Children’s Hospital and run one of the country’s leading heart centres.

Our team is made up of more than 17,000 staff providing a range of services primarily for the one million residents of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
We work with partners at the University of Leicester and De Montfort University providing world-class teaching to nurture and develop the next generation of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals, many of whom go on to spend their working lives with us.

Our purpose is to provide ‘Caring at its best’ and our staff have helped us create a set of values that embody who we are and what we’re here to do. They are:

• We focus on what matters most
• We treat others how we would like to be treated
• We are passionate and creative in our work
• We do what we say we are going to do
• We are one team and we are best when we work together

Our patients are at the heart of all we do and we believe that ‘Caring at its best’ is not just about the treatments and services we provide, but about giving our patients the best possible experience.

About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust: (leicestershospitals.nhs.uk)

Band 5

• To consolidate the theory and practice acquired during midwifery training.
• To maintain a high standard of midwifery care at all times.
• To acquire additional competencies to fulfil the role of a midwife providing total care to women in preparation for band 6 role working in a continuity care model.

Band 6

• To deliver total care to mother and babies within the hospital and community environment as required to meet the expectations of Better Births and Continuity of Carer.
• To ensure the maintenance of a high standard of evidence based midwifery care at all times.
• To provide support both educationally and clinically tostudents and colleagues.
• To be involved in teaching and education.
• To participate in research

(please refer to the job description/person specification for full details on the role)