Band 6 midwife - antenatal services | and Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Overview

Are you an experienced midwife looking for a new opportunity? Would you like to work as part of the antenatal day services team? Do you want to relocate to beautiful North Yorkshire? (relocation expenses available)

We have opportunities for experienced band 6 midwives to join our antenatal day services team, providing high quality midwifery care to women within the hospital settings of York and Scarborough. There are opportunities available in triage, antenatal clinic and antenatal day services in Scarborough, and triage in York.

Midwives will work as part of a well‑trained and well‑led multi‑disciplinary team to deliver high standards of evidence‑based care, ensuring safe outcomes and a positive experience for all women and their families, in line with local and national standards.

INTERVIEWS WILL TAKE PLACE FACE TO FACE. NO REMOTE INTERVIEW REQUESTS CAN BE ACCOMMODATED.

To assess and support the physical and psychological wellbeing of pregnant, labouring and postpartum women and their families.

This will involve risk assessing, monitoring and caring for women on low and high‑risk pathways throughout the continuum of pregnancy and the postpartum period.

To demonstrate a comprehensive range of knowledge and practice using current evidence‑based research and practice, contributing to the development of midwifery within the maternity services at York & Scarborough Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust.

To teach, supervise, support and assess student midwives and colleagues within the wider maternity team based on your own level of experience, contributing to a culture of high standards, continuous learning, psychological safety and teamwork.

To work within the framework of the NMC Midwives Code of Practice, and York & Scarborough NHS Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust guidelines and protocols. You may be required to be deployed outside of your normal work setting, depending on clinical risk and service need.

Our benefits:

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers

In addition, the Trust offers a relocation package subject to management discretion.

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer, please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

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A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.

Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.

Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co‑developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.

We welcome applications from everyone, and work with our Staff Networks—including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks—to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact:

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

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