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Rotational Midwife
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust View all jobs
Posted 9 day(s) ago
Reference: 2386963
Job summary
The Maternity services at East Lancashire Hospitals Teaching Hospital (ELHT) offer a wide range of birth choices for pregnancy and birth throughout the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods. Maternity services comprises of three successful birth centres and a home birth service for women receiving universal care and the central birth suite for women who require additional care. All the birth settings offer excellent facilities.
We require experienced and newly qualified midwives to work in the midwifery teams in both the hospital and the community settings. We take great pride in the excellent preceptorship package which we offer to our newly qualified midwives and the bespoke induction packages that we offer to already qualified midwives joining the Trust.
Main duties of the job
The Post holder will be a midwife practising autonomously to attend women during the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods. The potholder will be primary care provider and will work as member of teams providing maternity care to women within the hospital and community settings. The post holder will work within the framework of the NMC rules and Standards with East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust protocols and guidelines.
About us
Established in 2003 East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) is a large integrated health care organisation providing high quality acute secondary healthcare for the people of East Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen.
Our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 700,000 patients a year from the most serious of emergencies to planned operations and procedures. We employ over 8,000 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work and achievements. Our organisation is driven by our strategic objectives and organisation values and we look for people who are strongly aligned with them.
Details
Date posted
06 October 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£32,073 to £48,117 a year pro rata, per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
435-F068-26-A
Job locations
Across East Lancashire Sites
Across East Lancashire Sites
BB10 2PQ
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Summary
The post holder will be a midwife practising autonomously to attend women during the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods. The postholder will be a primary care provider and will work as a member of the teams providing maternity care to women within the hospital and community settings. The post holder will work within the framework of the NMC Rules and Standards and East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust protocols and guidelines
Main Duties
MIDWIFERY/CLINICAL DUTIES:
- To give care throughout the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods to the women, babies and families.
- To advise on the promotion of health and seek advice and support to ensure that the health needs of women are addressed.
- To recognise physical, emotional and social situations which may influence the health and well being of the mother and baby.
- To assess, plan and implement care within the sphere of practice of a midwife and to meet the physical, emotional, educational and social needs of the mother, baby and family.
- To action initiating the care plans involving other disciplines and seeking assistance when required.
- To demonstrate competence in midwifery practice.
- To interpret and undertake care prescribed by a registered medical practitioner.
- To demonstrate effective communication with women, relatives, colleagues and those of other disciplines.
- To support and care for women and families where there are emotional and distressing circumstances.
- To demonstrate an awareness of the importance of research based practice.
- To work in a multi disciplinary team, understanding the role of all members of the team.
- To maintain all necessary records and be responsible for data entry into computer based systems.
- To have an awareness of risk management and participate in this process. To be aware of the risk management strategy and the incident reporting criteria.
- To have an awareness of the needs of our multicultural and diverse community including vulnerable and disadvantaged families.
MANAGERIAL DUTIES:
- To attend and participate at relevant meetings.
- To organise own daily workload in the clinical area with the relevant multi disciplinary teams.
- To assist in the running of the ward and take charge in the absence of senior staff in the ward situation (Band 6).
- To assist in the introduction of new staff to the ward and to help supervise their work and report to the senior midwife on their progress (Band 6).
- To have an awareness of child protection issues and refer to senior colleagues.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Summary
The post holder will be a midwife practising autonomously to attend women during the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods. The postholder will be a primary care provider and will work as a member of the teams providing maternity care to women within the hospital and community settings. The post holder will work within the framework of the NMC Rules and Standards and East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust protocols and guidelines
Main Duties
MIDWIFERY/CLINICAL DUTIES:
- To give care throughout the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods to the women, babies and families.
- To advise on the promotion of health and seek advice and support to ensure that the health needs of women are addressed.
- To recognise physical, emotional and social situations which may influence the health and well being of the mother and baby.
- To assess, plan and implement care within the sphere of practice of a midwife and to meet the physical, emotional, educational and social needs of the mother, baby and family.
- To action initiating the care plans involving other disciplines and seeking assistance when required.
- To demonstrate competence in midwifery practice.
- To interpret and undertake care prescribed by a registered medical practitioner.
- To demonstrate effective communication with women, relatives, colleagues and those of other disciplines.
- To support and care for women and families where there are emotional and distressing circumstances.
- To demonstrate an awareness of the importance of research based practice.
- To work in a multi disciplinary team, understanding the role of all members of the team.
- To maintain all necessary records and be responsible for data entry into computer based systems.
- To have an awareness of risk management and participate in this process. To be aware of the risk management strategy and the incident reporting criteria.
- To have an awareness of the needs of our multicultural and diverse community including vulnerable and disadvantaged families.
MANAGERIAL DUTIES:
- To attend and participate at relevant meetings.
- To organise own daily workload in the clinical area with the relevant multi disciplinary teams.
- To assist in the running of the ward and take charge in the absence of senior staff in the ward situation (Band 6).
- To assist in the introduction of new staff to the ward and to help supervise their work and report to the senior midwife on their progress (Band 6).
- To have an awareness of child protection issues and refer to senior colleagues.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife or due to qualify in the next 3 moths
Desirable
- Knowledge of quality programmes and audit Skills
- Working towards Diploma/Degree in midwifery or Health related topic.
Experience
Essential
- Current NMC midwifery registration or due to enter the midwifery register within the next 3 months
Desirable
- Work towards post registration experience in midwifery.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Flexible
- Self-Reliance
- Communication
- Learning ability
- People skills
- Motivation
Desirable
- Evidence of practice related feedback
Other
Essential
- Do you have access to a vehicle
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife or due to qualify in the next 3 moths
Desirable
- Knowledge of quality programmes and audit Skills
- Working towards Diploma/Degree in midwifery or Health related topic.
Experience
Essential
- Current NMC midwifery registration or due to enter the midwifery register within the next 3 months
Desirable
- Work towards post registration experience in midwifery.
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Flexible
- Self-Reliance
- Communication
- Learning ability
- People skills
- Motivation
Desirable
- Evidence of practice related feedback
Other
Essential
- Do you have access to a vehicle
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
Across East Lancashire Sites
Across East Lancashire Sites
BB10 2PQ
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://jobs.elht.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
Across East Lancashire Sites
Across East Lancashire Sites
BB10 2PQ
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://jobs.elht.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)