Rotational Midwife - various areas

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced and compassionate Band 6 Rotational Midwife to join Women’s Services at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Working across Leeds General Infirmary, St James’s University Hospital and community settings, you will provide safe, evidence-based, personalised care to women, birthing people and their babies throughout pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period.

Job Description

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Name: Emma Weatherhead
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Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced and compassionate Band 6 Rotational Midwife to join Women’s Services at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Working across Leeds General Infirmary, St James’s University Hospital and community settings, you will provide safe, evidence-based, personalised care to women, birthing people and their babies throughout pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period.

This varied role offers internal rotation across maternity services, including day and night shifts, within a large tertiary maternity service supporting approximately 10,000 births each year. You will bring strong clinical judgement, excellent communication and a flexible, collaborative approach, while supporting colleagues and contributing to the leadership and continuous improvement of care.

Why you should join our Team

Women’s Services at Leeds Teaching Hospitals offers the opportunity to work within one of the country’s largest and most diverse maternity services. As a tertiary referral centre for obstetrics and neonatology, we work closely with specialist teams including fetal medicine, adult and neonatal cardiology, neonatal surgery and reproductive medicine, giving you broad clinical experience and opportunities to develop your practice.

You will join a supportive, multidisciplinary service committed to women-centred care, learning, research and improvement. We value collaboration, professional development and shared leadership, and you will have opportunities to support learners, participate in audit and quality improvement, develop clinical leadership skills and make a meaningful difference to families across Leeds.

What You Will Bring To The Role

• Degree or equivalent qualification and current NMC registration as a midwife.
• Successful completion of an LTHT midwifery preceptorship programme or equivalent.
• Significant midwifery experience, with sound knowledge of current professional and clinical issues.
• A professional, compassionate and patient-focused approach.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams.
• Strong assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation skills, with clear and accurate record keeping.
• Clinical leadership, time-management and organisational skills.
• Ability to teach, supervise and assess qualified and unqualified staff.
• Flexibility to rotate across hospital and community settings and work day and night shifts.
• Ability to travel to community settings and women’s homes.

Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.

About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust

Our Trust values

The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients.

We are….

Responsible

Open and Honest

One Team

Kind

Our Trust priorities

Our purpose:

Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time

Our Priorities

People

Improvement and Innovation

Partnerships

Outcomes

Sponsorship Eligibility

To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.

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