Job summary

Are you looking to work in an award winning, well-supported, friendly, dynamic, culturally astute, inclusive environment that puts women/birthing people at the centre of a high standard of care.

Our latest CQC report has been published and we have maintained our good rating since 2017 and have been awarded as outstanding for leadership.

We are currently recruiting for 3 Internationally Educated Midwives who have both parts of their CBT and IELTS. We will support you through your OSCE with training, internally and externally to help you achieve your PIN on your first attempt. If you already have your PIN, you can still apply.

We will support you as a band 4 midwife until you either gain your PIN with us or if you already have your PIN, until you are comfortable with working in the NHS. You will then become a band 5 Preceptee midwife.

We offer an excellent, preceptorship programme to support you in your first year in practice, including dedicated teaching sessions, rotation between areas and the possibility of a 3-month period in the community in order to gain experience in all areas with many of our preceptees staying in the community teams they have requested once they finish their preceptorship programme.

If you are a resident in the UK, have passed your IELTS and CBT (both parts) and have worked as a midwife anywhere in the world in the last 12 months, then we look forward to receiving your application.

Main duties of the job

You will be supported to either obtain your PIN or if you already have this until you are comfortable with the changes in the NHS from your home country.

You will be capable of establishing and maintaining effective communication with individuals and groups about difficult or complex matters overcoming any problems/barriers in communication.

You will develop and maintain your Midwifery knowledge and practice by attending and participating in continuing professional development and contribute to the development of others.

You will contribute to the development of services and quality improvement whilst ensuring your own actions promote quality and alert others to quality issues. You will support people's equality, diversity and rights.

You will be competent in assessing people's health and wellbeing needs when those needs are complex and change across the caseload.

You will be able to plan, deliver and evaluate care pathways to address clients complex and changing health and wellbeing needs

You will be an advocate to lead others in the development of knowledge, ideas and work practice and assist in planning, allocating, assessing and providing feedback to team members

About us

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability3. Improving the experience of staff with disability4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development5. Making equalities mainstream