Senior Charge Midwife

**CAITHNESS GENERAL HOSPITAL, WICK**
**CAITHNESS INTEGRATED MIDWIFERY TEAM**

**SENIOR CHARGE MIDWIFE**
**(BAND 7)**
**SALARY: £40,872 - £47,846**

Caithness is an area of dramatic scenery, with beautiful shorelines and cliff top walks. It has a lot to offer for those interested in exploring the wonders of nature on land and sea, as well as local historical and archaeological sites.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to appoint to the post of Midwifery Team Lead in a new Community Midwifery Unit in Caithness. Applicants should have a wide variety of recent midwifery experience, be highly motivated, enthusiastic with a desire to develop the service and have the ability to inspire others. You should be able to embrace the challenges that this leadership and management role brings and have the potential to develop close working relationships with the multidisciplinary team.

The post holder would be expected to contribute to the aspirations of Maternity Services in NHS Highland including supporting, planning and implementation of Best Start.

As a motivated leader you will support the team to provide safe, effective and high quality clinical care for women and their families.

The midwifery team provide maternity services within the community midwifery unit based in Caithness General Hospital, and across the Caithness and North Sutherland area. The service offers local birth for low risk pregnancies and has approx 25 births annually. For the management, care and transfer of higher risk pregnancies and sick neonates the midwifery team work closely with NHS Highland Obstetric, Midwifery and Neonatal Maternity Unit team based in Raigmore Hospital, Inverness (approx 110 miles away). The midwifery team work flexibly to provide a 24/7 service.

Interested applicants should ideally be educated to degree level. A current driving licence is essential and you will be expected to travel efficiently and effectively between various work locations to meet the operational requirements of the service.

This is a full-time post of 37.5 hours per week with commitment to flexible shift patterns and on call working. Job-share applicants will be considered.

Informal enquiries would be welcomed by Laura Menzies, Lead Midwife, Mobile: 07971 078998.

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