Rotational Midwife

Are you a Registered Midwife, final year student, completed a Return to Practice Course or are wishing to return to midwifery following a break? We would love to hear from you

As a Rotational midwife, you will be joining a team of well-established professional and compassionate midwives providing safe holistic, women-centred care. You will have the opportunity to make a real difference in our patients and their families by providing clinical midwifery care to women within the Maternity Services.

You must have an NMC registration or in the process of obtaining one.

You will be required to work cross site at Peterborough City Hospital and Hinchingbrooke Hospital in Huntingdon delivering care to city and rural communities covering a diverse cultural and economic population. We provide a specialist midwifery service to vulnerable women at the Peterborough Prison. We support babies that need more specialised care within our Transitional Care Unit, enabling mothers to stay with their baby throughout supported care, and ensuring Continuity of Care.

We are very proud for achieving the accreditation at Level 3 for the UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative.

We can offer an exceptional preceptorship package to support the newly qualified midwifes in helping you to grow in your first post.

Join the team North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust to provide outstanding care to our local communities

You will provide antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care for women and their families in line with the NMC Code and supported by local policies and guidelines, and the recommendations of the Better Births report.

You will be managing the clinical area during their rostered duty time.

You will demonstrate excellent clinical skills while providing leadership to junior colleagues and students within their area of work.

You will play an active part in the development of the midwifery services within the Maternity Unit.

We are committed to ensure a work-life balance to all our staff by offering full time and part time roles, flexible working hours on a shift pattern to fit around your family life.

Benefits to you

27 days annual leave for new starters, rising to 29 days after five years of service and 33 days after 10 years of service, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro-rata for part time staff)

NHS Pension Scheme

Flexible working opportunities

Increased hourly rates for unsociable hours e.g. night shifts, weekends, bank holidays

Career development and training

Wellbeing support and activities

In-house physiotherapy Service

On-site canteens with subsidised meals

Subsidised staff parking (currently free)

Free Stagecoach Bus Travel to and from work within Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

As part of your role as a rotational midwife, your responsibilities will be:
To assess, implement and evaluate programmes of antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care for women in line with current evidence, Unit policies and guidelines and NMC Midwives’ Rules and Code of Practice.

To develop an environment that supports the value of midwifery care.

To liaise and communicate with other members of the midwifery and multi-disciplinary team in the planning and delivery of care.

To act as an advocate for the women and babies receiving care.

To be involved in the development of evidence-based practice in the Maternity Service and to encourage reflective practice providing a supportive framework to ensure that this takes place.

To initiate and support innovative change within the Midwifery Service in line with current clinical and academic evidence, national standards and relevant reports.

To maintain personal clinical expertise through clinical practice and within NMC requirements under PREP rules.

To be aware and have an understanding of the guidelines relating to Safeguarding issues.

To liaise with colleagues, GPs and other professionals where necessary in order to provide a seamless service for women receiving care across both health and other agency boundaries.

To promote health education for the woman and her family at all times.

To provide expert advice and support for students, healthcare assistants, nursery nurses, clerical staff and midwifery colleagues.