Saving Babies Lives Midwife
Job overview
Exciting Opportunity for Experienced Midwives! Join Our Saving Babies Lives Team
We are thrilled to invite passionate and experienced midwives to join our dedicated Saving Babies Lives team, working across The Royal Oldham Hospital and Rochdale Infirmary. This role offers you the chance to make a real difference in maternal and neonatal care.
As a key member of our team, you’ll play a vital role in providing exceptional support to women and their babies. You’ll collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team (MDT), all united by a commitment to enhance the wellbeing of those who choose our maternity services.
The position requires flexibility as you will cover both sites and may attend external events and meetings—expanding your professional network and knowledge while positively impacting patient care.
We are seeking highly motivated midwives who are enthusiastic about improving maternity care. Your strong collaboration skills and passion for excellence will directly contribute to our goal of providing top-notch care to families in our community.
If you’re ready to be part of an inspiring team dedicated to saving lives and creating brighter beginnings, we want to hear from you.
Apply now and start your rewarding journey with us at The Royal Oldham Hospital and Rochdale Infirmary.
Main duties of the job
We're seeking a dedicated professional to support our team in the ongoing implementation, improvement, and monitoring of our care bundle and associated workstreams within Maternity Services. Your role will be pivotal in facilitating positive change and ensuring compliance with national and local standards.
Expect a dynamic work week filled with variety! You'll need to adapt quickly to changing demands and manage your priorities effectively—making diary management a key skill for success.
As part of your responsibilities, you will also complete a 7.5-hour clinical shift, allowing you to directly engage in patient care within the clinical environment of your choice.
If you’re enthusiastic about making a difference in maternal healthcare and thrive in an evolving work setting, we’d love to have you on our team! Join us in our mission to provide exceptional care to families in our community.
Working for our organisation
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- UK NMC Registered Midwife
- Evidence of CPD
- Practice Assessor
- Degree / Diploma in Midwifery
Knowledge and skills
Essential criteria- Completed Band 5 preceptorship
- IT skills
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Awareness of the SBL Bundle
- Team working skills
- Understanding of clinical governance
- Experience of Audit
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We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) serves a diverse population, and each Care Organisation works hard to ensure all services are accessible and fair.
We respect the value of difference. So, our aim is to employ a workforce representative of the communities we serve. Regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, trans status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, all are welcome.
We also warmly welcome interest from serving and ex-personnel, and their relatives. Please identify that you are a member of the armed forces community on your application form to be entitled to a guaranteed interview (subject to essential criteria being met).As a Disability Confident Employer, guaranteed interviews are also available to disabled applicants when essential role requirements have been met.
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For posts advertised on a fixed term contract basis, we will offer secondments only for NHS appointments. Fixed term contracts will be only be offered for external non-NHS appointments.
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Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should we receive sufficient applications or if it is filled via the internal redeployment process.
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