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University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
Band 6 Midwife
West Sussex On-site 2-5 yrs exp Hospitals and Health Care 2,771 employees
MidwiferyAutonomous Clinical PracticeCompassionate CareEvidence-Based CareIntrapartum Care
Requirements
Applicants must be experienced midwives who have completed a formal preceptorship programme or have at least one year of post-registration experience consolidating their practice in an NHS maternity service. The role requires the ability to provide autonomous, compassionate, evidence-based maternity care and contribute to team leadership and service improvement.
Job Description
Are you an experienced midwife looking for your next opportunity within a supportive, forward-thinking maternity service?
We are recruiting Band 6 Midwives across our maternity services and invite you to attend our Midwifery Recruitment Event, where you can explore a range of exciting opportunities across our sites and clinical teams.
We Have Opportunities Within
Recruitment Event
Interviews will be conducted through a recruitment event model, allowing candidates to discuss their skills, experience and career aspirations with our leadership teams.
Candidates will be asked to indicate their preferred site and area of practice. Offers of employment will be made against available vacancies within teams at the point of appointment, taking individual preferences into consideration wherever possible.
This role is eligible for visa sponsorship under the UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker route. Sponsorship can only be provided where applicants meet the specific requirements set by UKVI, including the relevant skill and salary thresholds, and any role-specific criteria. For example, applicants for the Senior HCA role must be able to evidence a minimum of 2 years’ experience in the same role to qualify for sponsorship.
If you are applying using a Graduate visa as your right to work, you must have a minimum of 18 months remaining on your visa at time of application.
The Band 6 Midwife is responsible for delivering safe, compassionate and evidence-based care across the maternity pathway, working autonomously while contributing to multidisciplinary team care. The post holder will support women, birthing people and families through pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period, provide leadership within clinical areas, contribute to teaching and service improvement, and help deliver outstanding maternity services across University Hospitals Sussex.
1 At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always deliver Excellent Care Everywhere, as shown in our Outstanding for Caring CQC rating. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of staff networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 3) and a Veteran Aware Trust.
Candidate Pack
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Rosie Jennings Job title: Perinatal Workforce Matron Email address: rosie.jennings@nhs.net Telephone number: 01273696955
Please get in touch with Rosie via email for more information
We are recruiting Band 6 Midwives across our maternity services and invite you to attend our Midwifery Recruitment Event, where you can explore a range of exciting opportunities across our sites and clinical teams.
We Have Opportunities Within
- Inpatient maternity services – rotational throughout labour ward, postnatal & antenatal ward and Maternity Assessment Unit.
- Community maternity services
- Continuity of Care and Homebirth teams
Recruitment Event
Interviews will be conducted through a recruitment event model, allowing candidates to discuss their skills, experience and career aspirations with our leadership teams.
Candidates will be asked to indicate their preferred site and area of practice. Offers of employment will be made against available vacancies within teams at the point of appointment, taking individual preferences into consideration wherever possible.
- Please note, we are currently updating job descriptions across the Trust with a final version anticipated at the time of appointment*
This role is eligible for visa sponsorship under the UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) Skilled Worker route. Sponsorship can only be provided where applicants meet the specific requirements set by UKVI, including the relevant skill and salary thresholds, and any role-specific criteria. For example, applicants for the Senior HCA role must be able to evidence a minimum of 2 years’ experience in the same role to qualify for sponsorship.
If you are applying using a Graduate visa as your right to work, you must have a minimum of 18 months remaining on your visa at time of application.
The Band 6 Midwife is responsible for delivering safe, compassionate and evidence-based care across the maternity pathway, working autonomously while contributing to multidisciplinary team care. The post holder will support women, birthing people and families through pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period, provide leadership within clinical areas, contribute to teaching and service improvement, and help deliver outstanding maternity services across University Hospitals Sussex.
1 At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always deliver Excellent Care Everywhere, as shown in our Outstanding for Caring CQC rating. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of staff networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 3) and a Veteran Aware Trust.
Candidate Pack
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Rosie Jennings Job title: Perinatal Workforce Matron Email address: rosie.jennings@nhs.net Telephone number: 01273696955
Please get in touch with Rosie via email for more information
Skills
MidwiferyAutonomous Clinical PracticeCompassionate CareEvidence-Based CareIntrapartum CareAntenatal CarePostnatal CareCommunity Maternity CareHomebirth CareMultidisciplinary TeamworkClinical LeadershipTeachingService ImprovementCommunication
About University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest acute trusts in the UK and provides a wide range of clinical services to people in West Sussex, Brighton and Hove, and parts of East Sussex. Our seven hospitals host more than 1.5 million outpatient appointments, A&E visits and surgery cases every year and employ nearly 20,000 staff.