Main area Midwife Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent: 22.5-37.5 hours per week Hours
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37.5 hours per week (flexible working pattern including on calls) Job ref 374-LB5184
Employer East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Conquest Hospital Town Hastings Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 25/06/2025 23:59
Continuity Team Midwife - Ivy Team
NHS AfC: Band 6
We are proud to provide ‘Outstanding’ care and be a great place to work.
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust provides safe, compassionate and high quality hospital and community care to the half a million people living in East Sussex and those who visit our local area.
We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex with an annual income of £568 million and we are the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex.
Our extensive health services are provided by over 8,000+ dedicated members of staff working from two acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites across East Sussex, and in people’s own homes.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated us as ‘Good’ overall, and ‘Outstanding’ for being Caring and Effective. The Conquest Hospital in Hastings and our Community Services were rated ‘Outstanding’ and Eastbourne DGH was rated ‘Good’ Our two acute hospitals have Emergency Departments and provide 24 hour a day care, offering a comprehensive range of surgical, medical, outpatient and maternity services, supported by a full range of diagnostic and therapy services.
Job overview
East Sussex Healthcare Trust is offering the opportunity to join our Continuity of Carer Ivy midwifery team and is seeking enthusiastic midwives, passionate about promoting continuity and providing homebirths. Eastbourne and Hastings is on the South East Coast of England with its beautiful seaside towns and villages, a stones through away from the beautiful countryside of the South Downs and Kent. A perfect place to work.
Main duties of the job
The post holder needs to be committed and passionate in providing continuity of care with a specialist interest in providing personalised care to a caseload of patients planning to birth at home, pregnant people with the need for an interpreter, asylum seekers, or refugees, those that have experienced a previous still birth and pregnant people with children’s services involvement or severe mental health needs. You will provide continuity during the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal period to patients that may choose or be recommended to give birth at home, in the birth centre or in an obstetric setting.
Working for our organisation
We are proud to provide ‘Outstanding’ care and be a great place to work
We provide safe, compassionate and high quality care to half a million people living or visiting East Sussex. We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex, the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex. Our extensive services are provided by 7000 + members of staff working from acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites and in people’s own homes.
In 2020 the Care Quality Commission rated us as ‘Good’ overall, and ‘Outstanding’ for being caring and effective. The Conquest Hospital and our Community Services are rated ‘Outstanding’. Eastbourne DGH rated ‘Good’.
In 2020, the Trust launched its ambitious ‘Building for our Future’ programme. This once in a lifetime programme aims to repair, redevelop and expand our hospitals, transforming the environment in which we provide care for generations to come.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the job description attached.
If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered midwife on the NMC register
* Ability to undertaken further training
* IT literate
* D32/33 Teaching and clinical assessment (formally ENB 997/998)
Experience
* 1 years previous clinical experience
* Evidence of continued professional development
* Experience of undertaking project work
* Experience of working in a community setting providing personalised care to patients.
* Experience of providing labour care in an out of hospital birth setting
* Experience of virtual communication including the use of Microsoft Teams
Patients come first at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.
Our vision is to be:
* The healthcare provider of first choice for the people of East Sussex.
Our mission is to:
* Deliver better health outcomes and an excellent experience for everyone we provide with healthcare services.
Our strategic objectives are to:
* Improve quality and clinical outcomes by ensuring that safe patient care is our highest priority.
* Play a leading role in local partnerships to meet the needs of our local population and improve and enhance patients’ experiences.
* Use our resources efficiently and effectively for the benefit of our patients and their care to ensure our services are clinically, operationally and financially sustainable.
Our aims are that all services delivered by the Trust are:
* Safe
* Effective
* Caring
* Responsive and
* Well led
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
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