Job Description

Closing Date:

23.06.2025

Shortlisting to take place after closing date:

commencing 24.06.25



Interview expected to take place in the week following shortlisting: commencing 07.07.25



We are looking for enthusiastic and highly motivated individuals to join our maternity services at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.



At Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust we strive to provide the highest standard of individualised and holistic patient care, in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team and would welcome midwives to join our team.



We have opportunities available within our maternity services for Band 6 Midwives. Full and part time hours available as well as flexible working option.



Please feel free to contact us to discuss further.



To perform the duties of a practicing Midwife and to provide midwifery support to the ward/department managers/teams/students.



The midwife will be responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of care for women and their babies as an autonomous practitioner.



To participate in teaching/preceptorship programmes involving student midwives, student nurses, return to practice midwives, peer midwives, medical students and unqualified staff.



Post includes working shifts outside of 'normal' working hours.



Frequent contact with body fluids.



Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients.



By bringing together the wide range of skills and expertise across West Yorkshire and Harrogate we are working differently, innovating and driving forward change to deliver the highest quality care. By working for Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust this is your opportunity to be a part of that change.



WYAAT is the acute sector arm of the West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership, one of the largest integrated care systems in the country. The Partnership's ambition is for everyone to have the best possible health and wellbeing, and the work of WYAAT, and each individual trust, supports that ambition.



Responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of care for women and their families as an autonomous practitioner.



To facilitate the delivery of care to own defined group of women and to others. To assist in implementing individualised midwifery care.



To provide midwifery advice to junior staff and to women and their families.



To assist in setting, maintaining and improving the standards of midwifery care within the Trust.



To provide and maintain high standards of midwifery practice in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) The code: Standards of conduct, performance and ethics for nurses and midwives (2015).



To liaise with and maintain good relationships and communication with midwifery colleagues. To seek advice and support from senior colleagues where appropriate.



To liaise with and maintain good relationships with the multidisciplinary team. To inform medical staff of clinical abnormality and to ensure treatment is carried out.



To participate in research/evidence based practice.



To enhance clinical skills in all aspects of midwifery. To further own professional development and knowledge. To attend mandatory study days.



To maintain and develop own personal professional portfolio.



To be aware of and participate in Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust clinical risk strategies, including guidelines and incident reporting.



To maintain high standards of documentation within Trust guidelines



To act up in the absence of the ward manager/department/community team leader.



To liaise with the multidisciplinary team, health care groups and outside agencies as appropriate.



To ensure adequate supplies of medical/surgical equipment, linen stores and other consumables are in place in the absence of the ward/department manager.



To ensure that all equipment is in good working order, to have accessed training and have a knowledge of how to use it correctly.



To liaise with the ward/department manager and report any changes/events which may affect patient care/practice in their absence.



To participate in quality/audit initiatives and attend clinical governance meetings.



To delegate and undertake other duties as appropriate and necessary.



To participate in Individual Performance Reviews and to agree objectives with the ward manager.



May be required to work within a continuity of carer model providing care across all elements of the maternity pathway.