Job summary
Shape the Future of Maternity Care in Barnsley

Are you a passionate and motivated midwife looking to develop your career within a forward-thinking maternity service?

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking enthusiastic Band 6 Integrated Midwives to join our dedicated maternity team, delivering high-quality care across both hospital and community settings. This is an exciting opportunity to work within a service committed to providing safe, personalised and compassionate support for women, babies and their families.

As an Integrated Midwife, you will play a key role in supporting women and families throughout their maternity journey, delivering compassionate, autonomous and evidence-based care that is safe, personalised and respectful. Working across antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal services in both community and hospital environments, you will collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to achieve excellent outcomes and positive experiences and empower women to make informed decisions about their pregnancy, birth and postnatal journey.

We're looking for enthusiastic and compassionate midwives committed to delivering outstanding woman-centered care and making a difference to women, babies and families. At Barnsley, we're proud of our supportive culture, where colleagues feel valued, respected and empowered to thrive while delivering exceptional care

Come and be part of a maternity team committed to delivering safe, kind and personalised care every day.

Main duties of the job
In this role, you will:

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for women and babies across the maternity pathway.
• Work across a variety of clinical settings, supporting women and families throughout their maternity journey.
• Collaborate effectively with the multidisciplinary team, including obstetricians, neonatal teams, GPs, health visitors, safeguarding professionals and social care partners.
• Promote health education and provide information that enables women to make informed choices about their care.
• Champion patient safety, quality improvement and evidence-based practice.
• Contribute to a positive safety culture through openness, learning and continuous improvement.
• Develop and maintain your clinical expertise through completion of the Band 5/6 competency framework and ongoing professional development.
• Act as a professional role model, supporting, mentoring and developing student midwives, newly qualified midwives and colleagues.
• Participate in the maternity on-call rota and rotational working across community and hospital services to meet the needs of women and families.

About us
Barnsley is a place of real warmth and community spirit. With a proud industrial past, the town offers affordable living, great transport links, rich culture and many green spaces. Barnsley punches above its weight and has recently seen economic growth, substantial regeneration and digital ambition, whilst leading the way in healthcare innovation and employability.

At Barnsley Hospital, we are a close-knit, ambitious team delivering outstanding care in the heart of South Yorkshire. Our aim is to be the best place to work and we have been consistently rated by our people as being amongst the very best Trusts in the country in areas such as compassionate leadership, teamwork and supporting colleague wellbeing.

We offer a friendly working environment where you will be recognised and valued for what you do, led with compassion and integrity and have your career and wellbeing supported.

Barnsley Hospital NHS FT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity and fair treatment to all applicants.

For individuals who require sponsorship under the skilled worker or health & care visa route please use the link on the right hand side of the advert to check your eligibility.

The cost of the DBS (criminal records check) for Band 6 and above roles will only be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction.

Please note we reserve the right to close positions early

Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role and responsibilities.

Person Specification
Experience
Essential

• Ability to fulfill the Job Description requirements competently. Meeting the Maternity band 5/6 competency assessment criteria.

Values based Questions
Essential

• Please describe in around 100 words: Describe how you live the values at the current organisation that you work for., Please describe in around 100 words: Please describe a situation where you have demonstrated respect for your colleagues/patients in a difficult or sensitive situation., Please describe in around 100 words: How do you ensure you build and sustain positive working relationships within a team?

Qualifications
Essential

• Registered Midwife- Valid NMC registration.

Desirable

• Mentorship Qualification
• NIPE

Skills and Abilities
Essential

• Effective team working skills
• Excellent communication Skills
• Articulate and knowledgeable on current issues in Maternity
• Organised and ability to manage a busy workload, prioritize appropriately.
• Car Driver

Knowledge and Awareness
Essential

• Awareness of current midwifery issues/Practice.
• Safety culture and quality governance.
• Awareness of CNST, ATTAIN, BFI the role of the CQC

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity and fair treatment to all applicants.