Midwife – Band 5/6

Are you a dynamic, passionate midwife looking to be supported by an amazing team of midwives? ULHT maternity is striving towards excellence, come along to join us on our journey. Please note that this post is at Lincoln County Hospital.

This is currently a time of exciting changes for maternity provision within Lincolnshire as a local Maternity system (LMS) has been established by the CCGs with the Lincolnshire Sustainability and Transformation Partnership. ULHT is embracing the opportunity for all women to have a personalized maternity care plan with continuity of care with care delivery as close to home as possible via community hubs. The aim of this model of care is to improve the health of women and their families now and for future generations. Within Lincolnshire, Continuity of carer models for antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal care have also been launched.

ULHT provides intrapartum care for approximately 5,500 women and their families across two consultant-led sites working together closely in order to provide safe effective care for women and their families. Our local community is multicultural with a diverse mix of health needs.

The Midwives work within the unit rotating around each of the areas to gain and maintain essential experience in all aspects of maternity care. The care will include antenatal care (including triage), intrapartum care, and postnatal care.

The successful Band 5 candidates will undertake a 12-month preceptorship training package to help them with the transition between being a student and being a qualified member of the team. The successful band 6 candidates will receive an induction period to allow rotation within the department.

Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighboring counties. We have an annual income of £643 million (20/21) and we employ nearly 8,500 people.

Our Board has recently agreed on a new vision statement – “Outstanding Care Personally Delivered” – stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.

We also have a five-year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people, and partners, the last recognizing that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.

Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from ‘Requires Improvement’ to ‘Good’. Our rating for caring remained as ‘Good’.

This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff has done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued, and appreciated

Have a look at the job description and if you like what you see then apply today. Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. your NHS needs you!!!