Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, enthusiastic midwife to lead one of our established Community midwifery families based in West Birmingham

We are looking for a highly motivated Band 6 midwife or existing Band 7 midwife with excellent organisational skills and experience of community based  care.

Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals offer excellent career development opportunities for staff and a dedicated clinical education team.

You will work closely with the multidisciplinary teams to provide optimum care for women in the West Birmingham area.

You are required to work within the team to provide 24 hours on call services to meet the needs of women and families in line with a traditional on call system.

We are an integrated Trust providing care for over 14,000 women a year. We are committed to offering choice for the women we provide care for each year.

And that’s not all -  we also offer

Monthly teaching sessions

Access to our Sanctuary so we can look after your health and wellbeing

Main duties of the job

To hold on a 24 hour basis continuing responsibility as the professional and managerial lead for the team with responsibility for recruitment, deployment, supervision and development of staff, and be accountable for the quality of service provision in the designated geographical area/s.   They   will   work   autonomously   within   departmental/Trust guidelines and professional sphere of practice, also abiding by the Midwives rules and standards (NMC 05.04)

As a midwife, the post holder is responsible for the assessment of care needs,     the     development,     implementation     and     evaluation     of programmes for a defined group of women.   They will work with the multi disciplinary/agency groups involved in the provision of health and social care to childbearing women and their families to continually improve maternity care, being responsive to the needs of the women and obtain user views as appropriate.

Working for our organisation

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country – one of the country’s most culturally diverse areas. It’s a friendly and welcoming place – a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow. 

We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people.  

Our values – Ambition, Respect and Compassion – are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we look after our patients and their families; how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community.  

Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is to “Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population.” It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It’s what makes us unique.  

We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place where you can feel you belong. A place where you feel happy, safe, and rewarded. A place where you can develop your career in whatever way you choose.  When we say we’re ‘with you all the way’ we want you to know that we mean it. Visit the SWB website to find out more about our ambitions and people plans.  

Multi-site working 

The four partner Trusts of the Black Country Provider Collaborative (Dudley Group NHS FT, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust, and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust) are actively working in partnership to deliver a collective vision focused on providing "better, faster and safer care to the population of the Black Country and beyond". 

To support this vision, we are (where appropriate and safe to do so) actively looking at new models of care which:

Against this context, although this post is hosted by Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust, there may be an expectation to work flexibly across the four partner Trusts to better meet patient and service needs.