Job vacancy: South Yorkshire LMNS Newly Qualified Midwife, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield

Job summary

Main area: Obstetrics
Grade: NHS AfC Band 5
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 30 hours per week
Job ref: 190-0200-NQM

Employer: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Regional Opportunities across South Yorkshire & Bassetlaw
Town: Sheffield
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 pa/pro rata for part time staff
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 13/04/2025 23:59
Interview date: 05/05/2025

South Yorkshire LMNS Newly Qualified Midwife

NHS AfC Band 5

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please note as the South Yorkshire LMNS is recruiting collectively, your application will be processed by Sheffield as host trust who will then forward to the one trust you have chosen. You should therefore be aware that your details will be shared with appropriate people from these organisations for the purpose of this recruitment.

Attached to this advert are “Additional Information Documents” for each of the four Trusts, providing you with supplementary details of what these offer from an employer’s perspective. As part of the application process, you will be asked to state which trust you are wishing to apply to .

Each individual trust has schedule the following dates for interview and open days:

Interviews

Sheffield 6^th May
Rotherham 19^th May
Doncaster 6 and 7^th May
Barnsley 12^th and 13^th May

Open Days

Rotherham- already had
Sheffield 12^th April
Doncaster 11^th April
Barnsley 5^th April

Please note this advert is specifically for newly qualified midwife applicants and applies only to those individuals that have not previously worked as a qualified midwife or equivalent grade. Candidates that have worked as a qualified midwife or equivalent grade previously, would not be eligible to apply and would need to apply instead on any advertised experienced midwife vacancies.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

BSc Midwifery

Desirable criteria

NIPE Accreditation

Experience

Desirable criteria

Suturing skills
Facilitation of water birth
Teaching and presentation skills

Training / Knowledge

Essential criteria

Evidence based practice/ show evidence of CPD* detail what it stands for
Computer literacy/ IT skills
National maternity policy e.g. Maternity Transformation Programme – Better Births
Emergency situations

Desirable criteria

Venous cannulation
Perineal Suturing
Epidural anaesthesia top-up

Skills

Essential criteria

Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Ability to practice within multi-disciplinary team
Positive attitude and self-motivated
Ability to work within complex care setting/stressful situations
Organisational skills/ prioritise workload
Flexible and adaptable
Use of initiative/ evidence of decision-making skills
Understanding of knowledge and skills required to lead and develop team members

Candidates are advised to read the attached guidance on using AI technology. When you complete your application, you are required to declare that the information in your application form is true and complete. The personal statement is exactly that; personal.

When selecting to apply via NHS Jobs, you will be redirected to our preferred recruitment system called Trac. You will be asked to create and submit your application via the Trac recruitment system.

You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through the NHS Jobs website, and furthermore, as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any e-mails sent to us via the NHS Jobs website. All communications should be sent via your Trac system account.

If you are offered employment at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals your information will be transferred from the Trac recruitment system into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. In addition, in submitting an application form, you authorise our Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed.

Please note, all communication regarding your application will be made via email sent via the Trac recruitment system, please ensure you check your junk/spam folders as emails are sometimes filtered there.

The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Should you require any assistance in applying for the position please contact the General or Medical Human Resources Departments on the number identified on the NHS Jobs page for the organisation.

Job Share applicants are welcome for all full time posts unless indicated but cannot be guaranteed. In addition for Fixed Term Contracts, internal secondments may be considered, please seek the approval of your current line manager before applying for the position.

All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks being met to a satisfactory standard including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, references and qualifications in addition to professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check and occupational health check if these are deemed to be a requirement for the position to be undertaken.

For more information about our organisation and the opportunities available, please visit our website and follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

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Mindful employer. Being positive about mental health.

Stonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.

Applicant requirements

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.

Documents to download

Apply online now

Further details / informal visits contact

Name

Mark Marsh

Job title

Recruitment Manager

Email address

[email protected]

Telephone number

0114 3052502

Additional information

Trust	Details
Barnsley	Louise Spence, Pastoral Support Matron [email protected] 07732823099
Doncaster	Elaine Merrills, Matron for Recruitment, Retention & Pastoral Support [email protected] 01302 648005
Rotherham	Sarah Neal Clinical Pastoral Support Midwife [email protected] 01709 426483
Sheffield	Rikkilea James/ Helen Russell Pastoral Support Midwives [email protected] 0114 2268264

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South Yorkshire LMNS Newly Qualified Midwife

NHS AfC Band 5

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Working for our organisation

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Experience

Desirable criteria

Training / Knowledge

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Skills

Essential criteria

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Documents to download

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