Rotational Midwife
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Ormskirk, L39 2AZView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£32,073 to £48,117
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
20 October 2026
1 day leftJob description
Band 5 to Band 6 progression Are you a newly qualified midwife interested in completing your preceptorship in a supportive forward thinking environmen...
Providing antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care to women and their families
We pride ourselves on delivering holistic care through our flexible and dynamic approach within a caring, welcoming and friendly team.
The ideal candidate for the role will
- o Be able to demonstrate leadership and management skillso Be flexible with a caring attitude.
- Have excellent and extended clinical skillso Be able to develop their clinical skills and participate in continuing their professional developmento Have experience in solving problems and using their initiativeo Have the ability to take the lead when caring for women and their babieso Be able to communicate and work together in a multidisciplinary team
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
- Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
- Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
- National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Qualifications
Essential: - Registered Midwife with current NMC Registration, or working towards; - Educated to degree level or equivalent, or working towards
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of current Midwifery issues
- Knowledge of current Government NHS Agenda relevant to Maternity Services
- Knowledge and understanding of the assessment process for Students, and of creating a positive learning environment
- Knowledge and awareness of professional responsibilities
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills
- Excellent clinical skills
- Excellent time management, record management and organisational skills
- Good computer skills
- Good presentation skills
- Demonstrates high level of commitment, motivation, innovation and initiative
Values
Essential: - We are kind; - We are open; - We are inclusive
Other
Essential: - Evidence of fulfilling PREP
Desirable: - Car owner/access to car for community rotation with insurance for business use
How to apply
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Provenance
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First seen
13 October 2026
Last checked
13 October 2026
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