BAND 5/6
HOURS: 22.3HRS Fixed Term 12 month Maternity Leave Cover
We currently have an exciting opportunity for a midwife to join our Central Fife Community Midwifery Team on a fixed term basis. The team is based within the Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy and provides care for the women and families who reside in central Fife.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated midwife to support women during their pregnancy journey. The midwife will be responsible for providing individualised care to a caseload of women. The successful candidate will be expected to work alongside our birth at home team, participating in a 24 hour on call rota for birth at home, providing care for women in various settings and will be required to travel throughout Fife.
Our community midwifery team within NHS Fife provides continuity of carer for women and families during the antenatal and postnatal periods. NHS Fife have three community midwifery teams based in West Fife at Queen Margaret Hospital, Central Fife at Victoria Hospital and North East Fife at St Andrews Hospital. The teams work in partnership with the wider multidisciplinary team to support women and families during pregnancy, taking into account individual needs and preferences.
We are a dynamic, progressive and really friendly team, the unit is modern with approximately 2900 births per year. The services include outpatient and community services, a complex care Consultant Unit and an alongside Midwife Led Unit. We are developing services in line with Best Start recommendations. We are focussing on increasing our rates of continuity of carer in the first instance. We already have teams established for vulnerable in pregnancy and child protection including a perinatal mental health midwife and bereavement specialist, infant nutrition and smoking cessation.
We will encourage you with your professional development and education via our dedicated clinical midwife educator and midwifery PEF. We have an extremely successful in house leadership programme and regularly encourage staff to participate in external networking.
You must be a NMC Registered Midwife you should possess enthusiasm, excellent team working skills with effective communication.
*Please note: All interview letters are now being sent by e-mail. Please ensure you include the correct e-mail address on your application and check your e-mail regularly including your spam folder.*
For informal enquiries, please contact Stephanie Archibald on 01592 643355 Ext 22076 or ******
Please note the salary for this post is pro rata to part time hours.
A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment.
NHS Scotland is reducing their full-time working week from 37.5 to 37 hours per week from 1 April 2024 but with no change in pay. This reduction will also be applied pro rata for part time staff. This advert and any subsequent offer/contract of employment therefore reflects the new working hours. However, as not all service areas will be able to adopt the 37 hour working week immediately from 1 April 2024, you may be required to work up to an additional 30 minutes per week for a temporary period for which you would be paid until the service you are working in changes rosters or working patterns to accommodate the new reduced working week. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Recruiting Board.
NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK) or Irish National, you are required to confirm your right to work in your application.
NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotlandwelcomes applications from all sections of society.
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