Transitional Care Midwife

Employer information

Flexible working

Flexible working arrangements may be considered and discussions with the recruiting manager regarding this are encouraged.

Job overview

Our Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, based at our Women's hospital, is a leading Perinatal Centre and one of the largest Neonatal Intensive Care Units in the UK.

We are the designated Neonatal Surgical Centre for West Midlands Operational Delivery Network and accept in-utero and post-natal transfers from throughout the West Midlands. We deliver outstanding care to some of the west midlands sickest babies from 22 weeks gestation.

As well as caring for new born babies with surgical conditions we also care for sick and premature new born babies with medical conditions and babies born with congenital abnormalities such as diaphragmatic hernia and cardiac lesions. We are host to the West Midlands Human Milk Bank and we serve a maternity department delivering 8,500 babies per annum.

We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced clinical nurse to join for our Neonatal Service on NICU at the Birmingham Women's hospital, part of the Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital foundation trust.

You must have current experience working in a neonatal intensive care environment, but also be able to ensure care delivery to the whole spectrum of the HRG level 5-1 neonatal service specification, including safe discharge to our developing community service. Outstanding communication skill is required for this post with current experience supporting the operational workforce.

Main duties of the job

Outstanding communication skill is required for this post with current experience supporting the operational workforce. There is close working with our partners across the Birmingham Local Maternity Service and this will be maintained and developed.

We have excellent professional development opportunities and offer a family friendly environment for our local community and region. The post holder will need to be adaptable, flexible, resilient, able to work the full range of clinical shifts over the 24 hour period.

Our multidisciplinary team works closely with colleagues in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Neonatal Outreach Team (NCOT), Maternity Services and the Regional Fetal Medicine Centre as part of the Network Perinatal Centre.

Working for our organisation

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families.

Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas. Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• NMC registered midwife
• Mentorship course or module, or equivalent

Desirable criteria

• Neonatal qualification in speciality, or equivalent
• NIPE course or module
• Venepuncture and cannulation skills.

KNOWLEDGE & NATURE OF EXPERIENCE

Essential criteria

• Completed midwifery preceptorship programme
• Supervisory and mentoring experience
• Evidence of leadership skills
• Record of personal updating in postnatal maternal care
• Knowledge of preterm neonatal care.
• Knowledge of current issues in neonatal care

ANALYTICAL AND JUDGEMENT SKILLS

Essential criteria

• Able to prioritise discharges and admissions from a variety of sources using advanced decision-making skills
• Ability to prioritise workload in complex situations

PROFESSIONAL / MANAGERIAL / SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of safeguarding for adults, children, infants and neonates.
• Evidence of clinical teaching skills
• Able to supervise unregistered healthcare workers delivering patient care

PERSONAL SKILLS / ABILITIES AND ATTRIBUTES

Essential criteria

• Evidence of advanced communication skills when delivering and receiving complex information in challenging or emotionally charged situations
• Evidence of expert time-management skills in time-limited situations
• Ability to manage change
• Flexible and adaptable to the needs of the service
• Able to work as a team member and lead a team during a shift
• Able to use electronic documentation
• Able to access results using different IT platforms
• Able to complete online mandatory training

Additional employer information

Sponsorship

Please note, visa sponsorship is only available for certain roles in line with current UKVI regulations. Please ensure the role you are interested in meets the criteria for sponsorship before submitting your application. If you would like more information, please visit: UK Visas and Immigration - GOV.UK

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

We understand that some applicants may choose to use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in preparing their application materials. While this is not discouraged, we kindly remind candidates that all submissions must be truthful and accurately reflect your own experiences and suitability for this role. Personal integrity and authenticity are central to our recruitment process. We value honesty and appreciate applications that are genuine and representative of the individual behind them.

Applications that rely too heavily on AI tools can appear generic and lack the detail we need to assess your skills and experience. Such applications will unlikely be progressed to interview.

Reasonable Adjustments

BWC is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, committed to fostering an inclusive environment for those with a disability, long term health or mental health condition. The Disability Confident scheme means we actively encourage applications from people with disabilities, long term health or mental health conditions, and we want to ensure our recruitment practices are inclusive and accessible to all. Our aim is to get the best out of every individual and if successful for interview, you will be asked if you require any reasonable adjustments (special requirements). We will strive to support and accommodate these requests where possible.

Safeguarding

As a Trust employee you are required to comply with all legislation and guidance relating to safeguarding children and adults with care and support needs, and promoting their health and welfare. You are required to inform the Head of Safeguarding of any safeguarding concerns about your own children or children you live with. This information will be treated in a confidential manner.

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.

Application numbers

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Documents to download

• Job Description and Person Specification (PDF, 272.7KB)