Senior Research Midwife, Band 6

A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen to apply for the role of Senior Research Midwife at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, where there are approximately 6000 births per year.

We are looking for a self-motivated individual to work alongside the Research Delivery Team and to contribute towards the set-up of research studies within the wider teams. The role will include research promotion for staff and patients, and the post-holder will contribute towards the set-up of research studies within the wider research team.

This role is a split role, meaning any successful applicants will spend 50% of their hours working clinically. This will involve rotating around the inpatient areas of the Maternity Unit and providing antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care to birthing people and their babies.

Additional Contract Details: This is currently fixed term but we are in the progress of securing funding to create a permanent role., The post of Senior Research Midwife provides specialist knowledge and expertise to a Research Delivery Team based within Cheltenham General Hospital, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, research clinics within the Research Facility Centre and community settings. They will provide leadership for the delivery of a portfolio of studies under the direction of the Lead Research Nurse/Coordinator. For some studies this will involve the post-holder ensuring that patient's care and treatment, assessment, follow-up and data collection are coordinated according to the appropriate research protocols.

The post-holder will be expected to work alongside the Research & Innovation Professional Services team and the local Governance and Oversight Group to ensure studies meet GHNHSFT Key Performance Indicators. They will act as keyworker for patients and carers throughout their clinical trials experience, and will line manage staff within a team. The post-holder will actively promote research amongst clinicians, service users and the wider NHS.

The post-holder will be expected to split their working hours 50/50 between the role of Specialist Research Midwife and Clinical Midwife. The role of a Band 6 clinical midwife will include rotating between the inpatient areas of the Maternity Unit and the post-holder should be competent and comfortable with skills such as venepuncture, cannulation and suturing.

As our most valuable asset, we understand that happy, fulfilled staff will offer their best, and we aim to achieve this by providing a supportive team approach.

We have a large team comprising midwives, maternity care assistants, maternity support workers and obstetricians, and we clearly link in with other members of the wider multidisciplinary team.

We have a comprehensive mandatory training programme including PROMPT as well as many opportunities for you to develop personally.

We have several shared decision making councils, giving all staff a voice within the department.

We recognise that some staff may experience difficult situations. To support them, we have, alongside our lead midwives and senior midwifery team, an excellent PMA team.