Student Midwife | Barts Health NHS Trust

This is a fantastic opportunity to obtain an additional qualification and pursue a dynamic and exciting new career as a Midwifery student whilst being salary supported at Band 5 and having your University fees paid.

Here at Whipps Cross are incredibly proud of our Maternity Service that we provide within the Waltham Forest Borough. We are a supportive and friendly team dedicated to delivering the highest standard of care to our service users. We provide maternity care to around 4200 women a year and in 2022 we were awarded GOOD by the CQC.

Please completeoneapplication to the hospital of your first choice. Should a hospital be oversubscribed, successful applicantsmaybe offered an alternative hospital.

The 2-year Postgraduate Diploma in Midwifery aims to produce competent, caring, research and evidence-based midwives, capable of delivering effective woman-centred care for mothers and their families within these contexts. This course will lead to an exciting career in Midwifery with a diverse range of opportunities to enhance your future careers.

Midwives of the 21st century practice within dynamic, rapidly changing and diverse contexts and require personal, academic and professional skills to practice in an optimum way.

During the 2-year course, time will be split between the London South Bank University Southwark and Whipps Cross University Hospital.

To be eligible for this programme Applicants will need to meet the entry criteria shown in the Job Description.

The London South Bank University will require an Academic reference before the offer is finalisedand approved;this should be from the University where you obtained your nursing qualification.

Successful applicants will need to complete and pass academic enrolment at LSBU as well as the Trust recruitment application process, as well as be cleared by OH and DBS at LSBU. Only after the above is complete will the offer be approved, and the place be secured.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.