Band 5 Student Midwife

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We believe that providing the highest quality of care, is about having the best people, inspired and supported by the best leaders, and backed by the best training and career development opportunities.

After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third-party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs. You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through the NHS Jobs website, and furthermore, as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any e-mails sent to us via the NHS Jobs website. By applying for this post, you are agreeing to Barking, Havering & Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are appointed to a post information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Please note that both Barking Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust and Barts Health (Whipps Cross) NHS Trust are running this advert simultaneously. You should not apply twice.

Please complete one application to the hospital of your first choice. Should a hospital be oversubscribed, successful applicants will be offered the alternative hospital.

The 90 week BSc (Hons) Midwifery Shortened Programme 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.

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 90 week course, time will be split between London South Bank University Southwark and Barking Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust -Queen’s Hospital Romford and King Georges Hospital (Goodmayes).

On starting the course you will have:

• Active Adult Nursing Registration ( NMC Registration)
• Diploma in Adult Nursing
• Proven post registration experience
• Hold a Diploma in Higher Education or Degree or accreditation using APEL.
• GCSE Maths and English or equivalencies or IELTS 7.0

Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust operates across two sites at Queen’s and King George Hospitals. The Trust serves a population of around 700,000, from a wide range of social and ethnic groups, making it one of the largest acute hospital trusts in England.

The state of the art, PFI built, Queen’s Hospital in Romford opened in December 2006. High risk obstetric led outpatient care is provided at both units, while intrapartum care is provided at Queen’s. We have a co-located low risk birthing unit within the hospital, with a 40% water birth rate. This will give you the experience of both low and high risk care within the acute hospital.

Students applying for this funded training post (bottom point band 5) should note that this training grant does NOT include tuition fees.

Appointed students would be eligible to apply for a Pre-registration programme loan to cover tuition fees.

We will be applying for references via e-mail therefore, could you please ensure that correct e-mail addresses are provided for your referees before submitting your application form. The London South Bank University will require an Academic reference; this should be from the University where you obtained your nursing diploma/degree.

For informal enquiries at Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust please contact Kit Oriakhi on 01708435000 Ext 4885 or via email olakitan.oriakhi@nhs.net and Elsie Uwegba-Obatarhe elsie.uwegba-obatarhe@nhs.net

Barts Health, Wendy Almond on 02074804781 for the Whipps Cross Recruitment

For information London South Bank University please contact Anna Lyons, Senior Lecturer in Midwifery.

e-mail: lyonsa4@lsbu.ac.uk Phone: 020 7815 8037

Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process or assistance with completion of the form (for applicants with disability) can be made to the BHR Recruitment Department, 01708 435000 Ext 2177