Staff Midwives

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 Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

The Caithness Integrated Midwifery Team are looking for midwives to work in the Community Midwifery Unit based at Caithness General Hospital, Wick, Caithness in the stunning far north highlands of Scotland.

Wick is the most northerly town on the east coast and within the beautiful county of Caithness, with stunning scenery and amenities including a supermarket, cafes, restaurants, takeaways, hotels and churches. There is a local High School in Wick and, in the nearby town of Thurso, where there is also the Thurso Campus of the University of the Highlands and Islands (North, West and Hebrides).

The area provides the opportunity to enjoy village life, to partake in wild swimming or surfing or to relax and watch the local wildlife including seals, puffins, deer, otters and orca. The city of Inverness is a 2.5 hour drive where you will find travel links and many shops and hotels. Becoming part of this friendly and co-operative team will offer you work in a stunning location and embrace the unique challenges and opportunities presented by rural practice.

These posts offer exciting opportunities for both newly qualified and experienced midwives who are keen to practice midwife-led care and to develop skills as autonomous practitioners in remote and rural practice. The midwifery team provides maternity services within the community midwifery unit based at Caithness General Hospital and across the Caithness and North Sutherland area. The service offers local births for low risk pregnancies, facilitates approximately 20 births annually and supports around 150 women throughout their pregnancy and post-natal period. For the management, care and transfer of higher risk pregnancies and sick neonates the midwifery team work closely with NHS Highland Obstetric, Midwifery and Neonatal Maternity Unit team based at Raigmore Hospital, Inverness (approx 110 miles away) The midwifery team work flexibly to provide a 24/7 service with an on-call provision.

These are full/part-time permanent posts, to be worked in accordance with service requirements. A full and current driving licence is essential.

Informal enquiries to: Donna Firth, Midwifery Team Lead, Tel: 01955 880330, email: [email protected]

Recruitment team can be contacted by e-mailing nhshighland.recruitment@nhs.scot

Please quote Jobtrain reference 212156 on all correspondence