Homebirth Midwife - Nottingham, United Kingdom - Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

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Nottingham, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Description

Band 6

Main area

Maternity

Grade

Band 6

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Full time
Part time
Flexible working
Other

37.5 hours per week (Will include a combination on 11.5hr day shifts, 7.5hr day shifts and 11.5hr night shifts. Dual/hybrid contracts available.)

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Site

Community Midwifery Service

Town

Nottingham

Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 per annum pro rata

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

24/03/2024 23:59

Job overview

_Do you have a passion for supporting physiological birth? Do you want to provide unhurried, person-centred care in the home? Do you have the expertise to provide high quality, safe care? _
We are looking for motivated and enthusiastic band 6 midwives to support our re-launched homebirth service.

The role will be to become part of a friendly, dedicated homebirth team, providing care in the home through the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal period.

You will hold a caseload of women for whom you will be the named midwife throughout the antenatal and postnatal period.

We need individuals with a passion for individualised care and supporting choice.

You will have excellent communication skills to enable the planning and implementation of individualised midwifery led care in partnership with the wider multidisciplinary team.

As a successful post holder, you will be required to continually provide holistic risk assessments for those choosing to birth at home, to ensure their medical, psychological and social needs are met.

This new, dedicated homebirth team will provide 24/7 cover by undertaking a mixture of day and night shifts to enable us to operate a full homebirth service.

Before commencing in post, you will be supported by experienced midwives with an orientation package that is bespoke to your individual needs.

You must have the flexibility provide care in the home setting. A full driving licence is required with access to a car.

Main duties of the job

To provide safe, evidenced based and personalised care to women and birthing people throughout their pregnancy, birth and postnatal journey
To promote and facilitate choice to those wishing to birth at home
To continually undertake holistic risk assessments to support the delivery of appropriate care
To work in partnership with the wider multidisciplinary team, enabling coordinated care and where necessary appropriate referrals
To actively contribute to the reduction in health inequalities by supporting a service that is accessible to all
To effectively manage all aspects of the care provided within the community setting, including intrapartum care at home

Working for our organisation

With over 20,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population.

We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH.

We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve.

With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide safe, research based midwifery care to women/birthing people and their babies
To recognise deviations from normality and refer appropriately to medical or other agencies
To maintain an up to date knowledge of current research and trends in midwifery care, contribute to the development and delivery of evidence based practices, policies and guidelines for maternity services
To empower women/birthing people to make an informed choice and act as their advocate at all times.
To improve experiences of childbirth by offering a choice of place of birth and working in partnership with families when making decisions about care.
To work in partnership with medical teams, offering coordinated packages of care making referrals as appropriate
To promote health and social wellbeing, contributing to the reduction in health inequality
To ensure the safety and confidentiality of patients and ensure their records are maintained in accordance with Trust Policies
To participate in parenting assessments/education
To maintain effective working relationships across the Trust
To offer models of care personalised to individual needs, acknowledging diversity of the client groups and treating everyone with dignity and respect
To support and encourage women/birthing people to achieve good clinical and psychological outcomes for themselves and their babies
To identify families with child in need/child protection issues and effectively communicate to the manager and named midwife for safeguarding
To develop midwifery practice for the future, redefining the role and building on public health skills to maximise the impact on reducing inequalities in health
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