Community Midwife with a Specialist Interest in - Nottingham, United Kingdom - Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

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Nottingham, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Description

Band 6

Main area

Maternity

Grade

Band 6

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Full time
Part time

37.5 hours per week

Job ref
A

Site

Community Midwifery Service

Town

Nottingham

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

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

Today at 23:59

Job overview

_Would you like to be a part of a newly established Homebirth team that uses Midwifery passion and expertise to facilitate women's and birthing people's personalised choice, by promoting 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 dedicated homebirth team, providing care through the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal period.

We need individuals that have 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 packages that is bespoke to your individual needs.

You must have the flexibility to attend community clinics and 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 17,000 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

At Nottingham University Hospitals, we continue on our improvement journey, recognising local and national challenges as we strive to become a service that responds to the needs of our families.

This role requires individuals that are committed and passionate to support this change, whilst enabling women and birthing people true personalised choice when they identify a wish to birth at home.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes,

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Online sessions with the Community Matron are available for any interested applicants by using the booking links in the attached document.

These sessions will provide a safe space for Q&A

To provide safe, research based midwifery care to women and their families within their area of responsibility in a variety of settings
Recognising deviations from normality and refer appropriately to medical or other agencie
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
Empower women to make an informed choice and act as their advocate at all times. To improve their experience of childbirth offering a choice of place of birth and working in partnership when making decisions about care.
Work in partnership with the Obstetric team and GP's offering coordinated packages of care making referrals as appropriate
To promote health and social wellbeing, contributing to the reduction in health inequality
Ensure the safety and confidentiality of mothers and babies and ensure their records are maintained in accordance with Trust Policies
To participate in parenting assessments / educatio
To maintain effective working relationships across the Trust
To offer models of care personalised to in