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    Crocus Team Home Birth Midwife - Croydon, United Kingdom - Croydon Health Services NHS Trust

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    Job summary

    Are you passionate about providing person centered personalised care, supporting and optimising physiological birth in the home environment as well as in the hospital?

    If so we would like to hear from you

    This is an exciting opportunity for clinically experienced Band 6 midwives to join an innovative home birth service providing safe and personalised continuity based care .

    As part of our Maternity Transformation work with Continuity of Carer, we have remodelled our home birth service provision to enable us both to expand our caseload and improve sustainability and job satisfaction for midwives.

    The Crocus Team has been providing an exceptional home birth service to the women of Croydon over the past decade, and is proud to have been home to the RCM/Emma's Diary Midwife of the Year for London in 2019, as well as being nominated for RCM Team of the Year 2018.

    Main duties of the job

    Crocus Team Home Birth Midwife

    We are looking for highly motivated, forward-thinking midwives with a passion for continuity of care to join a dynamic, trail blazing team and help shape the future of home birth in Croydon.

    This opportunity will encourage you to develop your autonomous skills in delivering antenatal and postnatal care whilst providing rostered intrapartum care for home birth & 'Domino scheme' for Crocus team women.

    You will have the opportunity to manage and build a caseload of women providing personalised care throughout their pregnancy and birthing experience. Ensuring their unique needs and preferences are met to facilitate well informed decision making.

    You'll be part of a dedicated team of enthusiastic, caring, and motivated midwives who are committed to providing exceptional support and care.

    If you're looking for a new way of working and an improved work-life balance come aboard and join our team

    About us

    Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.

    Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon and our Children's Hospital at Home cares for children with long-term conditions without them having to come to hospital.

    Across the NHS everyone is working hard to meet growing demand and we're no exception. But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training. Croydon University Hospital plays an active role in training the clinicians of the future and works in partnership with major London universities

    If you want the opportunity to have a real impact, challenge yourself and be part of an NHS Trust then a career at Croydon Health Services could be just what you're looking for.

    Job description

    Job responsibilities

    Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role. You can also contact Remi Carthy if you have any further questions.

    Person Specification

    Registered Midwife

    Essential

  • NMC registered midwife
  • Education

    Essential

  • Registrant
  • Desirable

  • Evidence of recent study
  • NIPE qualified
  • BSc in midwifery
  • Experience and knowledge

    Essential

  • Has experience of working as a homebirth midwife or in supporting homebirths
  • Has completed a preceptorship
  • Desirable

  • Has supported with homebirths
  • Has supported with on-calls before
  • Experience in parent education
  • Current agenda knowledge

    Essential

  • Maternity transformation/ Continuity of carer/ better births
  • Desirable

  • Babyfriendly initiative
  • SBLCBV2
  • "4 times more likely to die"-BAME agenda
  • QI project


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