Band 6 Community Midwife

Hampshire Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust; Test Valley; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Hampshire seeks experienced band 6 midwives to join our community maternity teams. You will provide total midwifery care for both high and low risk mothers, with a home base at The Hub and occasional cross-site work across our sites.

The role involves a mix of weekdays and weekends, continuity of antenatal and postnatal care, and on-call duties (minimum 6 per year). A full UK driving licence and NMC PIN are essential. Flexible working options available.

Qualifications

• Registered midwife with the NMC in the UK.
• Active NMC PIN enabling autonomous practice.
• Eligible to work across Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust sites.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality women-centred midwifery care in hub and community settings.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate maternity care.
• Maintain continuity of care across antenatal and postnatal periods.
• Be accountable for own actions and promote multidisciplinary teamwork.
• Be available for on-call duties (minimum 6 per year) and cross-site working as required.

Skills

Midwifery

Antenatal care

Postnatal care

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Education

NMC registered midwife (UK)

Job description

• Provide high quality women centred care within allocated resources at Hubs and community settings.
• Promote safe and effective practice
• Enhance women and families experience
• Contribute to the delivery of the operational efficiency of the service and deliver against organisational objectives
• The post holder will provide total midwifery care for both high and low risk mothers within all midwifery environments
• Able to provide the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of maternity care
• Be accountable for own actions
• Promote excellent multidisciplinary communication and teamwork
• The post holder will generally have a home base at The Hub but at times of escalation may be required to undertake cross-site working to meet the needs of the women across the service.
• To participate in hospital on-calls (currently minimum 6 per year) We are looking for experienced and passionate band 6 midwives to join our community teams.

You will work a mixture of weekdays and weekends, each week, providing continuity to the women in your caseload for antenatal and postnatal care. Happy to talk flexible working. You must be able to work 6x on call per year for the acute site which are picked and planned by yourself. A full UK drivers license and access to a vehicle is necessary for the role. Please note that at present we are unable to accept candidates who are not registered with the NMC within the UK and have a PIN enabling them to practice autonomously.

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire. We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer. The trust employs over 8,600 staff and has a turnover of over £450 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.