Community Caseload Midwife

Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in the UK is looking for dedicated midwives who are interested in providing continuity of care in both community and hospital settings. This role involves working closely with a multidisciplinary team, covering clinics and home visits, and providing flexibility in working patterns. A driving license is essential. Join us to ensure women receive the best possible care.

Qualifications

• Experience as a midwife, preferably in a caseload setting.
• Strong interest in providing continuity of care.
• Ability to work flexible shifts and cover community operations.

Responsibilities

• Provide intrapartum care during planned shifts.
• Offer continuity in care from pregnancy through postnatal.
• Work in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Continuity of care

Team collaboration

Adaptability in working patterns

Driving license

Job description

At St Thomas' we are one of the pioneering trusts for caseload. We have had well established teams for over 24 years. We are working towards improving continuity in both the community and wider unit.

We are a friendly and supportive and would like to welcome dedicated midwives with a keen interest in continuity of care.

Our Models

• Set shift: Working in the community to cover clinics and home visits. Planned long shifts both nights and days to provide intrapartum care in the unit.
• On call: Working in the community to cover clinics and home visits. On call from community to provide cover for home and hospital births. Our teams work to ensure women are receiving continuity during pregnancy, intrapartum and the postnatal period, providing flexibility for staff to work in different patterns depending on individual needs.

You would be working alongside a committed link consultant, consultant midwives, senior midwives and our multi-disciplinary teams to ensure women receive the best possible care.

Whether you are considering moving into a caseload team, or already working as a caseload midwife we want to meet you.

Car driver is essential, a trust lease scheme is available if you are not a car owner.

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation. We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark. We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities. We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.