Community Midwife

The Royal Wolverhampton Nhs Trust; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is seeking a Band 6 Community Midwife to provide antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care in the community and home settings. You will manage your own caseload within a supportive multidisciplinary team, promoting safety, home birth options and continuity of care across the perinatal period.

You will work weekdays and weekends, participate in on-call arrangements, and have access to ongoing training and development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Current UK NMC Midwife Registration.
• Diploma level studies or equivalent portfolio of evidence.
• Successful completion of a mentorship course.
• Child protection training and safeguarding knowledge.
• Basic neonatal and adult life support knowledge.
• Knowledge of maternity services across antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care.

Responsibilities

• Provide antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care in the community or home setting.
• Manage own caseload with a multidisciplinary team.
• Participate in on-call arrangements.
• Promote safety and home birth options where appropriate.

Skills

NMC Midwife Registration

Antenatal care

Intrapartum care

Postnatal care

On-call experience

Autonomous practice

Driving license

Education

Diploma level studies or equivalent

Mentorship course completed

CPD / safeguarding knowledge

Tools

Job description

Job summary
Band 6 Community Midwife
Do you want to make a difference to families and their community?
Here is an excellent opportunity for you as a committed, caring, experienced midwife to utilise and develop the full range of your clinical skills and enhance the community midwifery service.
Working in a diverse community as part of a supportive team and with links to other family services Family Nurse Partnership, Children's centres, Family support workers, GP's and Health Visitors you will carry a caseload providing holistic care for women and their families, promoting safety and home birth as well as supporting women with high-risk pregnancies during the period from conception to parenthood.
You will be supported by the Trust with training, supervision, specialist midwives to develop your practice further.
We have permanent positions for enthusiastic and highly motivated individual who enjoys the challenges of working in a team of community midwives working from the Trust in community teams.
The primary aim of this post is to provide antenatal, low risk intrapartum and postnatal care to women in the community/ home environment. You will embrace the challenges of working in a community team. You will have the opportunity to provide women with support during their labour in the home setting or hospital setting and you will participate in the on call rota.
You will be expected to be responsible for your own caseload and clinics in the community on a day to day basis. You will be expected to work weekdays and weekends and to be on call overnight. You may be requested to act up for the team leader as required. You will work closely with a multidisciplinary team to provide women with timely care either in the home or other setting.
You will need to be a band 6 Midwife. You will need to be a car driver with own vehicle and will need to be able to meet the travel requirements of the post.
You will have the opportunity to participate in all aspects of training with regards to various studies, trials and proposed changes to procedures and protocols.
Opportunities are available to undertake postgraduate courses and in-house training with the Trust

• Knowledge and experience in all areas of maternity services developed through continuing professional knowledge
• Knowledge of professional midwifery advocate.
• Evidence of excellent presentation, teaching verbal and written skills.
• Evidence of involvement in the development of protocols and clinical audit.
• Evidence of risk management experience and expertise.
• Ability to supervise learners
• Experts for the following procedures: venepuncture, perineal suturing and highly technical monitoring.
• Knowledge and ability to work within both normal and abnormal antenatal care, labour and postnatal care and to deal appropriately with emergencies in the absence of medical staff.
• Knowledge of Child protection policy and legislation in practice.
• Effective communication with good interpersonal skills.
• Ability to cope with complex obstetric and medical situations,
• Effective counseling skills when dealing with face to face consultations within the maternity setting.
• Ability to communicate to groups of people including parenting skills and childbirth knowledge
• Ability to liaise with specialist agencies e.g. Social services. Acts as advice resource for GPs / A&E / Hospital and wards.
• Awareness of health and safety issues within the community setting and compliant
• Uses appropriate moving and manual handling techniques, as part of daily activities within the community setting and assisting women during birth, post operatively and during the post natal period.
• Constant application of analytical skills to practice
• Competence in handling a vehicle in all weather conditions

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Current UK NMC Midwife Registration
• Diploma level studies or equivalent portfolio of evidence
• Successful completion of a mentorship course
• Child protection training. Sound knowledge of child protection, domestic violence, substance misuse and women with special needs.
• Basic neonatal and adult life support knowledge and skills
• Knowledge and experience in all areas of maternity services developed through continuing professional knowledge
• Experts for the following procedures: venepuncture, cannulation, perineal suturing and highly technical monitoring
• Knowledge and ability to work within both normal and abnormal antenatal care, labour and postnatal care and to deal appropriately with emergencies in the absence of medical staff
• Knowledge of Child protection policy and legislation in practice

Working Environment and Conditions
Essential

• Ability to work as autonomous practitioner within the community setting
• Car Driver and car owner

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website ("Opens in a new tab").
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants ("Opens in a new tab").
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website ("opens in a new window").

Community Midwife • Wolverhampton, United Kingdom