Community Midwife: Lead, Mentor & Flexible Working

The Methodist Church in Britain; Worcester; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is recruiting Community Midwives to support antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care with a named caseload of women and babies. The post involves leadership, supervision, mentoring of junior staff, and working within a team known for a strong home birth record and multiagency collaboration.

The role requires NMC registration, and experience across all midwifery areas, with flexible hours and a commitment to CPD and evidence-based practice.

Qualifications

• Evidence of further professional development

Responsibilities

• Assess and deliver care programmes across the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods for a named caseload
• Organise midwifery care for assigned patients and manage the caseload autonomously
• Use the full integral and extended skills of a midwife practitioner
• Provide care to bereaved patients and their relatives, including breaking bad news
• Communicate with multidisciplinary professionals and agencies to ensure seamless care
• Take action to keep patients safe, delegate care appropriately and report accidents and incidents
• Ensure midwifery procedures and guidelines follow Trust policy and national guidance
• Supervise and train qualified and unqualified staff, acting as preceptor and mentor to student midwives
• Lead by example, coordinate and allocate work to staff
• Maintain custody of controlled drugs according to statutory procedure
• Keep accurate, contemporaneous midwifery records in line with the Midwives Rules
• Take part in audit and research, and assist the Team Leader with staff performance, appraisal and discipline
• Nice to have: Management skills, Previous community work experience, Advanced midwifery studies, Mentorship training, NIPE
• Knowledge of computerised maternity systems

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Decision making

CPD

Evidence-based practice

Education

Proven midwifery experience

Job description

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is recruiting Community Midwives to support antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care with a named caseload of women and babies. The post involves leadership, supervision, mentoring of junior staff, and working within a team known for a strong home birth record and multiagency collaboration.

The role requires NMC registration, and experience across all midwifery areas, with flexible hours and a commitment to CPD and evidence-based practice.