Community Midwife - Peterborough

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust; England; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development opportunities

Homebirth on-call support

On-site support within NHS trust

Job summary

North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a fixed-term community midwife post lasting ten months. The role involves managing a caseload, educating and safeguarding, and supporting families through antenatal and postnatal care, including homebirth as part of a pro-rata on-call service.

Post is offered on a part-time, flexible or compressed hours basis, with registration as a midwife with the NMC required.

Qualifications

• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Registered midwife (NMC).

Responsibilities

• Providing evidence-based antenatal and postnatal care in the community, following local and national guidance.
• Managing a caseload of birthing people and their families, taking responsibility for all aspects of their care.
• Referring appropriately and working towards continuity of care as set out in Better Births (2016).
• Supporting women who choose to birth at home.
• Providing education and support for pregnancy, labour and the postnatal period, face to face or by signposting to online and external support.
• Working within a multidisciplinary team with good knowledge of safeguarding.
• Team working, including a pro-rata on-call commitment to the homebirth service.

Skills

Caseload management

Safeguarding

Education & support

Communication

Education

NMC Registration

Job description

This fixed-term community midwife post, lasting ten months, sits within the community midwifery service of North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust, caring for families through the antenatal and postnatal period. The work centres on managing a caseload, providing education and safeguarding support, and supporting women who choose to give birth at home. The role carries a pro-rata on-call commitment to the homebirth service and is offered on part-time, flexible or compressed hours. Applicants must be registered midwives.

What the job involves

• Providing evidence-based antenatal and postnatal care in the community, following local and national guidance
• Managing a caseload of birthing people and their families, taking responsibility for all aspects of their care
• Referring appropriately and working towards continuity of care as set out in Better Births (2016)
• Supporting women who choose to birth at home
• Providing education and support for pregnancy, labour and the postnatal period, face to face or by signposting to online and external support
• Working within a multidisciplinary team with good knowledge of safeguarding
• Team working, including a pro-rata on-call commitment to the homebirth service

What’s required

Qualifications

• Evidence of continuing professional development

Registration & licences

• Registered midwife (NMC)

Experience

• Communicating effectively with women, staff and other agencies
• Facilitating effective team working
• Applying research to practice and supporting practice changes arising from clinical audit
• Practising within the NMC Code of Professional Conduct

Skills & knowledge

• Writing reports, guidelines and similar documents
• Excellent record keeping
• Developing self and others to use evidence-based practice

Nice to have

• Relevant degree, or further study and experience of equivalent level
• Examination of the Newborn
• Sign-off mentor
• Evidence and understanding of safeguarding processes and referral to the multidisciplinary team

What’s offered

• Professional development opportunities
• Training and support for the homebirth on-call commitment
• Priority consideration for staff at risk within the trust and the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough ICB