Continuity of Carer Midwife

Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Wirral; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in the UK seeks a Continuity of Carer Midwife responsible for delivering high-standard care throughout antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal periods. The role requires excellent communication and clinical skills along with experience as a registered midwife. You will work with a diverse patient caseload, ensuring individualised care in various settings. The position offers flexible working patterns and the opportunity to contribute to the Trust’s commitment to quality maternity services.

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife on NMC register with relevant Diploma/Degree.
• At least one year post registration experience.
• Valid preceptorship programme completed.

Responsibilities

• Communicate with women and families effectively about care options.
• Assess, plan, and implement care for women during maternity.
• Support multidisciplinary team communications.

Skills

Excellent clinical skills

Good interpersonal and listening skills

Demonstrates leadership skills

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Flexible approach to working hours

Ability to deal with conflict

Education

Registered Midwife Diploma/Degree

Job description

Continuity of Carer Midwife

The closing date is 27 January 2026

The successful candidate will be autonomous practitioner as part of continuity of carer teams, taking responsibility for the provision of care throughout the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods for women and babies in the hospital/community setting for a designated caseload.

You will be responsible for the assessment, planning and implementation of care to both high and low risk women in your care. You will support, supervise and teach staff/students evidence based client centred care, which is of a high standard, being responsible for ensuring that all care is delivered according to Trust policies and procedures and maintaining associated records of care.

Our Midwives have a passionate philosophy for promoting individualised and high standards of care and birth experiences for all women accessing our Maternity Service. The Eden Suite Birth Centre consists of five birthing rooms, two with En-suite birthing pools. In addition, a further birthing pool within the Delivery Suite provides individualised, holistic care to high-risk women along with a further eight delivery rooms. We have a stand alone community birth centre staffed by the Highfield Team, concentrating on services in the community setting and homebirths.

We continue to work towards the national agenda for maternity care. Our midwifery staffing comprises of inpatient, community, and continuity midwives.

Main duties of the job

• Communication and working relationships will be with team members, other teams, women and their families, and other health professionals.
• Actively supports women and their families, through communicating difficult and complex information using a variety of methods to ensure effective understanding.
• Responsible for supporting and counselling women who are pregnant, explaining choices they have in midwifery care.
• Proactively support women who require specialist investigations to monitor the health of their baby, including the provision of antenatal screening advice and counselling.
• Ensure effective communication is maintained between members of the multi-disciplinary team to enable appropriate individuals to be aware of changes to women and families plan of care.
• Ensure information is conveyed to women in a timely and understanding manner using different communication methods to clarify understanding.
• Plans care for women, managing workload that will include antenatal and postnatal clinics and home visiting options, home birth and births in the obstetric and midwifery led units

About us

All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as "competent and caring staff" by our patients.

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.

We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the Northwest of England, comprising of the Wirral's only Emergency Department. We provide a high-quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider Northwest footprint.

We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide, and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.

The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description for further informationabout the Midwife position available at WUTH

If successful in this role, there is a requirement for you to have a standard/enhanced DBS. This will be paid for by the Trust and then deducted from your salary over a period of 3 month.

As this vacancy is within the division of Womens and Childrens, there is a mandatory requirement for successful applicants to join the DBS update service. The cost of joining the update service is £16 per year, and applicants are liable to cover this cost with no reimbursement from the Trust. Further details of how to join the update service will be provided upon appointment.

Person Specification

Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training

• Registered Midwife currently on the NMC register with relevant Diploma/Degree
• At least one year post registration experience

Personal Attributes

• Excellent clinical skills
• Good interpersonal and listening skills
• Demonstrates leadership skills and initiative
• Excellent verbal, written and communication skills
• Good record keeping and presentation skills
• Flexible approach to working hours and practice
• Be able to work as part of a team
• Ability to deal with conflict and challenging situations

Other Requirements

• Occupational Health Clearance
• Access to form of transport

Knowledge and Skills

• Valid and relevant preceptorship programme completed
• Experience in all areas of midwifery
• Detailed knowledge of maternity IT systems

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearper annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time,Part-time,Job share,Flexible working