Continuity of Carer Midwife (Homebirth Team)

Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Wirral; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Continuity of Carer Midwife to join their homebirth team in Wirral. The role involves providing personalized maternity care, supporting the clinical team, and requires at least two years of midwifery experience. Applicants should have excellent interpersonal skills and a commitment to current midwifery practices. This position includes on-call responsibilities and a caseload of 36 women per year per WTE.

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years of band 6 experience required.
• Commitment to current developments in midwifery.
• Sound knowledge of public health issues.

Responsibilities

• Provide care in antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal periods.
• Support effective management of the clinical area.
• Supervise and teach staff/students in evidence-based care.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Evidence-based client-centered care

Homebirth midwifery care

Job description

Job Overview

A Vacancy at Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

The midwifery teams at WUTH provide care to approximately 3,200 women and their families in the antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal period, both low and high-risk women. Encompassed within the unit is a Level 3 Unit for Neonatal Services, Children’s Services and Women’s Unit.

We have a reputation for innovation in providing high-quality care to women in a hospital/community setting.

Key Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be an autonomous practitioner, taking responsibility for the provision of care throughout the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods for women and babies in the hospital/community setting. You will also support the team/ward in the effective management of the clinical area. You will support, supervise and teach staff/students evidence-based client-centred care, ensuring that all care is delivered according to Trust policies and procedures and maintaining associated records of care.

Key Qualifications

The post is advertised for a midwife who is passionate about home birth and low risk midwifery care. You must have a minimum of two years band 6 experience. Highfield is an award winning team that cares for women who would like a home birth or to birth their baby in Seacombe Birth Centre. Since 2018 Highfield team has increased WUTH home birth rate, and continue to promote choice of birth setting.

As a Highfield midwife you will be rostered for day and night on call for birth availability. You will also have a caseload of 1:36 women per year per WTE. The team covers the all of Wirral. Highfield team are seven midwives who are dynamic and passionate about midwifery.

Entrepreneurial midwifery care requires excellent interpersonal skills and a clear demonstration of the ability to provide personalised maternity care. Commitment to current developments and initiatives within the Midwifery arena and sound knowledge of current issues in the public health agenda are required.

Additional Information

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, with stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, providing 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.

Please see attached Job Description for further information about the Continuity of Carer Midwife (Homebirth Team) 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 Women’s and Children’s, there is a mandatory requirement for successful applicants to join the DBS update service. The cost of joining the update service is £13 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.

This advert closes on Saturday 15 Nov 2025