Homebirth Midwife

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a motivated Band 6 midwife for a 1-year role supporting a homebirth service. The midwife will provide personalised and evidence-based care during antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal periods. Key responsibilities include managing a caseload, conducting risk assessments, and working closely with multidisciplinary teams. Candidates must have a full driving licence and flexibility to provide care at home, along with excellent communication skills. This position also emphasizes supporting diverse client needs and reducing health inequalities.

Qualifications

• Proven record of delivering high-quality midwifery care in a community/home-birth setting.
• Full driving licence and access to a car.
• Ability to work day and night shifts.

Responsibilities

• Provide safe, evidence-based and personalised care.
• Promote and facilitate choice for home births.
• Work in partnership with multidisciplinary teams for coordinated care.

Skills

Effective communication

Person-centred care

Holistic risk assessment

Education

Band 6 midwife qualification

Job description

About the Role

Do you have a passion for supporting physiological birth? Do you want to provide unhurried, person‑centred care in the home? Do you have the expertise to provide high quality, safe care? We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic band 6 midwife to support our homebirth service for a 1‑year period. The role will be to become part of a friendly, dedicated homebirth team, providing care in the home through the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal period. You will hold a caseload of women for whom you will be the named midwife throughout the antenatal and postnatal period. You need to hold a full driving licence with access to a car and have the flexibility to provide care in the home setting.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide safe, evidence‑based and personalised care to women and birthing people throughout pregnancy, birth and postnatal journey.
• Promote and facilitate choice for those wishing to birth at home.
• Continuously undertake holistic risk assessments to support the delivery of appropriate care.
• Work in partnership with the wider multidisciplinary team, enabling coordinated care and appropriate referrals.
• Actively contribute to the reduction in health inequalities by supporting a service that is accessible to all.
• Effectively manage all aspects of care within the community setting, including intrapartum care at home.
• Provide safe, research‑based midwifery care to women/birthing people and their babies.
• Recognise deviations from normality and refer appropriately to medical or other agencies.
• Maintain up‑to‑date knowledge of current research and trends in midwifery care, contributing to evidence‑based practices, policies and guidelines for maternity services.
• Empower women/birthing people to make an informed choice and act as their advocate at all times.
• Improve experiences of childbirth by offering a choice of place of birth and working in partnership with families when making decisions about care.
• Work in partnership with medical teams, offering coordinated packages of care and making referrals as appropriate.
• Promote health and social well‑being, contributing to the reduction in health inequality.
• Ensure the safety and confidentiality of patients and maintain their records in accordance with Trust Policies.
• Participate in parenting assessments/education.
• Maintain effective working relationships across the Trust.
• Offer models of care personalised to individual needs, acknowledging diversity of client groups and treating everyone with dignity and respect.
• Support and encourage women/birthing people to achieve good clinical and psychological outcomes for themselves and their babies.
• Identify families with child in need/child protection issues and effectively communicate to the manager and named midwife for safeguarding.
• Develop midwifery practice for the future, redefining the role and building on public health skills to maximise the impact on reducing inequalities in health.
• Work in partnership with children centres and other agencies, offering wider choice and local access to services.
• Manage effectively all aspects of caseload and administration.
• Effectively communicate complicated and sensitive information to women, their families and members of a multi‑disciplinary team.
• Ensure changes are implemented based on feedback and learning lessons from feedback from women and incidents.
• Contribute to the performance management of midwifery services through data collection for audit and research purposes.

Qualifications & Experience

Band 6 midwife with a proven record of delivering high‑quality midwifery care in a community/home‑birth setting. Must have a full driving licence and access to a car. Ability to work day and night shifts to provide 24/7 coverage. Excellent communication skills to enable planning and implementation of individualised, midwifery‑led care in partnership with the wider multidisciplinary team.

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• Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service – I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
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