Homebirth Specialist Community Team Midwife

jobs24.co.uk; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits a dedicated Midwife to join a specialist Homebirth Team in Nottingham. In this role, you will take charge of midwifery care for women and their families, ensuring high standards of quality care. As part of a collaborative team, you will manage clinical responsibilities and participate in an on-call rota for homebirths. This position not only offers the chance to make a significant impact on patient journeys but also to work within one of the largest maternity services in the UK, renowned for its excellence and vibrant atmosphere. If you're passionate about midwifery and patient care, this is the perfect role for you.

Qualifications

• Qualified Midwife with experience in providing patient-centered care.
• Ability to work in a team and manage clinical responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and manage midwifery care for homebirths.
• Participate in on-call rota and provide continuity of care.

Skills

Midwifery

Patient Care

Communication Skills

Team Coordination

Education

Registered Midwife Qualification

Job description

This is a brilliant opportunity for a dedicated, qualified Midwife who wants to take responsibility for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of midwifery care for women and their families. Working on a shift-by-shift basis, you'll look after the coordination and effective management of the clinical team and guarantee the maintenance of high standards of quality care in the clinical area. As part of a specialist Homebirth Team, you'll participate in the on-call rota for Homebirths and ensure there is effective and sensitive communication between the women in your care, their babies and families, and the health professionals you work with. The on-call commitment will be an average of 2 on calls a week. Come and join the new Saint Mary's Specialist Community Homebirth Team, dedicated to providing a homebirth service for the families across Manchester.

Key Responsibilities:

• You will be part of a team of 8 midwives.
• You will provide continuity of care to any woman booking for a homebirth across the North, Central & South Manchester areas.
• Your role will include case loading an additional 1 clinic per week for women in deprived areas across the MCS, helping to support positive health outcomes.
• It is expected you will have 2 on calls per week (one 1st and one 2nd).

Dedicated to providing an environment that encourages patient-centred involvement, you'll promote good working relationships with all the internal and external departments you work with, with the ultimate aim of providing the best patient journey possible.

Saint Mary's Managed Clinical Service (MCS) is proud to be the largest maternity service in the country providing care for women and birthing people across Greater Manchester and surrounding areas, supporting around 17,500 births each year, cared for by over 700 whole time equivalent midwives. Saint Mary's MCS is a well-known centre of excellence, with an excellent reputation and a vibrant, lively working atmosphere. We provide community antenatal & postnatal services across our main hospital sites (Saint Mary's, Wythenshawe, and North Manchester General Hospital).

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year. Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022. We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable. At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.