Midwife - Community (XR06)

Leeds Teaching Hospitals; Leeds; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in the United Kingdom is looking for an experienced Midwife to join their Community Midwifery Service. This role involves delivering high-quality maternity care to service users and requires a positive attitude along with strong teamwork and communication skills. The ideal candidate will have significant experience, be NMC registered, and hold relevant qualifications. This position offers opportunities for professional growth and dynamic team involvement.

Benefits

Opportunities for professional growth

Supportive team environment

Involvement in quality improvement initiatives

Qualifications

• Significant experience as a midwife or equivalent.
• Ability to travel to community settings and women's homes.
• Insight into current issues in midwifery/professional issues.

Responsibilities

• Provide excellent community-based maternity care.
• Support the development of junior staff and students.
• Contribute to quality improvement initiatives.

Skills

Teamworking skills

Time management

Communication

Leadership

Education

Degree in Midwifery

Live NMC Registered Midwife

Teaching/assessing qualification

Job description

Itis our pleasure to announce that the Community Midwifery Service is nowrecruiting core staff.

Weare seeking experienced and enthusiastic Midwives who are passionate aboutdelivering high-quality maternity care in the community and dedicated to enhancing the experience of our service users.

WhatWere Looking For

A positive attitude and genuineenthusiasm for community-based maternity care.

Strong teamworking skills and theability to work independently across diverse community settings.

Excellent time management andorganisational skills to manage busy caseloads.

A commitment to safe, responsive,and personalised care for mothers, babies, and families in their homes andlocal clinics.

A genuine interest in contributingto the ongoing development of community midwifery services.

Main duties of the job

Asa Band 6 Core Community Midwife, you will:

Provide excellent community basedmaternity care

Act as a role model for juniorstaff and students, supporting their development in community practice.

Contribute to quality improvementinitiatives within the community setting.

Take responsibility for a specificrole within the team, such as:

• o Staff and student off-duty rotamanagement
• o Delivering pregnancy birth andbeyond classes
• o Breastfeeding Champion
• o Junior staff appraisals
• o Friends and Family lead
• o Audit and safeguardingresponsibilities
• o Inclusivity and staff moraleinitiatives
• o Mental Health First Aider

(Thislist is not exhaustive if you have a particular interest in a fieldrelating to community care, we would love to hear about it.)

WhyJoin Us?

Be part of a supportive, dynamic,and forward-thinking community midwifery team.

Play a key role in shaping thefuture of maternity care in the community.

Opportunities for professionalgrowth and leadership development.

About us

LeedsTeaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job advertsare subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or removeadverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in theshortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while thisprocess is completed, and contact the named contact if you have anyquestions.

Job responsibilities

Job Title: Midwife

Reports to: Senior Midwife Team Leader

Band: 6

Unit/Department: Maternity Unit/Community Midwifery

Location Leeds General Infirmary/St James'sUniversity Hospital/Community

JOBPURPOSE/SUMMARY

Thepost holder is responsible for the assessment of care needs, the development,implementation and evaluation of programmes of care, and may be required toteach other midwives and non-midwifery staff. They take responsibility as theprime care provider for a group of women.

Thepost holder is a prime care provider who is required to practice clinicalskills developed through experience but at a more advanced level thanrequired for those who have just qualified as midwives.

Thepost holder is designated to take charge of a ward in the absence of theperson who has continuing responsibility.

Thematernity unit has approximately 10,000 births a year. LTHT is a tertiaryreferral centre for both obstetrics and neonatology. Other specialities within the hospital thatimpact on maternity unit are feto-maternal medicine, adult and neonatalcardiology, neonatal surgery and a reproductive medicine unit.

Thepost holder will work within the maternity unit or community, caring forwomen and their babies before, during and after pregnancy depending on thearea.

Theywill participate in internal rotation throughout the maternity units andcovers both day and night shifts.

Themidwife maintains personal contact with women and meets their needs on anindividual basis by listening, assessing, planning, implementing andevaluating care. Is aware of theanxieties of women and their families and the support they may need.

Themidwife ensures that the appropriate practitioner is informed promptly of acomplication or change in the mother's or baby's condition.

Themidwife ensures effective communication with health care professionals andother personnel to ensure continued care to the patient and assists in thesmooth running of the ward or area.

Reportson the changes occurring in treatment and client needs during the shift andis prepared to work in areas of the midwifery service other than where basedin order to meet the requirements of the service.

Thejobholder must comply with the wearing of PPE as appropriate to the clinicalsituation - this may involve wearing face masks for a considerable length oftime.

Person Specification

Experience

• Significant experience as a midwife or equivalent within speciality
• Working with a wide range of professionals including medical and management colleagues
• Insight into current issues in midwifery/professional issues
• Standards of professional practice

Additional Requirements

• Clinical leadership
• Teaching skills
• Ability to travel to community settings and womens home
• Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for post

Qualifications

• Qualifications - Essential CriteriaDegree or equivalent
• Live NMC Registered Midwife
• Successful completion of the LTHT Midwifery Preceptorship program (or equivalent)
• Practice Assessor Qualification or willingness to undergo training
• NIPE Examiner Qualification or willingness to undertake training.
• Teaching/assessing qualification

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.