Midwife-led Unit and Home Birth Midwife

WARRINGTON AND HALTON HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Warrington; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the UK is seeking passionate midwives to provide excellent low-risk maternity care, supporting women throughout antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal periods. Key responsibilities include caring for women planning home births and providing support at a midwife-led unit. Candidates should have varied post qualification midwifery practice and excellent communication skills. This role offers opportunities for training and development within a diverse and inclusive environment.

Benefits

Training and development opportunities

Supportive work environment

Diverse and inclusive workplace

Qualifications

• Experience in midwifery practice, particularly in low-risk settings.
• Ability to work across Warrington and Halton with access to own vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Care for women planning home births providing continuity of care.
• Support women who choose to birth at a midwife-led unit.
• Conduct post-dates aromatherapy clinics.

Skills

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Passion for continuity and woman-centred care

Varied post qualification midwifery practice

Job description

Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for midwives who are passionate about supporting women to birth in low-risk settings, and who can demonstrate excellence, kindness and compassion, to come and join our team of experienced midwives providing excellent low-risk care.

Key Responsibilities

• Caring for a caseload of women planning home births, providing continuity of care at home throughout the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods.
• Supporting women who choose to birth on The Nest, a beautiful midwife-led unit, providing intrapartum and postnatal care.
• Supporting our post-dates aromatherapy clinics.
• Working in a shift-model at The Nest, with no current requirement to be on-call from home.

Qualifications & Skills

• Varied post qualification midwifery practice.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• A passion for continuity and woman-centred care.
• Access to own vehicle and ability to work across Warrington and Halton.

Benefits & Development

Warrington & Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust prides itself on training and development opportunities, which will be offered to the successful candidate based on their needs and chosen future career pathway.

About the Trust

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.

Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.

Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity and inclusion work.

Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.

A CQC-rated 'good' organisation with 'outstanding' features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.

The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework.