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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Working in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team, safeguarding and perinatal mental health services and external stakeholders, you will seek to make a difference to the lives of parents and babies. Training, a structured supernumerary period, excellent team support and opportunities for future development are provided to enhance your skills and knowledge across the pregnancy continuum in all birth settings.

What You’ll Do

• Manage your own caseload of birthing people providing antenatal care.
• Be a part of a team caseload roster working on-calls to provide labour care in all areas of maternity care including labour ward, low risk birth centres and homebirths.
• Be an autonomous practitioner managing your own workload and diary.
• Work within a MDT frequently, attend safeguarding, Perinatal Mental Health and other multi-disciplinary team meetings.
• Support those birthing people who require extra support in the form of individualised care and support plans.
• Provide enhanced postnatal care to families and newborns including parent education.
• You will work within a small team that allows you to build a close rapport and good working relationship with colleagues.
• You will be working in a continuity model of care that strives to improve outcomes for birthing people and families from disadvantaged backgrounds and those from the Global Majority specific ethnicities with additional risk factors.
• You will build a variation of skills and build personal confidence in all areas of midwifery.

What We’re Looking For

• Dedicated and passionate individuals wanting to provide the gold standard midwifery care.
• A midwife wanting to provide individualised, compassionate care to birthing people and their families throughout the perinatal period.
• A midwife with clearly defined experience looking after birthing people who are vulnerable or require additional support.
• A midwife with great communication and interpersonal skills to lead their caseload, work as a team and liaise with other organisations and health professionals as necessary.
• An individual who is driven, innovative and committed to service improvement and embracing change.
• A midwife that demonstrates a commitment to personal and service development.
• This model of working requires you to have a driving licence and have access to a car as this role dictates a regular on-call commitment.

Person specification

Qualifications, Knowledge And Experience

Essential criteria

• Registered midwife on relevant part of the NMC Register
• Diploma or degree in midwifery
• Completion of preceptorship
• Competent clinical skills and knowledge across all areas of midwifery practice

Desirable criteria

• Physical Examination of the Newborn (NIPE) qualification
• Recognised teaching / mentorship qualification
• Professional Midwifery Advocate (Supervisor of Midwives
• Case loading experience
• High dependency experience
• Shift leading experience

Trust Values and Behaviours

Essential criteria

• Patients First
• Always Improving
• Working Together