Community Midwife - Birmingham - ref. d73819819
Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust is a friendly, integrated healthcare provider focused on improving the life chances and health outcomes of our diverse population.
We have three strategic objectives:
People: To cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff.Patients: To be good or outstanding at everything we do.
Population: To work seamlessly with partners to improve lives.
We run services from Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, Sandwell Health Campus, City Health Campus, Rowley Regis Community Hospital, Birmingham & Midland Eye Centre, The Lyng and Leasowes Intermediate Care Centre. Our GP practices and community teams provide care in schools, healthcare centres and at home.
Developing and caring for our People is fundamental. We were one of the first Trusts to provide the Real Living Wage, as well as a Live and Work scheme to support people at risk of homelessness into paid work and training. We offer a range of staff benefits, health & wellbeing support and will help you to bring your ambition to life through our bespoke training and development programmes.As “People” is one of our three strategic objectives, we make a continued commitment to prioritise support for all our colleagues.
Healthcare services have a significant impact on the environment. We are committed to embedding sustainable practices. We expect all colleagues to support the delivery of our Green Strategic Plan and to drive positive changes in their department.
Job overview
Are you a dedicated midwife passionate about community care? Our new Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH) has now opened its doors and we are seeking experienced community midwives to join us at one of our 3 bespoke community bases!
Here at SWB we pride ourselves on the way we support and nurture our colleagues and how we value progression for all of our midwives. Our community midwives operate in small families, in line with best practice as advocated by Better Births, this means they give excellent care, whilst having room to grow.
Why not come and have an informal chat over a coffee with one of our team leaders, or one of our midwives to see if SWB could be the change you are looking for. Please feel free to email us [email protected] Deputy Matron for Community, we would love to see you, there is no obligation.
We are also currently offering a financial incentive for midwives in Community Midwifery. A lump sum payment of £1,000 pro-rata is payable on completion of 12 months as a band 5/6 Community Midwife with a further £1,000 pro-rata payable at the end of year 2 and year 3 !Please see the attached flyer for qualifying criteria.
We pride ourselves on offering appropriate support for those who require additional care in the community. Every service user is treated as an individual and their values are our values.
SWB offers excellent career development opportunities for staff.
Being a car owner/driver is essential for this post.
Main duties of the job
Experience of community based midwifery care is required to provide all aspects of antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care to pregnant people and their families in the Sandwell and West Birmingham area.
Successful candidates will be the named midwife for an identified caseload of women attached to a GP surgery and provide all routine care as per NICE guidelines antenatally and postnatally.
Some intrapartum care required within a traditional on call system.
You will be part of a supportive team providing care to a diverse community with links to other family services such as family support workers, Specialist Midwives, health visitors and children's centres.
Being a team player with excellent organisational skills is essential whilst also being able to work autonomously where required.
Training can be provided for up skilling (if required) and if you have particular interest in developing an area of your practice we will endeavor to accommodate this.
Working for our organisation
At Sandwell & West Birmingham we strive to be at the forefront of innovative midwifery care. We are a friendly centre serving a demographically varied population. We are proud to be dedicated to women’s healthcare, we are committed to offering choice for the women and their families we provide care for each year.
As part of a multidisciplinary team, we are committed to creating the best place to work, where all staff can reach their full potential and offer an extensive well-being hub with staff benefits for holistic therapies.
As a Trust we are proud to have full Baby Friendly accreditation, and a 'good' CQC rating.
The successful applicants will receive a comprehensive orientation programme and are assured that they will receive appropriate support.
A car owner and driver is essential for this post.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details on the main duties and responsibilities.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Registered Midwife on part 2 of the NMC professional register
- Degree/diploma relevant to speciality
- Mentor/assessor training or willing to work towards
- Examination of the newborn course
Experience
Essential criteria- Relevant post registration experience in continuous clinical practice
- Successfully completed a preceptorship programme
- Evidence of working in all areas of midwifery
- Evidence of well documented and up to date CPD portfolio
- Ability to work autonomously within professional and Trusts Guidelines
- Experience/evidence of coordinating a maternity ward/clinical/community area
- Able to take the professional lead in caring for low risk women
- Counselling skills
We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the on-boarding process.