Homebirth Midwife

Do you have a passion for supporting physiological birth? Do you want to provide unhurried, person-centred care in the home? Do you have the expertise to provide high quality, safe care?

We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic band 6 midwife to join our homebirth team. The role will be to become part of a friendly, dedicated homebirth team, providing care in the home through the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal period. You will hold a caseload of women for whom you will be the named midwife throughout the antenatal and postnatal period. We need individuals with a passion for individualised care and supporting choice. You will have excellent communication skills to enable the planning and implementation of individualised midwifery led care in partnership with the wider multidisciplinary team. As a successful post holder, you will be required to continually provide holistic risk assessments for those choosing to birth at home, to ensure their medical, psychological and social needs are met.

This dedicated homebirth team provides 24/7 cover by undertaking a mixture of day and night shifts to enable us to operate a full homebirth service. Before commencing in post, you will be supported by experienced midwives with an orientation package that is bespoke to your individual needs. You must have the flexibility provide care in the home setting. A full driving licence is required with access to a car.

• To provide safe, evidenced based and personalised care to women and birthing people throughout their pregnancy, birth and postnatal journey
• To promote and facilitate choice to those wishing to birth at home
• To continually undertake holistic risk assessments to support the delivery of appropriate care
• To work in partnership with the wider multidisciplinary team, enabling coordinated care and where necessary appropriate referrals
• To actively contribute to the reduction in health inequalities by supporting a service that is accessible to all
• To effectively manage all aspects of the care provided within the community setting, including intrapartum care at home
  
  

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Stacey Potter Job title: Community Matron Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 07812 276983