Senior Community Midwife

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

It is a very exciting time for our Maternity Services at the Luton and Dunstable NHS Foundation Trust providing maternity care to women and families from the local population and surrounding areas. Join our midwifery team as we rise to meet the challenges of today's changing maternity climate.

We are committed to providing women centred midwifery led care, initiated by all women/birthing people booked at home and a continual drive towards normality throughout pregnancy. This is balanced with obstetric care provision including women who require the support of our Level 3 neonatal services.

Our Maternity service offers Midwives a wealth of experience and balance to be able to provide care for both low and high risk women/birthing people and support for their partners and families. You will form part of the midwifery team providing health promotion and information to women/birthing people and families to ensure optimum outcomes of care. We have invested in midwifery posts and Consultants to support the care we offer to women and families.

Our recent projects include development of a community midwifery hub model.

Our Maternity service has over 5,000 births a year, offering care to a diverse and growing community through community and hospital based services. With a level 3 Neonatal Unit on site, we offer care to not only our local population of Luton and South Bedfordshire, but to women/birthing people in Hertfordshire and beyond.

Please see job description for full details.

You will provide management to a community midwifery team as well as clinical expertise.

Person specification

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Current NMC Registrant
• Degree or equivalent qualification in Midwifery
• NALS Course
• MSPP or SSSA

Desirable criteria

• Current or previous Community Midwifery Experience
• PMA
• Leadership/ management course
• NIPE trained

Experience

Essential criteria

• Current or previous Community Midwifery Experience
• Recent intrapartum care experience

Desirable criteria

• Management/Leadership experience
• Experience of teaching in small or large groups

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Recent intrapartum care experience

Desirable criteria

• Management/Leadership experience
• Experience of change management or service development

It is an exciting time to join the newly formed Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We run two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Our 7,500 staff provide high quality care for a growing population of around 700,000 across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas.

You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. Travel between hospital sites may be required. We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.

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