Homebirth Specialist Community Team Midwife

Job title:

Homebirth Specialist Community Team Midwife

Company

NHS

Job description

Homebirth Specialist Community Midwife.This is a brilliant opportunity for a dedicated, qualified Midwife who wants to take responsibility for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of midwifery care for women and their families. Working on a shift by shift basis, you’ll look after the coordination and effective management of the clinical team and guarantee the maintenance of high standards of quality care in the clinical area. As part of a specialist Homebirth Team, you’ll participate in the on-call rota for Homebirths and ensure there is effective and sensitive communication between the women in your care, their babies and families, and the health professionals you work with, the on call commitment will be an average of 2 on calls a week.Saint Mary’s Managed Clinical Service (MCS) are proud to be the largest maternity service in the country providing care for women and birthing people across Greater Manchester and surrounding areas, supporting around 17,500 births each year, cared for by over 700 whole time equivalent midwives. Saint Mary’s MCS is a well-known centre of excellence, with an excellent reputation and a vibrant, lively working atmosphere. We provide community antenatal & postnatal services across our main hospital sites (Saint Mary’s, Wythenshawe and North Manchester General Hospital).Main duties of the jobCome and join the new Saint Mary’s Specialist Community Homebirth Team, dedicated to providing a homebirth service for the families across Manchester

• You will be part of a team of 8 midwives.
• You will provide continuity of care to any woman booking for a homebirth across the North, Central & South Manchester areas
• Your role will include case loading an additional 1 clinic per week for women in deprived areas across the MCS, helping to support positive health outcomes
• It is expected you will have 2 on calls per week (one 1st and one 2nd)

Dedicated to providing an environment that encourages patient-centred involvement, you’ll promote good working relationships with all the internal and external departments you work with, with the ultimate aim of providing the best patient journey possible.About usMFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.Date posted24 January 2025Pay schemeAgenda for changeBandBand 6Salary£37,338 to £44,962 a year Per Annum (Pro Rata)ContractPermanentWorking patternFull-time, Part-timeReference number349-SMH-6962573C*Job locationsSaint Mary’s Managed Clinical ServiceAreas of North, Central & South ManchesterManchesterM23 9LTJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesTo find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.Diversity MattersMFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.Were looking forward to hearing from you! Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesTo find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.Diversity MattersMFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.Were looking forward to hearing from you!Person SpecificationQualificationEssential

• Registered midwife

Desirable

• Evidence of continuing proffessional development
• NIPE trained

Knowledge and ExperienceEssential

• Knowledge of the public health agenda
• Knowledge of multi-agency working together in child protection

Desirable

• Knowledge of multi-agency working together in child protection
• Experienced Community Midwife
• Recent Intrapartum Experience

Skills and AttibutesEssential

• Demonstrates communication and organisational skill
• Clinically competent and demonstrates decision making skills
• Ability to make calm rational decisions in the face of adversity
• Able to work flexibly rotating on to day and night duty
• Capacity to work with in a multidisciplinary team
• Exemplary personal standards of conduct and behaviour
• Effective organisational skills Good analytical and clinical decision making skills

Desirable

• Enthusiastic and motivated
• Can work within a team

Person SpecificationQualificationEssential

• Registered midwife

Desirable

• Evidence of continuing proffessional development
• NIPE trained

Knowledge and ExperienceEssential

• Knowledge of the public health agenda
• Knowledge of multi-agency working together in child protection

Desirable

• Knowledge of multi-agency working together in child protection
• Experienced Community Midwife
• Recent Intrapartum Experience

Skills and AttibutesEssential

• Demonstrates communication and organisational skill
• Clinically competent and demonstrates decision making skills
• Ability to make calm rational decisions in the face of adversity
• Able to work flexibly rotating on to day and night duty
• Capacity to work with in a multidisciplinary team
• Exemplary personal standards of conduct and behaviour
• Effective organisational skills Good analytical and clinical decision making skills

Desirable

• Enthusiastic and motivated
• Can work within a team

Expected salary

£37338 – 44962 per year

Location

Manchester

Job date

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 08:26:00 GMT

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