Home Birth Midwife inUxbridge inUxbridge PUBLISHED
THU 9 JAN 2025
In this position, midwives will work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to deliver individualized, evidence-based care, addressing the medical, psychological, and social needs of women during pregnancy and childbirth. The role emphasises emotional and psychological support while promoting safe, respectful birth experiences tailored to women’s preferences in various settings, whether at home or in a hospital environment.
Home Birth Midwife
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
There are exciting opportunities that have opened up in our Home birth team for enthusiastic and motivated band 6 midwives to be involved in innovative midwifery by providing continuity of care for those women who would like a homebirth.
There is a focus on continuity of antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care and this role includes a variety of clinical care from bookings, antenatal follow-ups, on-calls for homebirths, intrapartum care for your own women and postnatal care at home or in a clinic. We are looking for motivated experienced midwives to join this fantastic team providing a service to local women and families.
You would be expected to be part of an on-call rota as part of the team and be a car driver.
You can expect a warm welcome at Hillingdon from our established and friendly multidisciplinary team. In addition, we pride ourselves on the way we support and nurture our colleagues and how we value progression for all of our midwives as well as on promoting normality in pregnancy and birth whilst also offering appropriate support for those women who require additional care. We are passionate about safely upholding and supporting people to have the birth they choose in the place they feel most at ease.
For further information please contact Nicky Wilkins, Consultant Midwife, on or ext: 2759
- As a caseload midwife you will be responsible for planning and implementing individualised midwifery led care in partnership with the woman and the multidisciplinary team. Using continual assessment and analysis you will provide continuity of carer throughout the woman's pregnancy, birth and postnatal period to ensure her medical, psychological and social needs are assessed and holistically cared for.
- As a caseload midwife, you will be working alongside multi professional teams providing the most appropriate care for women whilst breaking down barriers that can inhibit women with socially complex lives accessing high quality maternity care.
- Provide high quality, evidence-based care and advice to women throughout the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods in a variety of settings such as the community, hospital and woman's home.
- Provide continuity of care and carer in combination with emotional and psychological support during the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods in a variety of settings such as the community, hospital and woman's home.
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