Community Midwife inUxbridge inUxbridge PUBLISHED
THU 9 JAN 2025
Band 6: £42,939 to £50,697 a year per annum/incl HCAS/pro rata
PERMANENT GOOD SALARY
MATERNITY MIDWIFERY MULTI-DISCIPLINARY NHS ON-CALL
Opportunity to provide personalized and evidence-based care to women and birthing people throughout their pregnancy and beyond.
Become part of a well-established and supportive Community Midwives team, fostering a collaborative work environment.
Ability to deliver care in a community setting, including home visits and children's centres, promoting a strong connection with families.
Flexibility in work schedule, with the role accommodating pro-rata hours and on-call duties, allowing for a better work-life balance.
Involvement in home births as a second midwife, giving the opportunity to support families in a home environment.
A chance to work within a reputable NHS Trust dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of the local community.
Engagement in continuous learning and professional development through adherence to both local and national guidelines.
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Community Midwife to join their dedicated team, which provides high-quality, patient-centered care to women and birthing individuals during pregnancy and beyond. The successful candidate will work primarily in community settings, performing home visits and assisting in children's centers, while occasionally running clinics in a hospital environment. They will be responsible for delivering evidence-based midwifery care throughout the antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal periods, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and adhering to both local and national guidelines.
The role also includes being on-call as the second midwife at home births, ensuring that the individual practices within the established standards and takes accountability for their own midwifery practice. This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the health and well-being of the Hillingdon community and to join an established team committed to compassionate healthcare.
The role also includes being on-call as the second midwife at home births, ensuring that the individual practices within the established standards and takes accountability for their own midwifery practice. This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the health and well-being of the Hillingdon community and to join an established team committed to compassionate healthcare.
Community Midwife
The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people across the Borough of Hillingdon, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcareour mission is to provide high quality, safe and compassionate care, improving the health and wellbeing of the people we serve.This is an exciting opportunity to join us as a band 6 Community Midwife.The successful post holder will work within an already established team to provide a high standard of personalised and evidence-based care to women/birthing people throughout pregnancy and beyond.
For further information please contact the Community and Antenatal Clinic Manager, Vicky Brown on
- The post holder will practise as a midwife within the Community maternity services at The Hillingdon Hospital working pro-rata and on-calls.
- The post holder will be part of the well-established Community Midwives teams.
- To deliver care in the Community setting- home visits, Children's Centres
- Occasionally running clinics in the hospital setting.
- To be on-call as the second midwife at homebirths.
- The Midwife is responsible and accountable for their own midwifery practice.
- Plan and deliver evidence-based midwifery care in partnership with the birthing person in the antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal period, ensuring liaison with all relevant agencies and escalation to members of the multi-disciplinary team as required.
- To provide antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care, reporting any deviations from the normal to a more senior member of the team.
- Practice within the parameters of both local and national guidance always ensuring compliance with the specific standards set.
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