Home Birth Midwife inBrighton inBrighton PUBLISHED 25 DEC 2023
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- Take full responsibility for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating Midwifery care consistent with evidence based practice for mothers, babies and families. Working in both Inpatient and Community settings.
- Discuss options and support parents in making informed choice in their plan of care such as Birth plans, pain relief, infant feeding, baby care, return to work and family planning.
- Discuss options and support parents in making informed choice in the period following birth.
- Analyse and evaluate the effectiveness of such care, making necessary modifications of any midwifery care pathway and giving professional advice and support as required.
- Act as the clients advocate and empower them to promote their own health and well being.
- Respect the need for privacy and dignity and obtain clients informed consent throughout the childbirth continuum.
- Refer clients to other practitioners e.g. senior midwife, obstetrician, physiotherapist and paediatrician when needs and risks are beyond the post holders scope of practice or require specialist input.
An opportunity has arisen to come and work with our forward thinking, inclusive, Home Birth Team at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust. We are a new team situated across East and West Sussex that operates within the community patch that serves the Royal Sussex County Hospital Brighton and Princess Royal Hospital Haywards Heath. We are looking forexperienced midwiveswanting to provide continuity of carer to women and people who have chosen to book a homebirth. We would like to hear from midwives who have experience in facilitating birth in out of hospital settings, and who are competent and confident in supporting physiological birth. If you have a passion for empowering women and birthing people with knowledge and confidence, we would be very pleased to hear from you. Applicants from Black, Asian and minority backgrounds who have additional language skills will be especially welcomed.
Applicants must be aware that this is a 24 hour 7 day a week service and in order to meet service requirements you will be called upon to work long days, nights and weekend shifts or an "on-call" model of care provision.
As a qualified midwife the post holder will be required to provide the necessary supervision, care and advice to women during pregnancy, labour and the postpartum period, to conduct deliveries under their own responsibility and care of the new born in a home setting. The post holder requires excellent communication skills and be willing and able to share information with colleagues across the MDT regarding care in the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods. They will have a sound knowledge of standard pregnancy care as well as being able to identify complications that require referral to an obstetrician. They will be confident in working independently and ensuring a clam and safe environment at home for intrapartum care. They will have the necessary skills to manage obstetric emergencies in an out of hospital setting. They will be skilled in supporting parents in the immediate postnatal period, including advice on infant feeding and responsive and gentle parenting. The post holder will be required to participate in their continuing professional development as well as support student midwives and junior midwives in gaining confidence in midwifery led models of care. They will have an up-to-date knowledge of evidence-based care and be confident in supporting women and birthing people who make choices outside of the cultural norm.
- Take full responsibility for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating Midwifery care consistent with evidence based practice for mothers, babies and families. Working in both Inpatient and Community settings.
- Discuss options and support parents in making informed choice in their plan of care such as Birth plans, pain relief, infant feeding, baby care, return to work and family planning.
- Discuss options and support parents in making informed choice in the period following birth.
- Analyse and evaluate the effectiveness of such care, making necessary modifications of any midwifery care pathway and giving professional advice and support as required.
- Act as the clients advocate and empower them to promote their own health and well being.
- Respect the need for privacy and dignity and obtain clients informed consent throughout the childbirth continuum.
- Refer clients to other practitioners e.g. senior midwife, obstetrician, physiotherapist and paediatrician when needs and risks are beyond the post holders scope of practice or require specialist input.
An opportunity has arisen to come and work with our forward thinking, inclusive, Home Birth Team at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust. We are a new team situated across East and West Sussex that operates within the community patch that serves the Royal Sussex County Hospital Brighton and Princess Royal Hospital Haywards Heath. We are looking forexperienced midwiveswanting to provide continuity of carer to women and people who have chosen to book a homebirth. We would like to hear from midwives who have experience in facilitating birth in out of hospital settings, and who are competent and confident in supporting physiological birth. If you have a passion for empowering women and birthing people with knowledge and confidence, we would be very pleased to hear from you. Applicants from Black, Asian and minority backgrounds who have additional language skills will be especially welcomed.
Applicants must be aware that this is a 24 hour 7 day a week service and in order to meet service requirements you will be called upon to work long days, nights and weekend shifts or an "on-call" model of care provision.
As a qualified midwife the post holder will be required to provide the necessary supervision, care and advice to women during pregnancy, labour and the postpartum period, to conduct deliveries under their own responsibility and care of the new born in a home setting. The post holder requires excellent communication skills and be willing and able to share information with colleagues across the MDT regarding care in the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods. They will have a sound knowledge of standard pregnancy care as well as being able to identify complications that require referral to an obstetrician. They will be confident in working independently and ensuring a clam and safe environment at home for intrapartum care. They will have the necessary skills to manage obstetric emergencies in an out of hospital setting. They will be skilled in supporting parents in the immediate postnatal period, including advice on infant feeding and responsive and gentle parenting. The post holder will be required to participate in their continuing professional development as well as support student midwives and junior midwives in gaining confidence in midwifery led models of care. They will have an up-to-date knowledge of evidence-based care and be confident in supporting women and birthing people who make choices outside of the cultural norm.
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