To work as a community midwife in one of our 5 community hubs in East Berkshire.

The unit caters for over 4200 births per annum and has been recently refurbished with a £10m investment. During the pandemic we have established community hubs in Slough, Windsor and Maidenhead and one within the hospital footprint.

We may consider job-shares or a 'buddy-scheme' which is integrated with Labour Ward or Birth Centre.

Experience of working in the community is not essential as full training and a bespoke orientation programme will be provided. Knowledge of locally spoken languages would be an advantage, but again is not essential.

Ability to drive essential.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for enthusiastic midwives to help develop our service in line with the National Maternity Review 'Better Births'.

The successful candidate will join a Community Midwifery Team working closely with colleagues in a supportive, caring and learning environment.

He or she will support students and liaise closely with other members of the wider team providing excellent evidence-based care to women from a diverse multicultural background.

He or she will provide antenatal and postnatal care for women in the Community Hub, hospital or home settings, facilitating informed choice and being involved in the implementation of a personalised pathway.

We promote homebirths and midwives who would like to give intrapartum care to their women are fully supported.

About us

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

Courage enables us to do the right thing for people we care for, to speak up when we have concerns

- To participate in the planning of off duty rotas

- To participate in the planning of the service within the post holders current work area.

- To make effective and efficient use of given resources.

- To be responsible for the use of all Trust equipment

- To comply with all Trust policies and procedures.

- To participate in the Trusts appraisal review for unqualified staff.

- To apply the Trust values in to all aspects of your work

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Midwife

Desirable

• Registered Nurse Qualified mentor

Skills

Essential

• Demonstrates clinical skills commensurate with a midwife who has migrated from band 5 to 6
• Demonstrates excellent written and presentation skills

Experience

Desirable

• Experience in Community

Employer details

Employer name

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Wexham Community Teams

Frimley Health Foundation trust

SL2 4HL

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