One of the well-known trusts in the West Midlands is looking for an experienced, dynamic Community Midwife to provide women-centered care within several settings. The role involves working collaboratively within the multi-disciplinary team and management to provide a high standard of safe, women-centered care.
Description:
Experience in community-based midwifery care is required to provide all aspects of antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal care to pregnant people and their families in the Sandwell and West Birmingham area.
- Serve as the named midwife for an identified caseload of women attached to a GP surgery and provide all routine care as per NICE guidelines antenatally and postnatally.
- Provide some intrapartum care within a traditional on-call system.
- Be part of a supportive team providing care to a diverse community with links to other family services such as family support workers, Specialist Midwives, health visitors, and children's centres.
- Work autonomously when required while being a team player with excellent organizational skills.
Training can be provided for upskilling (if required), and if you have a particular interest in developing an area of your practice, we will endeavor to accommodate this.
Skills & Experience:
- Valid NMC registration as a Midwife and community experience
- Minimum introduction to IV cannulations, suturing, scrubbing in theatre, epidural top-ups, resuscitation of newborns
- Ability to evaluate midwifery care
- Knowledge of NMC Midwives Rules, Code of Practice, The Scope of Professional Practice, Standards for the Administration of Medicines
- Ability to adapt to new working practices
- Relevant post-registration experience in continuous clinical practice
- Successfully completed a preceptorship programme
- Evidence of working in all areas of midwifery
- Well-documented and up-to-date CPD portfolio
- Ability to work autonomously within professional and Trusts guidelines
- Experience/evidence of coordinating a maternity ward/clinical/community area
- Counseling skills
- Ability to take the professional lead in caring for low-risk women
To apply for this role, reply with your updated CV and the job reference number - BS/10135/RM1.