Community/MLU Midwife
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Job summary
Community and Birth Centre Midwife
Band 6 - full time, part time and flexible working hours
An exciting opportunity has arisen for enthusiastic and dedicated midwives to join our team at Wantage Birth Centre. Our team of community midwives provide antenatal, postnatal and labour care in our freestanding midwife led unit (MLU) as well as homebirth to women in the Vale of the White Horse district in Oxfordshire. We are passionate about providing safe, effective care to women and their families in their chosen place of birth.
As a community midwife, you will also work closely with the multidisciplinary teams at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, to provide care for those experiencing more high-risk pregnancies.
If you feel like a new challenge, come and join our fabulous community team at Wantage Birth Centre.
Main duties of the job
Who we are looking for:
- Compassionate, dedicated and motivated midwives to join our experienced and friendly team
- Midwives who have excellent team working and communication skills and who are well-versed in time management
- Colleagues who put patients at the heart of their day and strive to work collaboratively with them, upholding our role as advocates and champions of women.
- Midwives who think innovatively to increase numbers of MLU/homebirths,
What we offer:
- To work with a welcoming, experienced and supportive group of Midwives
- Ongoing professional development and encouragement to achieve your ambitions
- The opportunity to experience the joys of providing care throughout pregnancy, labour and
- the postnatal period, benefiting from continuous care with your own caseload of patients
Community Midwifery has an on call commitment & it is essential you hold a UK driving licence
About us
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk
The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call thisDelivering Compassionate Excellenceand its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH YouTube channel
Details
Date posted
19 March 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£28,407 to £42,618 a year per annum pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number
321-SW2-6112597-B6-PUB
Job locations
Wantage Maternity and Birth Centre
Garston Lane
Wantage
OX12 7AS
Employer details
Employer name
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Wantage Maternity and Birth Centre
Garston Lane
Wantage
OX12 7AS
Employer's website
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Employer contact details
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