Midwife - Community

Job summary

We are recruiting for a Midwife who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

We are proud of the range of maternity services we provide and the excellent high quality care we give to the women, babies and their families. Our facilities are state of the art, with bright airy modern rooms and an alongside midwifery led birthing unit.

You'll be working as a midwife, according to the World Health Organisation, Local Supervising Authority, and the Nursing and Midwifery Council's Midwives Rule and Code of Practice.

If you're a Midwife looking to return to the profession, we're here to help. We value your experience and skills and can assist you in finding the right role with an active UK NMC PIN.

Join us in providing exceptional care to our patients.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for the holistic care of childbearing patients and their families. Care provided must be evidence based and planned in partnership to meet the needs of the patient.

You are required to use the full range of midwifery skills in a variety of settings. Need to be aware of National/Local health initiatives and develop strategies for the delivery of Health Promotion to meet the needs of the patient.

You will deputise for all aspects of the work of the Band 7 midwife and participate in the development and teaching of staff and students.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation; our staff & patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We understand that finding and starting a new job is an important life decision. If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made & considered formally, & will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.