Home Birth Midwife

Job summary

Home Birth Midwife

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

There are exciting opportunities that have opened up in our Home birth team for enthusiastic and motivated band 6 midwives to be involved in innovative midwifery by providing continuity of care for those women who would like a homebirth.

There is a focus on continuity of antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care and this role includes a variety of clinical care from bookings, antenatal follow-ups, on-calls for homebirths, intrapartum care for your own women and postnatal care at home or in a clinic. We are looking for motivated experienced midwives to join this fantastic team providing a service to local women and families.

You would be expected to be part of an on-call rota as part of the team and be a car driver.

You can expect a warm welcome at Hillingdon from our established and friendly multidisciplinary team. In addition, we pride ourselves on the way we support and nurture our colleagues and how we value progression for all of our midwives as well as on promoting normality in pregnancy and birth whilst also offering appropriate support for those women who require additional care. We are passionate about safely upholding and supporting people to have the birth they choose in the place they feel most at ease.

For further information please contact Nicky Wilkins, Consultant Midwife, on nicky.wilkins@nhs.net or 01895 238282 ext: 2759

Main duties of the job

• As a caseload midwife you will be responsible for planning and implementing individualised midwifery led care in partnership with the woman and the multidisciplinary team. Using continual assessment and analysis you will provide continuity of carer throughout the woman's pregnancy, birth and postnatal period to ensure her medical, psychological and social needs are assessed and holistically cared for.
• As a caseload midwife, you will be working alongside multi professional teams providing the most appropriate care for women whilst breaking down barriers that can inhibit women with socially complex lives accessing high quality maternity care.
• Provide high quality, evidence-based care and advice to women throughout the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods in a variety of settings such as the community, hospital and woman's home.
• Provide continuity of care and carer in combination with emotional and psychological support during the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods in a variety of settings such as the community, hospital and woman's home.

About us

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute Hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. The Trust's services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics.

The safety and well-being of our patients and of our staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this - particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress and going forward by working in partnership with local GPs, charities,community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are absolutely focused on ensuring that our hospitalsprovide high quality, safe and compassionate care, while drive forward the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital.

We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed.