Community Midwife

Job overview

Community Midwife

Department: Maternity

Band: 6, £37,338 - £44,962 Per annum, pro rata

Hours: Full time, 37.5 per week, all MKUH roles will be considered for flexible working

Milton Keynes University Hospital Maternity team are seeking enthusiastic, motivated, and flexible midwives who have a passion for working within the GP based community midwifery setting. You will work in collaboration with women and their families, supporting personalised choice, and high standards of care.

We are proud to offer the opportunity to work in a progressive environment where we are committed to an ambitious transformation of our maternity services. As a Trust, we are committed to delivering national objectives, including those set out in Better Births.  We offer professional development opportunities for all staff.

Here at Milton Keynes, we are passionate about ensuring service users have a positive experience each and every time and are committed to listening to their voices and how they want their services to be designed.

Please note that we are not able to offer sponsorship for this role.

Interview date: w/c 10 March 2025

Main duties of the job

The Maternity Service prides itself on supporting you to fulfil your career aspirations. We have a bespoke training offer for all midwives appointed at MKUH.

An excellent comprehensive induction package is provided to enable development of your midwifery skills in all areas, including community.

We are excited to begin the design of our Women and Children’s Hospital with  co-located birthing unit with rooms designed to evolve with the needs of the service.

If this advert has inspired you and you want to be part of our amazing Midwifery team striving towards excellence, then the Milton Keynes maternity service is the place for you.

We are supportive of Flexible Working and appreciate the importance of ensuring that your successful career is complimented by a work/home life balance.

Milton Keynes University Hospital recognises the positive value of diversity and inclusion, and we welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.

Successful applicants will receive a comprehensive orientation programme and are assured that they will receive appropriate support. For further details please contact:

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical Practice

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate midwifery care consistent with evidence-based practice for service users, parents, babies and families

Communication and Relationship Skills

• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with the multi-professional team, allied groups within the acute Trust and Community Health, public and voluntary sectors.

Professional and Legal Responsibilities

• Abide by legal requirements and statutory rules relating to practice in accordance with the NMC Code of professional standards and behaviour

Please refer to attached Job description for further information.

We believe success lies in the diversity of our employees and are committed to promoting equality, encouraging diversity, and embracing inclusion. We welcome applications from everyone interested in working for us.

MKUH is committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and as such we offer a range of flexible working practices.

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once enough applications have been received.

MKUH uses identification scanning technology to confirm the authenticity of documents; all prospective employees of MKUH will have their original documents verified using this technology.

By applying for this role, you accept if successful, that information from your application will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) system.  Your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS.   This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which aims at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.

Upon commencing employment with the Trust, all employees (except Medical & Dental Staff on national terms and conditions) are subject to a probationary period lasting a period of six months with an option to extend for a further six months to a total of 12 months.