Home Birth Midwife

Job overview

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 [email protected] 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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for the full responsibilities of a Home Birth Midwife in Maternity