Senior Community Midwife

Job overview

Are you ready to take the next step in your career?

We have an exciting opportunity to gain experience at the next level!

We are looking for a senior community midwife to ensure efficient management and coordination of a community midwifery team. You will ensure that there is effective interface with the hospital and community teams as well as external agencies such as GP’s, health visitors, social services etc.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

To ensure efficient management and coordination of a community midwifery team. You will ensure that there is effective interface with the hospital and community teams as well as external agencies such as GP’s, health visitors, social services etc. You will also have knowledge of antenatal and neonatal screening in order that you can support the antenatal and neonatal screening manager from a community perspective. You will be an expert midwifery practitioner who will provide support and advice to colleagues.

You should have excellent knowledge of child and adult safeguarding to ensure that our service users achieve the best outcomes for their family.

You will be key in the delivery of the national drivers (Saving Babies Lives version 3, MIS) You will have the ability to communicate and drive innovative ways forward to ensure equality of care for our diverse and vulnerable community.

The position is for 37.5 hours a week and you must work over 4 or 5 days for visibility. You must be able to get around the area in a timely manner to complete your work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

It is a very exciting time for our Maternity Services at the Luton and Dunstable NHS Foundation Trust providing maternity care to women and families from the local population and surrounding areas. Join our midwifery team as we rise to meet the challenges of today’s changing maternity climate.

We are committed to providing women centred midwifery led care, initiated by all women/birthing people booked at home and a continual drive towards normality throughout pregnancy. This is balanced with obstetric care provision including women who require the support of our Level 3 neonatal services.

Our Maternity service offers Midwives a wealth of experience and balance to be able to provide care for both low and high risk women/birthing people and support for their partners and families. You will form part of the midwifery team providing health promotion and information to women/birthing people and families to ensure optimum outcomes of care. We have invested in midwifery posts and Consultants to support the care we offer to women and families.

Our recent projects include development of a community midwifery hub model.

Our Maternity service has over 5,000 births a year, offering care to a diverse and growing community through community and hospital based services. With a level 3 Neonatal Unit on site, we offer care to not only our local population of Luton and South Bedfordshire, but to women/birthing people in Hertfordshire and beyond.

Please see job description for full details.

You will provide management to a community midwifery team as well as clinical expertise.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.