Community/birth Centre Midwife

1 month ago


Kendal, United Kingdom University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Looking for a new career path in one of the most picturesque parts of the country?

Our Trust is recruitingenthusiastic,highly motivatedcommunity midwives/birth centremidwives, to join ourdynamic,dedicated, forward thinkingprofessional team which serves a wide geographical area with rural and urban communities.
- You will need to be reliable, flexible, motivated, have excellent clinical skills, a commitment to on going learning and development, a commitment to delivering high quality care, and be willing and open to embracing positive change and transformation in order to meet the demands of the community we serve. You will require the necessary skills and a passion to provide home birth and births within birth centre.

If this sounds like you, then we want to hear from you

Development Opportunities

Here at Morecambe Bay we are committed to supporting our employees in mandatory training requirements and their professional development.

**We can offer the following (not an exhaustive list)**:

- Support from Practice Development Team
- Various in-house leadership programmes
- PROMPT course
- Relocation Support
- Salary Sacrifice Scheme i.e Child car, Electrical, Bike, Car (Subject to status)
- Paid Mileage Allowance & Travel expenses
- Excellent Health and Wellbeing Support
- Work and Home Life Balance options

The role involves working within the community and our birth centre as an autonomous practitioner within a multi-disciplinary team. It alsoinvolves maintaining a good relationship with other members of the team ensuring the women receive safe care.

You will be need to be able to provide high quality women centred maternity care, effective leadership, optimise teaching opportunities and give support to all grades of staff; planning and directing activities to provide the optimal standard of care.

The role involves giving appropriate education to women and their families and giving necessary care, advice and supervision throughout the
pregnancy continuum. You will be required to ensure appropriate referral for mother or child, as required to other agencies and specialist midwifery team and to give necessary care advice and supervision to women and their families, wherever possible/appropriate.

We operate from three main hospitals - Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community health care premises.

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.


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