Out of Area Community Midwife

Job Overview

Frimley Park Hospital is excited to announce an opportunity to join the team as an Out of Area midwife. The successful candidate will join the community midwifery team, working closely with colleagues in a supportive, caring and learning environment. They will support students and liaise closely with other members of the wider team, providing excellent evidence‑based care to women from a diverse multicultural background.

They will provide antenatal care for women in the Out of Area clinic, facilitating informed choice and being involved in the development of a personalised pathway. There is no on‑call requirement for this role.

• All midwife practitioners will be Registered Midwives, accountable for their own midwifery practice and will be able to fulfil the following role through the ability to make decisions with current protocols and principles of care in compliance with the NMC’s Midwives Rules and code of Midwifery Practice.
• This midwife may be a recently qualified midwife, or she/he may be very experienced, but she/he will be expected to continue with post‑registration education and development to become a confident midwife able to provide care with the women either in the community or hospital environment.
• The post holder is required to take responsibility as a prime care provider in either the hospital or community setting. She/he will be confident in providing midwife‑led care.
• To work as a midwife and a member of the midwifery team in all areas of the maternity service as required – i.e. Community, Antenatal Ward, Labour Ward, Postnatal Ward, Transitional Care Unit, Birth Centre, Antenatal Clinic, Maternity Assessment Centre.
• Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust cares for 9900 women per annum; we have 2 sites that have both midwifery and obstetric led services, the Frimley Park site which caters for approximately 5500 women and the Wexham Park site caters for approximately 4400 births per annum. Both sites have Birth Centres, ensuite labour rooms, antenatal inpatient beds, postnatal beds, transitional care cots, Maternity Assessment Centre/Triage facilities and Antenatal Outpatient clinics.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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For further information regarding the detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description and person specification documents.

• Registered Midwife – Current on the NMC register
• Diploma/BSc in Midwifery Studies

• Registered Nurse
• PSPA / Mentorship / SLIP

• Demonstrates clinical skills commensurate with a midwife who has migrated from band 5 to 6
• Demonstrates excellent written and presentation skills

• Able to demonstrate awareness of research related to midwifery practice
• Evidence of successful collaboration with multi‑disciplinary teams
• Understands the application of the child protection processes and the mental health act

• Participated in undertaking midwifery research and audit

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) is proud of its strong reputation, record of achievement and ambition for the future. We serve a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire, and remain committed to improving the health and…