Community Midwife

Job Overview

Full-time and Part-time Positions Available. Frimley Park Hospital is delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for passionate and dedicated midwives to join our expanding Community Midwifery Team. Hybrid working within the unit would be considered. Our service operates across five modern maternity hubs, stretching from Bracknell to Farnham, and we proudly support the care of around 6,000 women each year. We are seeking enthusiastic, motivated midwives who are eager to contribute to the ongoing development of our innovative Maternity Hub model and deliver high-quality, personalised care to our families.

If you’re looking to make a meaningful impact within a supportive and forward-thinking team, we’d love to hear from you! Previous applicants from the last 6 months need not apply.

• The successful candidate will join a 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 and postnatal care for women in the Community Hub, hospital or home settings, facilitating informed choice and being involved in the development of a personalised pathway.
• We promote home births and have an on call service to support the Continuity Homebirth team.
• Experience of working in the Community with experience of homebirth is advantageous.

Working for our organisation

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.

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

• Registered Nurse
• Qualified mentor / PSPA / SLIP

• Be able to demonstrate a knowledge of the 6 C’s
• Able to demonstrate awareness of research related to midwifery practice
• Has completed preceptorship

• Has participated in undertaking midwifery research and audit

• Demonstrates excellent written and presentation skills
• Ability to work on own initiative and prioritise workload effectively

• Knowledge of clinical governance processes/ risk management

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 wellbeing of our communities.

Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values –
Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future
, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first.

We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued…