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Calling all midwives!!!

Do you want to be a midwife that people remember?

Would you like the privilege of supporting people through their pregnancy  journey to birth and beyond? 

Do you want to work for a Trust with a 'Good' Care Quality Commission rating?

We believe that  continuity of care is gold standard and can offer you a caseload of birthing people with whom you can build a supportive, professional relationship.

We pride ourselves on providing, holistic, evidence based care for the 7000 families we work with each year over the large geographical area covered by the trust and support our community staff to work in environments that best suit their skill set from the inner city to rural areas.  

We are delighted to be able to offer a choice of birth environments and are able to support  birthing people to deliver their babies where they wish, at home, in a midwifery led unit or in hospital. 

This role includes an on call commitment to support our homebirth service for which we will provide all the training and support you need. 

We want to invest in your professional development and there are multiple opportunities to support you with this. 

If you like the idea of working within a dynamic, friendly, supportive team who all share a vision of gold standard care,  come and join us. 

Main duties of the job

Providing evidence based antenatal and postnatal care within the community setting, following local and national guidance.

Having a good knowledge of safeguarding and working within a multidisciplinary team.

Providing education and support for pregnancy, labour and the postnatal period within a varied framework ie. face to face, sign posting to internet based support and external agencies where appropriate.

Team working including a pro rata on call commitment.

Managing a caseload of birthing people  and their families, taking responsibility for all aspects of their care, referring appropriately and working towards a model of continuity of care as outlined in Better Births (2016).

*** Please note we are only able to accept applications from those with a live NMC registration or UK nursing students awaiting their PIN as we are unable to support OSCE at this time***

Working for our organisation

We are committed to ensure a work-life balance to all our staff by offering full time and part time roles, flexible working hours on a shift pattern to fit around your family life.

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and candidates form our local communities.

Benefits to you

• 27 days annual leave for new starters, rising to 29 days after five years of service and 33 days after 10 years of service, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro-rata for part time staff);
• NHS Pension Scheme:
• Flexible working opportunities;
• Increased hourly rates for unsociable hours e.g. night shifts, weekends, bank holidays;
• Career development and training;
• Wellbeing support and activities;
• In-house physiotherapy Service;
• On-site canteens with subsidised meals;
• Subsidised staff parking (currently free). 
• Free Stagecoach Bus Travel to and from work within Cambridgeshire and Peterborough