Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Crystal Team as a Community Midwife at Wexham Park Hospital.

Working alongside a multidisciplinary team, you will provide compassionate, personalised care to women and birthing people with complex social, safeguarding and health needs. You will play a key role in reducing health inequalities, promoting continuity of care, and improving outcomes for some of the most vulnerable families across our maternity service. Based within the community, you will support women throughout pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period while working closely with partner agencies to ensure safe and coordinated care.

Main duties of the job

• Provide high-quality antenatal and postnatal care to women with additional vulnerabilities and complex needs.
• Act as a lead professional, coordinating care and working closely with safeguarding, health, social care and voluntary sector partners.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate individualised care plans to support improved outcomes for women and babies.
• Promote safeguarding, public health initiatives and healthy lifestyles.
• Maintain accurate clinical records and contribute to quality improvement and audit activities.
• Support women and families through effective communication, advocacy and compassionate care.

About us
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.

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

Qualifications
Essential

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

Desirable

• Registered Nurse
• Qualified mentor / PSPA / SLIP

Experience
Essential

• Be able to demonstrate a knowledge of the 6 C's
• Able to demonstrate awareness of research related to midwifery practice
• Experience of looking after vulnerable patients
• Epidural management Perineal experience.

Desirable

• Has participated in undertaking midwifery research and audit

Skills
Essential

• Demonstrates excellent written and presentation skills
• Ability to work on own initiative and prioritise workload effectively
• Can demonstrate effective Communication skills.

Desirable

• Knowledge of clinical governance processes/ risk management

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.