Job summary The postholder is responsible to the Matron and the Team leader and will assist him/her to provide a high standard of midwifery care in the community setting. The successful candidate will work in a community team providing care to antenatal women in clinics and postnatal women and their babies The postholder will be expected to carry out all relevant forms of midwifery care and will supervise other midwives, preceptors, maternity assistants and students as necessary Main duties of the job Community Midwife- Band 6 : 30hours/week At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values. At Epsom and St Helier we pride ourselves in offering flexible working arrangements, a robust in service training package, appropriate ratios for statutory supervision of midwives and a positive working culture. We are looking recruit a Band 6 midwife at St Helier hospital site into one of our three community midwifery teams.If you want to work in community, this is an excellent opportunity for you to support antenatal women through their pregnancy journey in the community and to delivering postnatal care to women at home/ postnatal clinics during the postnatal period. We use Badgernet to document our care and we are a BFI Gold accredited Trust If you are interested and would like to know more information then please contact me to discuss further, I look forward to speaking to you. About us Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire. We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surrey and NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve. The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and is supported by over 500 volunteers. Date posted 28 October 2024 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 6 Salary £42,939 to £50,697 a year pa inc HCAS ( outer London) pro rata Contract Permanent Working pattern Part-time Reference number 343-6640647-UB-RB-Y-A Job locations Epsom Hospital Dorking Road Epsom Surrey KT18 7EG Job description Job responsibilities Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the Community Midwife role. Please contact me to discuss the role Job description Job responsibilities Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the Community Midwife role. Please contact me to discuss the role Person Specification Questions based Essential Qualifications Desirable Extra professional training previous experience Essential Clinical Desirable previous clinical experience questions Essential Scenario questions Desirable clinical based questions Questions Essential Equality & Diversity questions Desirable Team working based question Person Specification Questions based Essential Qualifications Desirable Extra professional training previous experience Essential Clinical Desirable previous clinical experience questions Essential Scenario questions Desirable clinical based questions Questions Essential Equality & Diversity questions Desirable Team working based question Disclosure and Barring Service Check 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. UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check 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. UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Employer details Employer name Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust Address Epsom Hospital Dorking Road Epsom Surrey KT18 7EG Employer's website https://www.epsom-sthelier.nhs.uk/work-for-us (Opens in a new tab)