Job Overview To work as a community midwife in one of our 5 community hubs in East Berkshire. The unit caters for over 4200 births per annum and has been recently refurbished with a £10m investment. During the pandemic we have established community hubs in Slough, Windsor and Maidenhead and one within the hospital footprint. We may consider job-shares or a 'buddy-scheme' which is integrated with Labour Ward or Birth Centre. Experience of working in the community is not essential as full training and a bespoke orientation programme will be provided. Knowledge of locally spoken languages would be an advantage, but again is not essential. Ability to drive essential. Main duties of the job We are looking for enthusiastic midwives to help develop our service in line with the National Maternity Review 'Better Births'. The successful candidate will join a Community Midwifery Team working closely with colleagues in a supportive, caring and learning environment. He or she 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. He or she will provide antenatal and postnatal care for women in the Community Hub, hospital or home settings, facilitating informed choice and being involved in the implementation of a personalised pathway. We promote homebirths and midwives who would like to give intrapartum care to their women are fully supported. 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. Frimley Health Trust benefits on Vimeo Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities Courage enables us to do the right thing for people we care for, to speak up when we have concerns To participate in the planning of off duty rotas To participate in the planning of the service within the post holder’s current work area. To make effective and efficient use of given resources. To be responsible for the use of all Trust equipment To comply with all Trust policies and procedures. To participate in the Trust’s appraisal review for unqualified staff. To apply the Trust values in to all aspects of your work Person specification Qualifications Essential criteria Registered Midwife Desirable criteria Registered Nurse Qualified mentor Skills Essential criteria Demonstrates clinical skills commensurate with a midwife who has migrated from band 5 to 6 Demonstrates excellent written and presentation skills Experience Desirable criteria Experience in Community Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire. We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities. We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park. We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment. Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future. Apply online now