Homebirth and Birth Centre Flexible Working Midwife

Job summary

We are excited to announce this new role working jointly as part of the Crocus home birth team and as core staff in our alongside Birthing centre.Are you a midwife with passion and dedication to work autonomously in low-risk intrapartum areas? Do you want to be part of a homebirth team but are unable to due to the on-call working model? Then this could be the perfect role for you.

This role is being offered as a flexible working opportunity with the option of having set shifts. It is the perfect opportunity to be part of a homebirth team and hold a small caseload of homebirth women/birthing people which would include one antenatal clinic shift and will be limited to a maximum of one night on call per week. The remaining shifts would be within our Lucina birth centre.

The Crocus Team has been providing an exceptional home birth service to the women of Croydon over the past decade, and is proud to have been home to the RCM/Emma's Diary Midwife of the Year for London in 2019, as well as being nominated for RCM Team of the Year 2018.

We have an increasing number of women wishing to have their babies at home and we are driven to continue providing an exceptional home birth service to our women of Croydon.

Main duties of the job

Homebirth and Birth Centre Flexible Working Midwife

This is an exciting opportunity for experienced Band 6 midwives to join an innovative, home birth service and also work at our birth centre delivering low-risk intrapartum care, developing skills and the opportunity to gain experience with Home births.

Your role will include one antenatal clinic shift where you will visit women in their homeswith a maximum of one night on-call. All remaining shifts will be allocated to work on the Lucina birth centre.

As part of our Maternity Transformation work with Continuity of Carer, we have remodeled our home birth service provision to enable us to expand our caseload and aim to improve sustainability and job satisfaction for midwives.

We are looking for highly motivated, clinically experienced and forward thinking midwives, with a passion for normal birth and continuity of care.

You will join a supportive and experienced team taking lead in antenatal and postnatal care as a named midwife for your own caseload of women, and provide rostered intrapartum care for home birth and 'Domino scheme' Crocus team women.

This is an excellent opportunity for passionate and dedicated midwives to join a dynamic, trail blazing team and help shape the future of home birth service in Croydon.

About us

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.

Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon and our Children's Hospital at Home cares for children with long-term conditions without them having to come to hospital.

Across the NHS everyone is working hard to meet growing demand and we're no exception. But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training. Croydon University Hospital plays an active role in training the clinicians of the future and works in partnership with major London universities

If you want the opportunity to have a real impact, challenge yourself and be part of an NHS Trust then a career at Croydon Health Services could be just what you're looking for.