Job summary
We're seeking experienced, NMC-registered midwives who are passionate about midwife-led, family-centred care to join our friendly and dynamic Continuity Team at Chorley Birth Centre. As part of a trust offering four birth options, our newly renovated, standalone birth centre supports around 190 births annually--most under our continuity of care pathway.You'll work autonomously, managing your own caseload to provide safe, evidence-based care throughout pregnancy, labour, and the postnatal period. This includes risk assessments, referrals, and collaborative working with the wider multidisciplinary team. You'll lead birth centre shifts, support colleagues, and foster a well-led, enthusiastic environment.
Confidence in facilitating physiological labour and birth is essential, including promoting optimal fetal positioning, upright birth, and water immersion. You'll mentor junior staff, helping them develop these skills safely. Working closely with the Birth Centre Manager, you'll ensure equitable, guideline-led care, take ownership of documentation and audits, and contribute to continuous improvement.
Main duties of the job
Supported by the wider team, the birth centre team:
- Manage their own caseloads of women/birthing people throughout the AN, IP and PN periods.
- Promotes fully informed choice and personalisation.
- Provide care according to agreed evidence-based standards and guidelines.
- Provide training and support to colleagues and attend/run skill drills to ensure up-to-date skills and practice.
- Are able to recognise deviations from the normal physiological processes of birth and escalate according to agreed guidelines.
- Take part in case reviews, multi-disciplinary learningand monitor performance and transfer rates through audit, ensuring sound clinical decision making.
- Monitor and continually review performance, effectiveness and user satisfaction.
- Share learning with other midwifery units,host visits from other midwives wishing to develop birth centre services, and arrange placements for student midwives and midwives wishing to develop their skills.
- Participate in research relating to midwifery units and national audit.
You will also work alongside specialist teams, obstetric and neonatal colleagues to ensure excellent care with compassion.
Within this role you will have the opportunity to take on further responsibilities, including; participating in audits, interviews, promoting our service, collecting data and staff rotas, allowing continuous professional development and understanding within midwifery led services.
About us
We have 10000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done. You'll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.
You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around family care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.
Job description
Job responsibilities
If this is not enough we have a BIG PLAN to:
- consistently deliver excellent care
- create a great place to work
- deliver value for money
- ensure we are fit for the future
- Develop our staff to be the best they can be
We hope you can you see yourself being part of this dynamic team who really care about your career development, your ideas and your contribution to make our service the best it can be.
We have a very supportive leadership team who like to listen and encourage your ideas to help continue to make our services the best they can be.
You can chat with Laura Thorpe, our Matron for Midwifery Led Services or Corrie Maray, Continuity Team Leader. Their passion and commitment are second to none and we know you will quickly see the impact you will play in our service.
We regularly hold team meetings where your opinions and ideas can be heard, with specific action plans being made to continually improve our service within the Birth Centre and shaping the future of our organisation together.
You will uphold the values of the Trust which are fundamental to the care we provide ensuring evidence-based practice that strives to improve outcomes.
Click the attachment to see the full job description.
Job description
Job responsibilities
If this is not enough we have a BIG PLAN to:
- consistently deliver excellent care
- create a great place to work
- deliver value for money
- ensure we are fit for the future
- Develop our staff to be the best they can be
We hope you can you see yourself being part of this dynamic team who really care about your career development, your ideas and your contribution to make our service the best it can be.
We have a very supportive leadership team who like to listen and encourage your ideas to help continue to make our services the best they can be.
You can chat with Laura Thorpe, our Matron for Midwifery Led Services or Corrie Maray, Continuity Team Leader. Their passion and commitment are second to none and we know you will quickly see the impact you will play in our service.
We regularly hold team meetings where your opinions and ideas can be heard, with specific action plans being made to continually improve our service within the Birth Centre and shaping the future of our organisation together.
You will uphold the values of the Trust which are fundamental to the care we provide ensuring evidence-based practice that strives to improve outcomes.
Click the attachment to see the full job description.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Education
Essential
- Appropriate NMC Midwife Registration
- NMC recognised Mentorship qualification
- Evidence of continuing professional education or development since qualifying
- Up-to-date with all essential training and appraisal
Desirable
- Leadership course
- Management course
- NIPE qualification or willingness to work towards
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Demonstrate fulfillment of Band 5 preceptorship and progression to Band 6.
- Awareness of changes within Midwifery practice.
- Experience of coordinating a team
- Able to manage obstetric emergencies in all settings.
- Knowledge of Clinical Governance and the relevance to practice
- Knowledge of relevant policies and procedures
- Maintains own reflective practice.
- Confident in teaching and assessing student midwives, midwives, and doctors.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Demonstrates effective listening skills and communication skills.
- Able to conduct relationships in such a way that conflict is minimalised.
Desirable
- Knowledge of ethical issues.
- Basic understanding of financial management.
- Evidence of innovation in practice.
- Knowledge of research and development.
- Knowledge of quality improvement.
- Has been involved in audits.
- Has experience working in a Birth Centre/ midwife-led setting
Person Specification
Qualifications and Education
Essential
- Appropriate NMC Midwife Registration
- NMC recognised Mentorship qualification
- Evidence of continuing professional education or development since qualifying
- Up-to-date with all essential training and appraisal
Desirable
- Leadership course
- Management course
- NIPE qualification or willingness to work towards
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Demonstrate fulfillment of Band 5 preceptorship and progression to Band 6.
- Awareness of changes within Midwifery practice.
- Experience of coordinating a team
- Able to manage obstetric emergencies in all settings.
- Knowledge of Clinical Governance and the relevance to practice
- Knowledge of relevant policies and procedures
- Maintains own reflective practice.
- Confident in teaching and assessing student midwives, midwives, and doctors.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Demonstrates effective listening skills and communication skills.
- Able to conduct relationships in such a way that conflict is minimalised.
Desirable
- Knowledge of ethical issues.
- Basic understanding of financial management.
- Evidence of innovation in practice.
- Knowledge of research and development.
- Knowledge of quality improvement.
- Has been involved in audits.
- Has experience working in a Birth Centre/ midwife-led setting
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
