Bracken Birth Centre Midwife

Bracken Birth Centre Midwife Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Midwife to join the Bracken Birth Centre team at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust. This position allows you to provide safe, personalized, and evidence-based care to women, birthing individuals, and their babies throughout the antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal journey.

In this role, you will work both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team to support positive birth experiences, promote informed choices, and deliver high-quality maternity care across community and acute settings. You will play a crucial role in supporting physiological birth, recognizing and responding to complications and emergencies, and ensuring that women and families receive compassionate, individualized care throughout their maternity journey.

Main Duties

• Deliver holistic, individualized care to women, birthing individuals, and their babies, supporting informed choice and promoting positive birth experiences.
• Provide high-quality antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal care, including support for physiological birth and personalized birth plans.
• Participate in the on-call rota, including attending home births.
• Conduct clinical assessments, risk assessments, and care planning.
• Recognize and respond appropriately to complications and emergencies.
• Provide safeguarding support, parent education, and emotional support to families.
• Maintain accurate clinical records and ensure high standards of professional practice.
• Work collaboratively with obstetricians, neonatal teams, health visitors, GPs, and other healthcare professionals to provide seamless maternity care.

About Us

At Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, we are committed to supporting our employees with a range of benefits designed to enhance both professional and personal life. We offer flexible working options, participation in the NHS pension scheme, a generous annual leave allowance, and a strong focus on career development.

Somerset is a beautiful region that combines idyllic countryside with vibrant cities, offering excellent educational facilities and affordable housing. It is an ideal place to build your career and future.

Qualifications and Experience

• Essential: NMC registration, diploma/degree level education, completed preceptorship development program with at least one year of post-qualification experience, mentor/assessor training qualification, UK driving license and access to a car.
• Desirable: Neonatal Life Support and Neonatal and Infant Physical Examination qualification (NIPE) or working towards it.

Additional Criteria

• Approachable and flexible attitude to work.
• Ability to work collaboratively with clinical teams and project managers.
• Sound judgment and objectivity.
• Commitment to equality and diversity.
• Willingness to work throughout the maternity service, in both hospital and community settings.

Join us and be part of a compassionate, innovative maternity service that values your skills, supports your development, and prioritizes your wellbeing.

Degree Requirement: Bachelor’s

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