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The Community Midwifery team based at Helme Chase maternity unit, Kendal, is looking to recruit enthusiastic and dynamic band 6 midwives.
Key Responsibilities
* Work as an autonomous practitioner within a multi‑disciplinary team.
* Provide antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care at Helme Chase birth centre, supporting the home birth service.
* Maintain a good relationship with other members of the team to ensure women receive optimal care.
* Provide high‑quality, women‑centred maternity care.
* Offer effective leadership, optimise teaching opportunities and support all grades of staff by planning and directing care activities.
* Deliver appropriate education to women and their families, giving necessary care, advice and supervision throughout the pregnancy continuum.
* Facilitate learning opportunities for student midwives and medical students.
* Ensure appropriate referral of mothers or children to other agencies and specialist midwifery teams as required.
Additional Information
We operate from three main hospitals – Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal – and a range of community healthcare premises across Morecambe Bay.
Applicants should have a flexible approach, be a car driver, and be willing to provide overnight availability as on‑call support.
For more information about the advertised role and main job duties, please refer to the full Job Description and Person Specification.
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