Birth Centre Based Homebirth Midwife

Are you a midwife who believes that where a woman births matters, and that real choice requires a skilled, confident advocate at her side?

We're looking for a passionate Band 6 midwife to join our Birth Centre team at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, attending homebirths as lead midwife and supporting women choosing our alongside birth centre.

This is a role for someone who thrives on autonomy, continuity, and connection. You'll conduct holistic risk assessments, and be a visible champion for personalised, evidence-based care. You'll also mentor junior staff and contribute to a service committed to reducing health inequalities.

This is a birth centre-based midwife post with a requirement to attend

homebirths as the lead midwife with an aim to provide safe, evidenced

based and personalised care to women and birthing people throughout their

pregnancy, birth and postnatal journey

• To promote and facilitate choice to those wishing to birth at home and also support women who choose to birth in the alongside birth centre
• To continually undertake holistic risk assessments to support the delivery of appropriate care
• To work in partnership with the wider multidisciplinary team, enabling coordinated care and where necessary appropriate referrals
• To actively contribute to the reduction in health inequalities by supporting a service that is accessible to all

Why colleagues think we are "a great place to work!"

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.

Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.

We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

What do we stand for?

Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.

Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.

We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.

We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.

We are proud to achieve the Gold award for the Armed Forces Covenant and support applications from the Armed Forces Community. Please contact [email protected] (our Armed Forces Covenant Lead) if you would like guidance or assistance with your application.

We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Emma Steadman Job title: Head of Midwifery Email address: Sign in to view email Telephone number: 01296 831203