About this role
Job summary
The post holder will work as part of the Ivy Team, a specialist community midwifery team delivering personalised, continuity-of-care maternity services for women and birthing people with additional or complex needs.
The role focuses on providing enhanced antenatal and postnatal care, predominantly for women and birthing people who request a planned home birth at booking, as well as those with clinical, social, psychological, or safeguarding complexities. Care is delivered using trauma-informed, relationship-based practice, in line with Trust policy and national guidance.
Main duties of the job
Manage a defined caseload predominantly comprising women and birthing people who have requested a planned home birth at booking, providing continuity-of-carer wherever possible.
Deliver high-quality, evidence-based antenatal and postnatal care, with a strong focus on personalised care and home birth planning.
Provide relationship-based care for women and birthing people with additional, complex, or enhanced needs, including social vulnerability (such as non-English-speaking women/birthing people, asylum seekers, or those requiring interpreter support), mental health needs, safeguarding concerns, or previous adverse maternity experiences.
Participate in the Ivy Team on-call rota, responding to calls in line with service arrangements and contributing to safe out-of-hours care.
Attend planned and unplanned home births, working within Trust guidance, professional standards, and individual scope of practice.
During periods of high clinical acuity, increased service demand, or staffing shortage, provide support and escalation cover to the acute maternity unit, in line with Trust policy and service need.
Undertake comprehensive risk assessment, shared decision-making, and personalised care planning, ensuring accurate and timely documentation.
Work collaboratively within multi-disciplinary and multi-agency frameworks, including safeguarding activity where required.
Contribute to clinical governance, audit, reflective practice, and service development.
About us
A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to onsite nurseries. staff restaurants and accommodation.
In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme. Onsite parking is available from only £50 a year.
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Job description Job responsibilities
The post holder will work as part of the Ivy Team, a specialist community midwifery team delivering continuityofcarer maternity services, with a caseload predominantly made up of women and birthing people who have requested a planned home birth at booking.
The role focuses on providing personalised, relationshipbased antenatal and postnatal care, supporting informed choice around place of birth, and working collaboratively with the wider maternity service and partner agencies. The post holder will also contribute to oncall services, home birth attendance, and escalation support to the acute maternity unit during times of high clinical acuity or staffing pressure.
Key Responsibilities and Duties Clinical Care and Caseload Management Manage a defined caseload predominantly comprising women and birthing people who have requested a planned home birth at booking. Provide highquality, evidencebased antenatal and postnatal care, tailored to individual needs, preferences, and circumstances. Deliver continuityofcarer wherever possible, fostering trusting therapeutic relationships. Undertake comprehensive clinical assessment, risk assessment, and personalised care planning, ensuring plans are regularly reviewed and clearly documented. Support informed choice through shared decisionmaking, including discussion of benefits, risks, and service availability related to place of birth. Home Birth and OnCall Responsibilities Participate in the Ivy Team oncall rota, responding appropriately to outofhours referrals and requests. Attend planned and unplanned home births, working in line with Trust guidelines, national standards, and personal scope of practice. Undertake dynamic risk assessment during community and home birth activity, escalating concerns appropriately. Escalation and Service Flexibility During periods of high clinical acuity, increased service demand, or staffing shortage, provide escalation cover and clinical support to the acute maternity unit, in line with Trust policy and service need. Work flexibly across community and acute settings to support safe service delivery while maintaining professional standards. Care of Women and Birthing People with Additional Needs Provide relationshipbased care for women and birthing people with additional, complex, or enhanced needs, including: Social vulnerability (for example nonEnglishspeaking women/birthing people, asylum seekers, or those requiring interpreter support) Mental health needs Safeguarding concerns Previous adverse maternity experiences Deliver care in a traumainformed, inclusive, and nonjudgemental manner, recognising the impact of inequality, trauma, and social exclusion. MultiAgency and Multidisciplinary Working Work collaboratively with obstetric, neonatal, mental health, safeguarding, social care, community, and voluntary sector colleagues. Attend and contribute to case conferences, safeguarding meetings, and multiagency planning as required. Ensure timely communication and informationsharing in line with professional and information governance standards. Documentation, Governance, and Professional Development Maintain clear, accurate, and timely clinical records and reports, including contributions to multiagency documentation. Participate in clinical governance, audit, reflective practice, and service development activity. Engage in supervision, appraisal, and ongoing professional development. Support students, newly qualified midwives, and colleagues as appropriate to role and seniority. Values and Professional Behaviour Work in line with Trust values of kindness, inclusivity, and respect, contributing to a supportive and psychologically safe team culture. Act as a professional role model, demonstrating accountability, openness, and compassion in all aspects of practice.
Person Specification
Qualifications / Training Essential
Registered Midwife and hold registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Degree level qualification relevant to role Professional qualification and knowledge of patient assessment, planning, developing and implementing programmes of care Evidence of mandatory and statutory essential training skills, for example, Basic Life Support, manual handling, infection control, fire etc
Desirable
Mentorship, teaching, management or leadership qualification or training Quality improvement training and qualification
Experience Essential
Experience in midwifery care, knowledge and expertise relevant to the clinical area within NHS or relevant health care organisation Demonstrate experience of providing midwifery care in the healthcare setting
Skills / Knowledge / Abilities Essential
Professional clinical knowledge skills and skills that demonstrate the ability to assess, plan, develop and implement programmes of care Ability to apply professional judgement and problem solve Able to support mentors in decisions related to students/learners and make judgements regarding competence and fitness to practice. Day to day management of a patient caseload and delegate effectively to clinical support workers. Able to maintain work-related record keeping.
Other Essential
Able to manage the physical and emotional demands of the role, including moving and handling of patients, able to concentrate to provide clinical care, calculation of drug dosages and communication of distressing or unwelcome information Full driving licence and access to a vehicle (for domiciliary community role) and ability to travel between sites
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.
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Address Conquest Hospital
The Ridge
St Leonards
TN37 7RD
United Kingdom
Employer's website http://jobs.esht.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)