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Job overview

Maternity services at the Northern Care Alliance are delighted to announce the relaunch of the birth centre, providing compassionate and holistic care to our families.  As part of the transformation of services, we are looking for midwives who are dynamic and passionate about providing care in a midwife led setting.

It's a great time to join the team which is under new management who are looking to work collaboratively to build and scope safe practice for the women and birthing people that they care for.

We'd love to hear from compassionate midwives who thrive working as an autonomous practitioner, caring for women and birthing people on a continuous journey from triage, labour, delivery and the initial postpartum period through to the smooth transition to community services.

Main duties of the job

• Carry responsibility for providing the highest standards of midwifery care to women in an alongside birth centre hospital setting.
• Working as part of an MDT and within your scope of practice.
• Assess, develop, implement and evaluation care programmes and provide professional advice and support as required.
• Organise and manage, in collaboration with the MDT, the care of the women and birthing people accessing the Birth Centre and Labour Ward
• Promote a philosophy of holistic, individualised care in a safe and calm home from home environment.
• Monitor, evaluate and action test results in line with trust policy.
• Liaise with the multi-disciplinary and multi-agency teams to ensure women receive a high-quality care. 

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester.  Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.