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We currently have an exciting opportunity for midwives to join our Family Liaison Team. The team is based within the Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy and provides care for a caseload of pregnant women and their families where there are identified Child Protection Concerns throughout Fife.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated midwife to support women during their pregnancy journey. You will be responsible for providing individualised care to a caseload of women with complex social issues. In addition to providing antental and postnatal care within the home, the successful candidate will undertake and contribute to assessments relating to Wellbeing and Child Protection in line with local and national guidance. Frequent liaison and attendance at meetings with the multi-agency Team is an integral part of the role, to ensure safe and child focused outcomes.
The Family Liaison Team sits within the award winning Vulnerable in Pregnancy Team (Winners of the Scottish Health Award 2020 – Midwife), and we work closely with our colleagues in perinatal Mental Health, the Drug Liaison Midwives, and Senior Midwife Child Protection. We have a successful programme of Child Protection Supervision and support embedded within the teams.
We are a dynamic, progressive and really friendly team, the unit is modern and progressive with approximately 3500 births per year. The services include outpatient and community services, a complex care Consultant Unit and an alongside Midwife Led Unit. We are developing services in line with Best Start recommendations. We are focussing on increasing our rates of continuity of carer in the first instance. We already have teams established for vulnerable in pregnancy and child protection including a perinatal mental health midwife and bereavement specialist, infant nutrition and birth at home.
We will encourage you with your professional development and education via our dedicated clinical midwife educator and midwifery PEF. We have an extremely successful in house leadership programme and regularly encourage staff to participate in external networking.
You must be a NMC Registered Midwife you should possess enthusiasm, excellent team working skills with effective communication.
For informal enquiries, please contact Charlene Lawson or Lynne Manson, Family Liaison Team Leaders on 01592 643355 ext 22081 or Roisin Gormley Outpatient Midwifery Manager on 01592 643355 ext 29997.
A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment.
NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK) or Irish National, you are required to confirm your right to work in your application.
Please note the salary is pro rata for part time hours.
NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.