About the role
The caseload midwife will work in a small partnership of 5 midwives providing midwifery care to a defined group of women throughout the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods. Caseload Midwives work within the Midwifery Group Practice (MGP) which may consist of several partnerships.
Caseload midwives provide all antenatal and postnatal care by conducting appointments either at the woman's home, community clinics or hospital within a defined geographic boundary for a defined group of women.
Caseload midwives practice collaboratively alongside the Ipswich Hospital midwives, Obstetric and Neonatal team. The caseload will equate to an employee working 38 hours per week, that is, a full-time midwife, and will be based on a full-time midwife providing full care up to 38 clients in a 12-month period.
The Registered Midwife will:
1. Practise