Job overview
To participate in the integrated midwifery model working within both community and all areas of the acute setting working shifts, including day and night shifts providing a 24-hour, -day service. Ensure that accurate, clear and contemporaneous, legible records are kept with evidence of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care using the SBAR process. To be responsible for delivering and maintaining a high standard of day-to-day evidence-based practice for all women and birthing people in the designated clinical area/caseload To maintain and continually develop in-depth specialist knowledge of midwifery practice relevant to the individual clinical area To engage with women, birthing people and their families to encourage and promote holistic and individualised care supporting physical, psychological emotional and social needs. Provide support and advice following pregnancy loss Ensure the safe use of drugs in accordance with the hospital policy and The NMC Code, ensuring up to date on medicines management and midwifery exemptions. Responsible for the protection of safeguarding of children with an awareness of child protections procedures. To be a source of reference regarding Health Education and Social Care To act as a practice supervisor- and/or assessor for student midwives Be prepared to undertake cannulation and administer IV medication Main duties of the job To support the ongoing development and learning of maternity staff and support the culture of learning at UHD. Deputise for the band 7 in their absence, provide clinical skills within educational and clinical areas. This role requires midwife specific duties including providing clinical care rotating within all departments within maternity. The midwife will provide a full range of midwifery care, including health education, social care and advice to women with the maternity service throughout the geographical area. Your sphere of practice encompasses provision of care to the women and babies during antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods. The care provided will be to the women/pregnant people and their babies in the community, midwife led, consultant led units, antenatal clinic and ante/postnatal wards as well as transitional care. Continuity of carer will be offered according to the service model and within the better births model. This role will involve on-call commitments where applicable and dependent on area of work. The midwife will act as a support for students and other members of staff. The midwife will work autonomously within the trust in line with departmental guidelines and in accordance with the NMC Standards of proficiency for midwives, always ensuring safe and individualised care. Working for our organisation UHD are investing, developing and transforming Trust services in line with the New Hospital Programme. As part of this, some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or permanently. Recruiting Managers will be happy to answer any service-specific questions at interview. If a role or service relocates as part of a planned move, excess mileage will not be reimbursed. Travel from home to the new work base will be classed as a normal commute. Any other changes will be managed under Trust or national terms and conditions. UHD has active networks including Women’s, BAME, Pride, EU, Pro Ability, and Armed Forces. We support Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant interview schemes. AI tools may be used, but applications must honestly reflect your own skills and experience. Integrity is key to our recruitment process. For UHD employees, this fixed-term post will be offered as a secondment in line with the Trust’s Secondment Policy. Please speak with your line manager before applying. We can offer sponsorship for this post. Detailed job description and main responsibilities Support of the ongoing development and learning of maternity staff and support the culture of learning at UHD. Deputise for the band 7 in their absence, provide clinical skills within educational and clinical areas. The midwife will provide a full range of midwifery care, including health education, social care and advice to women with the maternity service throughout the geographical area. Your sphere of practice encompasses provision of care to the women and babies during antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods. The care provided will be to the women/pregnant people and their babies in the community, midwife led, consultant led units, antenatal clinic and ante/postnatal wards as well as transitional care. Continuity of carer will be offered according to the service model and within the better births model. This role will involve on-call commitments where applicable and dependent on area of work. The midwife will act as a support for students and other members of staff. The midwife will work autonomously within the trust in line with departmental guidelines and in accordance with the NMC Standards of proficiency for midwives, always ensuring safe and individualised care. Person specification Qualifications Essential criteria Bachelors (BSc) Degree in Midwifery or equivalent Registered and practising midwife Desirable criteria Practice assessor or prepared to work towards Foundation in patient experience course Experience Essential criteria Ability to demonstrate a working knowledge of midwifery in all areas of the service including working within the community setting. Substantive experience in area of special interest ie antenatal, postnatal, labour care, community Desirable criteria Experience of managing complaints or feedback. Technical Skills Essential criteria Up to date core skills/training Able to mentor students Completed preceptorship program Keyboard skills and ability to use IT equipment and associated maternity database. Competent and able to provide midwifery care in all areas Manual dexterity Articulate with excellent communication skills Desirable criteria Collecting/generating data IT literate – confident with Excel, powerpoint. Report writing Confident to have challenging conversations.