Job summary: We are looking for a Band 6 midwife to work in the Maternity theatre team, to look after women and birthing partners on the Elective Caesarean section pathway. The main responsibilities for this role will be to provide women and babies with high quality, safe midwifery care during operative childbirth. The care will be evidence based and holistic in meeting women's needs in the theatre setting.
Our maternity service provides excellent care for more than 6,000 women a year. We offer great facilities, pride ourselves on the individual care and attention each woman and family receives. With a dedicated medical team of 15 consultants, our women who require specialised or complex care, will receive a Multidisciplinary approach, ensuring their expectations of the birthing experience are positive and maintained where possible.
Royal Bolton Foundation Trust remain committed to implementing the recommendations of The National Maternity Review- Better Births: Improving outcomes of maternity services in England. Continuity of Carer remains an important evidence-based way of improving outcomes and experience for women and birthing people using our services. At Royal Bolton, we believe this is equally important for our women who undergo elective caesarean sections therefore, believe that dedicated maternity team will support with this implementation.
Main duties of the job
As a senior midwife, you will act as an advocate for the woman and birthing partner. You will be fully supportive of theatre etiquette and will be required to communicate effectively within an multidisciplinary team. You will be expected to manage a workload and support with the operational aspects of patient flow to ensure that theatre lists are kept to time. You will have excellent documentation skills and be able to maintain these to NMC standards. You will be required to escalate any safety concerns to the band 7 Coordinating Midwife or Matron.
Main duties will be to admit, prepare and care for birthing partners who are being looked after on the elective caesarean section pathway. This will involve the provision of offering a pre operative meeting to discuss the pathway of their caesarean section, going into theatre with them and providing their care whilst in theatre, and providing care for them in recovery. The role will require you to work in a fast-paced theatre environment, caring for multiple families daily.
About us
We are one of the North West's busiest acute NHS Foundation Trusts, serving a diverse population across Bolton and parts of Greater Manchester and are classed as amongst the best in the region for several of our services. Our Trust values are vision, openness, integrity, compassion and excellence, and they underpin the way we work together as staff for our patients.
Our aim is for Bolton NHS Foundation Trust to be a great place to work, and we believe that by living our values every day we have built a culture where we treat patients as we would treat our family and friends. We employ around 6,000 dedicated staff across more than 100 different services and specialties, based mainly at Royal Bolton Hospital but also at many community healthcare sites.
Person Specification
Essential: Registered Midwife, good attendance record.
* Registered Midwife
* good attendance record
Desirable: Human Factors training.
* Human Factors training
Qualifications
Essential: Registered Midwife, mentorship/preceptorship certificate.
* Registered Midwife
* mentorship/preceptorship certificate
Desirable: Human Factors training.
* Human Factors training
Skills
Essential: ability to work under pressure, situational awareness.
* ability to work under pressure
* situational awareness
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
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