The successful candidate will be an autonomous practitioner as part of continuity of carer teams, taking responsibility for the provision of care throughout the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods for women and babies in the hospital/community setting for a designated caseload.
You will be responsible for the assessment, planning and implementation of care to both high and low risk women in your care. You will support, supervise and teach staff and students in evidence‑based, client‑centred care, ensuring that all care is delivered according to Trust policies and procedures and that records of care are maintained.
Our Midwives have a passionate philosophy for promoting individualised and high standards of care and birth experiences for all women accessing our Maternity Service.
The Eden Suite Birth Centre consists of five birthing rooms, two with En‑suite birthing pools. A further birthing pool within the Delivery Suite provides individualised, holistic care to high‑risk women along with eight delivery rooms. We also have a stand‑alone community birth centre staffed by the Highfield Team.
Key Responsibilities
* Communicate and build working relationships with team members, other teams, women and families, and other health professionals.
* Actively support women and their families, communicating difficult and complex information using a variety of methods to ensure effective understanding.
* Support and counsel women who are pregnant, explaining the choices they have in midwifery care.
* Proactively support women who require specialist investigations to monitor the health of their baby, including providing antenatal screening advice and counselling.
* Ensure effective communication is maintained between members of the multi‑disciplinary team to enable appropriate individuals to be aware of changes to women and families’ plan of care.
* Ensure information is conveyed to women in a timely and understanding manner using different communication methods to clarify understanding.
* Plan care for women, managing workload that will include antenatal and postnatal clinics and home‑visiting options, home birth and births in obstetric and midwifery‑led units.
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