To provide safe, research based midwifery care to women/birthing people and their babies To recognise deviations from normality and refer appropriately to medical or other agencies To maintain an up to date knowledge of current research and trends in midwifery care, contribute to the development and delivery of evidence based practices, policies and guidelines for maternity services To empower women/birthing people to make an informed choice and act as their advocate at all times. To improve experiences of childbirth by offering a choice of place of birth and working in partnership with families when making decisions about care. To work in partnership with medical teams, offering coordinated packages of care making referrals as appropriate To promote health and social well-being, contributing to the reduction in health inequality To ensure the safety and confidentiality of patients and ensure their records are maintained in accordance with Trust Policies To participate in parenting assessments/education To maintain effective working relationships across the Trust To offer models of care personalised to individual needs, acknowledging diversity of the client groups and treating everyone with dignity and respect To support and encourage women/birthing people to achieve good clinical and psychological outcomes for themselves and their babies To identify families with child in need/child protection issues and effectively communicate to the manager and named midwife for safeguarding To develop midwifery practice for the future, redefining the role and building on public health skills to maximise the impact on reducing inequalities in health To work in partnership with children centres and other agencies, offering wider choice and local access to services To manage effectively all aspects of their caseload and administration To effectively communicate complicated and sensitive information to women, their families and members of a multi-disciplinary team To ensure changes are implemented based on feedback and learning lessons from feedback from women and incidents To contribute to the performance management of midwifery services through data collection for audit and research purpose Please refer to the job description and person specification attached to the advert for the full details.