The lead midwife for antenatal education will be responsible for developing a strategy of antenatal education provision to meet the needs of the local population. The role will include engagement with maternity service users to get a representative view of need which is reflective of all local communities to inform the strategy. They will lead by example, offer expert midwifery clinical advice to ensure the delivery of high quality, effective and compassionate midwifery care, this will be in line with local, Trust wide and national policies, procedures, values and behaviours.
* Ensure the antenatal education offer is culturally sensitive and meets the needs of all local communities
* Include content on personalisation of care and how to utilise the Personalised Care and Support Plan
* Embed discussions around choice using the BRAIN acronym into antenatal education sessions
* Plan content to support information sharing and preparation that is culturally appropriate
* Develop an induction/training package to support wider staff groups to delivery the content
* Ensure the antenatal education strategy reflects the Trust vision, values and objectives and is understood by all the midwifery team members
* Ensure that any issues identified within the antenatal education provision are identified quickly and escalated appropriately
* Facilitate the development of midwives and MSWs to support teaching, assessing and delivery of the antenatal education session
* Maintain and utilise resources appropriately alongside communicating when equipment faults or the lack of available resources may compromise the quality of delivery
* Maintain oversight of the programme to ensure it remains relevant and is evidence based
* To develop a SOP to outline requirements of the antenatal education offer
* To represent UHDB maternity services both within the Trust and at external meetings
Closing date of applications: 8 April 2026
Interview date: 22 April 2026
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
In Return We Will Offer
* Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
* On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
* Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts
* We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
* We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
* An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
* Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
* Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
* We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
* We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
* UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Karen McIlwrath Job title: Community Midwifery Matron Email address: karen.mcilwrath@nhs.net Telephone number: 07554333273
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