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Practice Education Midwife
The closing date is 25 August 2025
* 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, 365-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.
About us
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
Job 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
* Bachelors (BSc) Degree in Midwifery or equivalent Registered and practising midwife
* Practice assessor or prepared to work towards Foundation in patient experience course
Experience
* 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
* Experience of managing complaints or feedback.
Technical Skills
* Able to mentor students
* Keyboard skills and ability to use IT equipment and associated maternity database.
* Competent and able to provide midwifery care in all areas
* Articulate with excellent communication skills
* IT literate - confident with Excel, powerpoint.
* Confident to have challenging conversations.
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.
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