Band 6 Day Assessment Midwife

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Luton; In loco; GBP 35.000 - 48.000; Tempo pieno

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Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Day Assessment Midwife to provide high-quality, woman-centred antenatal care within the Maternity Day Assessment Unit. The post involves autonomous practice, clinical judgement, and collaboration with obstetric, neonatal and maternity teams.

You will manage maternal and fetal surveillance, support ambulatory pathways and contribute to reducing unnecessary inpatient admissions, with flexibility to assist other maternity areas as

Competenze

• Experience as a Band 6 midwife or equivalent level.
• Clinical experience across maternity settings.
• Mentor and assessor capabilities.
• Experience taking charge of shifts in high-activity periods.

Mansioni

• Provide holistic, woman-centred midwifery care in the DAU per Trust guidelines.
• Undertake antenatal and postnatal assessments including MEWS and urinalysis.
• Perform abdominal palpation, fundal height, fetal lie and auscultation.
• Monitor CTG where indicated and manage ongoing surveillance.
• Lead DAU operations and escalate as required during high activity.

Conoscenze

Leadership

Autonomous practice

Multi-disciplinary collaboration

Clinical judgement

Formazione

Registered Midwife

Degree or equivalent qualification

Evidence of continuing professional development

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Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Band 6 Day Assessment Midwife

The closing date is 24 November 2026

The Band 6 Midwife working within the Maternity Day Assessment Unit (DAU) is responsible for the provision of high-quality, evidence-based, woman-centred antenatal care in an inpatient setting. The post holder will work autonomously within professional boundaries to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for women and babies attending DAU, whilst recognising deviation from normal and escalating appropriately.

The DAU Midwife will manage women requiring ongoing maternal and fetal surveillance, facilitate ambulatory pathways, and contribute to reducing unnecessary inpatient admissions. The role requires excellent clinical judgement, effective communication, and close multidisciplinary working with obstetric, neonatal and wider maternity teams.

The post holder will support service delivery within DAU as their primary base, with flexibility to support other maternity areas during escalation in line with service need.

Main duties of the job

Demonstrate leadership within the DAU environment, contributing to safe, effective service delivery on a shift-by-shift basis.

Take charge of the DAU area when required, supporting coordination of workload, patient flow and staffing.

Support Band 7 Midwives and Managers in the delivery of operational and clinical objectives including support to other clinical areas during periods of high acuity.

Contribute to effective use of resources, ensuring care is delivered safely and efficiently.

Participate in escalation processes during periods of increased activity across maternity services.

About us

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job

Job responsibilities

Provide holistic, individualised, woman-centred midwifery care within the Maternity Day Assessment Unit in line with Trust guidelines, NICE guidance and national standards

Undertake comprehensive antenatal and postnatal assessments, including:

Maternal observations and MEWS

Urinalysis

Abdominal palpation, symphysis fundal height, fetal lie and auscultation

CTG monitoring where clinically indicated

Independently manage women attending DAU for ongoing surveillance and care, including but not limited to:

Hypertension, raised PCR and pre-eclampsia

Preterm pre-labour rupture of membranes (P-PROM)

Diabetes in pregnancy

Obstetric cholestasis

Fetal growth restriction and CTG surveillance

Reduced fetal movements follow-up

Women undecided or declining induction of labour

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife
• Degree or equivalent qualification
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Experience

• Experience at band 6 level
• Suitable clinical experience in all clinical areas
• Act as mentor and assessor
• Experience in taking charge of shifts

Knowledge

• Understanding of the need of confidentiality awareness at all times