Band 6 Elective Caesarean Section Midwife

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust; Bolton; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS Foundation Trust in England seeks a Band 6 Elective Caesarean Section Midwife to provide high-quality care during operative childbirth. The role involves advocacy for women and families, managing theatre operations, and working in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate will be a registered midwife with strong documentation skills and the ability to work under pressure. Opportunities for learning and development are available.

Benefits

Learning and development opportunities

Supportive work culture

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife with human factors training required.
• Experience in a maternity care environment is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Act as an advocate for women and birthing partners.
• Communicate effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Manage patient flow and ensure theatre lists are maintained.

Skills

Ability to work under pressure

Situational awareness

Education

Registered Midwife

Job description

Band 6 Elective Caesarean Section Midwife

We are looking for a Band 6 midwife to work in the Maternity theatre team, to look after women and birthing partners on the Elective Caesarean section pathway. The main responsibilities for this role will be to provide women and babies with high quality, safe midwifery care during operative childbirth. The care will be evidence based and holistic in meeting women's needs in the theatre setting.

Our maternity service provides excellent care for more than 6,000 women a year.

We offer great facilities, pride ourselves on the individual care and attention each woman and family receives.

With a dedicated medical team of 15 consultants, our women who require specialised or complex care, will receive a Multidisciplinary approach, ensuring their expectations of the birthing experience are positive and maintained where possible.

Royal Bolton Foundation Trust remain committed to implementing the recommendations of The National Maternity Review- Better Births: Improving outcomes of maternity services inEngland. Continuity of Carer remains an important evidence-based way of improving outcomes and experience for women and birthing people using our services. At Royal Bolton, we believe this is equally important for our women who undergo elective caesarean sections therefore, believe that dedicated maternity team will support with this implementation.

Main duties of the job

As a senior midwife, you will act as an advocate for the woman and birthing partner. You will be fully supportive of theatre etiquette and will be required to communicate effectively within an multidisciplinary team. You will be expected to manage a workload and support with the operational aspects of patient flow to ensure that theatre lists are kept to time. You will have excellent documentation skills and be able to maintain these to NMC standards. You will be required to escalate any safety concerns to the band 7 Coordinating Midwife or Matron.

Main duties will be to admit, prepare and care for birthing partners who are being looked after on the elective caesarean section pathway. This will involve the provision of offering a pre operative meeting to discuss the pathway of their caesarean section, going into theatre with them and providing their care whilst in theatre, and providing care for them in recovery. The role will require you to work in a fast-paced theatre environment, caring for multiple families daily.

About us

Working for Our Trust

We are one of the North West's busiest acute NHS Foundation Trusts, serving a diverse population across Bolton and parts of Greater Manchester and are classed as amongst the best in the region for several of our services.

Our Trust values are vision, openness, integrity, compassion and excellence, and they underpin the way we work together as staff for our patients.

Our aim is for Bolton NHS Foundation Trust to be a great place to work, and we believe that by living our values every day we have built a culture where we treat patients as we would treat our family and friends.

We employ around 6,000 dedicated staff across more than 100 different services and specialties, based mainly at Royal Bolton Hospital but also at many community healthcare sites.

Whatever role you work in, we are committed to offering excellent learning and development opportunities and to supporting you in your career.

Trust Values

Our values demonstrate the beliefs that underpin the way we work together and with patients.

Our values drive what we do to help us deliver our ambitions, in a way that puts patient safety and care first.

• Vision
• Integrity
• Compassion

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for detailed job description and main responsibilities for the role.

Person Specification

general

• Registered Midwife
• Human Factors training

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife
• Human Factors training

Skills

• ability to work under pressure
• situational awareness

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.