Band 6 Midwife

NHS Jobs; Luton; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Modern facilities

Staff courtyard facilities

Co-designed spaces with service user/2

Job summary

Luton and Dunstable University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 midwife to provide holistic, woman-centered care across maternity, neonatal, critical care and theatre services in the new Acute Services Block. The role includes leading the ward/department on a shift basis and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to deliver safe, compassionate care.

You will mentor student midwives, supervise staff, and promote safeguarding and wellbeing while developing links with external

Job description

It is an exciting time at the Luton and Dunstable University Hospital as maternity, neonatal, critical care and theatre services have recently moved into a state of the art Acute Services Block. Through this work, the Trust will be able to increase capacity, improve sustainability and efficiency, maintain and improve quality standards and support patient-centred clinical services. Care will be delivered in modern, uplifting and fit for purpose environments, that will also enhance the patient and staff experience. The maternity services that have moved to the new clinical buildings are the Antenatal Ward, Delivery Suite and Obstetric Theatres, Maternity Triage, Midwifery Led Birthing Unit, Postnatal ward, Day Assessment Unit, Bereavement Suites and Transitional Care.

Benefits for staff:

• Modern and spacious facilities for our pregnant women / birthing people, their families and our staff
• Dedicated courtyard for to support mobilisation in labour
• Separate courtyard for staff to use
• Co-designed areas with service user and stakeholder input which is highly valued

The midwife has a responsibility to provide holistic woman/birthing people/baby centred midwifery care; this maybe leading midwifery care or working in collaboration with the multi- disciplinary team that advocates pregnancy as a normal physiological life event. The midwife will assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for the women/birthing people/baby. The role will encompass taking responsibility for the management/ leadership of the ward/department/ community caseload on a shift-by-shift basis. To collaborate with external agencies and consumer groups. The Midwife (Band 6) participates in the supervision and teaching of staff as well as being a Mentor/Assessor for midwifery students. Promote the wellbeing and safeguarding of children and young people by implementing the Trusts policy and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately. Assess, plan implement and evaluate care women/birthing people/babies for a defined caseload, using evidence to rationalise prescribed care. Develop link with all care agencies to facilitate seamless approach to maternity care. Practice within boundaries of autonomy as described by the NMC Code 2015. Review practices to reduce clinical risk. Record and report any untoward incidents and take action to avoid further incidents. Promote health and wellbeing through practice and education of women/birthing people, relatives, carers and staff Support student midwives and other healthcare professional as a mentors and sign off mentors and assessors to ensure that the hospital/community midwifery experience meets the required practical and educational standards. Facilitate parenting education to women/birthing people during the antenatal /postnatal period.