Continuity of Carer Midwife

Wirral University Teaching Hospital; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking a dedicated Midwife to join their team, delivering exceptional care to women and their families throughout the maternity journey. This role involves working autonomously, assessing, planning, and implementing care for both high and low-risk patients. The successful candidate will contribute to a supportive environment, ensuring that care standards are upheld and that all interactions are compassionate and informative. With a focus on individualized care, this position offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact in the lives of mothers and newborns, all while being part of a dynamic and caring team.

Benefits

Flexible Working

Supportive Work Environment

Professional Development Opportunities

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife with NMC registration and relevant qualifications.
• At least one year of post-registration experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide care for women during antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal periods.
• Support and counsel women regarding midwifery care choices.

Skills

Clinical Skills

Communication Skills

Leadership Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Record Keeping

Education

Registered Midwife

Relevant Diploma/Degree

Tools

Maternity IT Systems

Job description

Full time

Part time

Job share

Flexible working

Job ref408-25-315EmployerWirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation TrustEmployer typeNHSSiteArrowe Park HospitalTownWirralSalary£37,338 - £44,962 per annum pro rataSalary periodYearlyClosing14/04/2025 23:59

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Job overview

The successful candidate will be autonomous practitioner, taking responsibility for the provision of care throughout the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods for women and babies in the hospital/community setting.

You will be responsible for the assessment, planning and implementation of care to both high and low risk women in your care. You will support, supervise and teach staff/students evidence based client centred care, which is of a high standard, being responsible for ensuring that all care is delivered according to Trust policies and procedures and maintaining associated records of care.

Our Midwives have a passionate philosophy for promoting individualised and high standards of care and birth experiences for all women accessing our Maternity Service. The Eden Suite Birth Centre consists of five birthing rooms, two with En-suite birthing pools. In addition, a further birthing pool within the Delivery Suite provides individualised, holistic care to high-risk women along with a further eight delivery rooms. We have a stand alone community birth centre staffed by the Highfield Team, concentrating on services in the community setting and homebirths.

We continue to work towards the national agenda for maternity care. Our midwifery staffing comprises of inpatient, community, and continuity midwives.

Main duties of the job

Communication and working relationships will be with team members, other teams, women and their families, and other health professionals.

Actively supports women and their families, through communicating difficult and complex information using a variety of methods to ensure effective understanding.

Responsible for supporting and counselling women who are pregnant, explaining choices they have in midwifery care.

Proactively support women who require specialist investigations to monitor the health of their baby, including the provision of antenatal screening advice and counselling.

Ensure effective communication is maintained between members of the multi-disciplinary team to enable appropriate individuals to be aware of changes to women and families plan of care.

Ensure information is conveyed to women in a timely and understanding manner using different communication methods to clarify understanding.

Plans care for women, managing workload that will include antenatal and postnatal clinics and home visiting options, home birth and births in the obstetric and midwifery led units

Working for our organisation

All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as “competent and caring staff” by our patients.

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.

We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the Northwest of England, comprising of the Wirral’s only Emergency Department. We provide a high-quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider Northwest footprint.

We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide, and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.

The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description for further information about the Midwife position available at WUTH

If successful in this role, there is a requirement for you to have a standard/enhanced DBS. This will be paid for by the Trust and then deducted from your salary over a period of 3 month.

As this vacancy is within the division of Women’s and Children’s, there is a mandatory requirement for successful applicants to join the DBS update service. The cost of joining the update service is £16 per year, and applicants are liable to cover this cost with no reimbursement from the Trust. Further details of how to join the update service will be provided upon appointment.

Person specification

Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training

Registered Midwife currently on the NMC register with relevant Diploma/Degree

At least one year post registration experience

Desirable criteria

Mentorship qualification

Personal Attributes

Excellent clinical skills

Good interpersonal and listening skills

Demonstrates leadership skills and initiative

Excellent verbal, written and communication skills

Good record keeping and presentation skills

Flexible approach to working hours and practice

Be able to work as part of a team

Ability to deal with conflict and challenging situations

Other Requirements

Occupational Health Clearance

Access to form of transport

Knowledge and Skills

Valid and relevant preceptorship programme completed

Experience in all areas of midwifery

Detailed knowledge of maternity IT systems

Maintain an awareness of issues relating to midwifery and the national agenda

Robust awareness of safeguarding processes

Apprenticeship Eligibility Criteria

Should this vacancy be recruited as an apprenticeship, the following criteria will apply:

UK nationals or other persons with a right of abode have an eligible residency status if they have been ordinarily resident in the UK or the British Overseas Territories, or the Crown Dependencies (Channel Islands and Isle of Man) for at least the previous 3 years on the first day of the apprenticeship.

You are required to apply for this role via apps.trac.jobs and this is where you will be able to track the progress of your application. This will ensure we deal with your application quickly and efficiently.

Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application throughout the process.

By applying for this post you are agreeing to Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust viewing and managing the information contained in the application.

Please note; that if you are offered a position, your personal details will automatically be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system (ESR).

The Trust reserves the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum amount of applications from which to make a shortlist. To prevent this happening please complete and submit your application without delay.

Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing a DBS application is met by the successful applicant/s. DBS costs are recovered via salary deduction following starting in post.

If the post you are applying for requires a DBS - Inline with Trust policy the cost of submitting and processing a DBS for successful applications would be met by the individual themselves. The amount would vary depending on the level required: Standard Disclosure £21.50+£6.50 or Enhanced Disclosure £49.50+£6.50 (please be aware the additional sum is an administration fee and may increase due to inflation). This will be deducted from your salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment.

The Trust would encourage all post holders who require a DBS for their role to registered with the DBS Update Service. You can find out more information and guidance on how to do this at https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service.

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The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all unborn babies, children and adults and is signed up to both the Wirral Safeguarding Childrens Partnership and the Wirral Safeguarding Adults Partnership Board associated policies and procedures. All Trust staff must be familiar with, and adhere to these procedures. It is the post holders responsibility to attended the Trusts mandatory training Protecting Vulnerable People training, and to follow the relevant Trusts polices and practice guidance.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.