Maternity Elective Caesarean Section Recovery Nurse

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust; Lower Blandford St Mary; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Midwife/Support worker to join the Elective Caesarean Midwifery Team. You will deliver safe perioperative care for women/childbearing people and support neonatal care and infant feeding. Role requires NMC registration and is based at Royal Bournemouth Hospital.

Interview date is scheduled for Tuesday 3 November 2026. You will work within a multidisciplinary team, assist in pre-op assessments, and contribute to quality improvement and

Qualifications

• Provide clinical care during pre-op assessments and support post-surgical recovery.
• Administer prescribed medicines.
• Participate in pre-op assessments with the Anaesthetic Team after appropriate training.
• Assist the midwifery team to provide neonatal care after relevant training.
• Provide and/or support emergency maternal and neonatal care following training.
• Support best practice around infant feeding.
• Transfer and handover to postnatal wards.
• Support coordination and flow of the operating list, reporting issues.
• Contribute to Newborn Security measures during maternity.
• Support quality improvement and maternity audit cycles.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical care during pre-op assessments and to support post-surgical recovery.
• Administration of prescribed medicines.
• After appropriate training, participate in pre-op assessments with the Anaesthetic Team.
• Assisting the midwifery team to provide neonatal care after relevant training.
• Provision and/or support of emergency maternal and neonatal care following appropriate training.
• Supporting best practice around infant feeding.
• Transfer and handover of women/birthing people to the postnatal ward teams.
• Supporting coordination and flow of the operating list, raising and reporting clinical and operational issues.
• Actively support and participate in Newborn Security measures throughout maternity.
• Contribute to Patient First quality improvement and maternity audit cycles.
• Contribute to the effective management of resources.

Skills

Preoperative assessment support

Neonatal care

Infant feeding support

Medicines administration

Team collaboration

Education

NMC Registration

Job description

To work as part of the Elective Caesarean Midwifery Team delivering safe quality care for women/childbearing people during their perioperative phase of care.

To support Neonatal care and best infant feeding practices.

To support and assist in the pre-op and post-op clinical care promoting good working relationships and collaborative working with the multi-disciplinary team, both within the department and the rest of the Trust.

This role requires NMC Registration.

Base Locations: Royal Bournemouth Hospital

Interview date: Tuesday, 3rd November 2026

• Provision of clinical care during pre-op assessments and to support post-surgical recovery.
• Administration of prescribed medicines.
• After appropriate training, participate in pre-op assessments with the Anaesthetic Team.
• Assisting the midwifery team to provide neonatal care after relevant training.
• Provision and/or support of emergency maternal and neonatal care following appropriate training.
• Supporting best practice around infant feeding.
• Transfer and handover of women/birthing people to the postnatal ward teams.
• Supporting coordination and flow of the operating list, raising and reporting clinical and operational issues.
• Actively support and participate in Newborn Security measures throughout maternity.
• Contribute to Patient First quality improvement and maternity audit cycles.
• Contribute to the effective management of resources.

UHD are investing, developing and transforming Trust services in line with the New Hospital Programme. As part of this, some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or permanently. Recruiting Managers will be happy to answer any service-specific questions at interview.

If a role or service relocates as part of a planned move, excess mileage will not be reimbursed. Travel from home to the new work base will be classed as a normal commute. Any other changes will be managed under Trust or national terms and conditions.

UHD has active networks including Women’s, BAME, Pride, EU, Pro Ability, and Armed Forces. We support Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant interview schemes.

AI tools may be used, but applications must honestly reflect your own skills and experience. Integrity is key to our recruitment process.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Christine Smith Job title: Senior Inpatient Matron Email address: [e-mail]

[e-mail], Elective Caesarean Section Team Lead Midwife.