Midwife - Maternity Assessment Suite

Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Preston; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced midwife to join the Maternity Assessment Suite. You will support women from 16 weeks gestation to four weeks postnatal, delivering personalised care plans with a reassuring style and excellent communication.

UK NMC registration is required, and the role involves autonomous practice within a multidisciplinary team to ensure safe, high-quality care.

Qualifications

• UK NMC registration is a requirement.
• Experience as a midwife in a maternity setting is essential.
• Excellent communication and listening skills.
• Ability to work autonomously within a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Assist and support the lead midwife in the safe management of the area including personnel, facilities and processes.
• Act as a role model, presenting a positive image of self, team and organisation.
• Deliver and coordinate care through professional practice, delegation and supervision of junior staff.
• Ensure high standard of midwifery care based on assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care to meet patient needs.
• Set and monitor standards of care to improve patient experience and outcomes.
• Promote education and health promotion; ensure equality in care and practice.

Skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Clinical decision making

Patient care

Leadership

Education

NMC registered Midwife

Job description

We currently have an opportunity for an experienced midwife to join our existing Maternity Assessment Suite team. You will have a reassuring style that inspires confidence and promotes our range of services to the families you are supporting. You will be an excellent communicator, who is also great at listening to women and their families, helping them to achieve a high quality, positive and safe experience through the development of personalised care plans. Please note: Appropriate UK NMC Registration is a requirement for this role and international candidates who only holds PRN need not to apply. You will work collaboratively with the Maternity Assessment Suite midwives and wider multidisciplinary team to provide efficient and safe care to women and families using the triage service. Women can access the service from sixteen weeks gestation up until four weeks following birth. Around 1000 women attend each month with a variety of health concerns relating to themselves or their unborn baby. Maternity Assessment Suite is a fast paced, acute environment requiring autonomous practice and effective team working. It requires prompt decision making skills and appropriate and timely escalation when necessary to ensure safe care provision. We have 10000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our service users. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria. Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns. You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done. You'll learn about interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path. You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of. The Maternity Assessment Suite is a growing service provided for women and families throughout pregnancy and the postnatal period.

• Assist and support the lead midwife in the safe, effective management of the area including management of personnel, facilities and the associated systems and processes
• Act as a role model, presenting a positive image of self, team and the organisation
• Be responsible for the delivery and co-ordination of care, through appropriate professional practice, delegation and supervision of duties carried out by less experienced staff
• Ensure a high standard of Midwifery care is delivered by self and others based on assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care to meet patients' needs in accordance with agreed local and National standards and evidence based guidelines
• Set, monitor and maintain standards of care to improve the patient experience and outcome of care
• Proactively manage risk and maintain patient safety, conforming to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines
• Communicate all relevant information to the multidisciplinary team internally and with external organisations as required, to ensure seamless care
• Promote provision of education and health promotion
• Promote equality in care and practice by recognising, respecting and meeting the needs and choices of individuals

To find out more about the role please contact Samantha Hindle, Maternity Assessment Suite Lead Midwife

Are you a passionate midwife who is as passionate as we are about providing the best service possible. It goes without saying that you will demonstrate a caring and compassionate nature, attention to detail and enjoy working in a busy environment.