Midwife - Maternity Assessment Suite

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Preston; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust invites applications from experienced midwives to join the Maternity Assessment Suite. You will deliver compassionate, evidence-based care to women and families in a fast-paced acute environment, working with a multidisciplinary team to ensure high-quality experiences.

The role requires NMC registration and excellent communication skills, with a focus on personalised care plans and timely escalation when needed.

Qualifications

• Registered midwife with NMC registration.
• Strong communication and compassionate patient care.
• Experience with triage and multidisciplinary teams preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide safe, evidence-based care to women and families.
• Collaborate with the Maternity Assessment Suite midwives and the MDT.
• Develop personalised care plans for individual patients.
• Assist with triage and timely escalation when needed.

Skills

Communication

Listening

Patient care

Education

Midwife registration (NMC)

Job description

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.

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 you 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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Samantha Hindle Job title: Maternity Assessment Suite Lead Midwife Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01772 524976