Registered Midwife

Bedfordshire Hospitals; Bedford, Luton; Sur place; GBP 36 000 - 44 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Midwife to provide holistic, woman/baby-centred care across maternity services. The role includes leading on ward/department caseloads, mentoring staff and collaborating with the MDT to ensure high-quality outcomes.

You will work across hospital sites in Bedford and Luton, supporting both routine and emergency care, while adhering to NICE guidelines and government initiatives.

Qualifications

• Qualified midwife with current registration.
• Demonstrates ongoing professional and personal development.
• Ability to lead on midwifery care and work within MDT.

Responsabilités

• Provide midwifery leadership in all areas of practice with autonomy and sound decision making.
• Provide direct clinical care to women and babies and support clinical teams.
• Collaborate with external agencies and consumer groups.
• Supervise and teach staff and act as Mentor/Assessor for students.

Formation

Registered Midwife

Evidence of ongoing development

Description du poste

The midwife has a responsibility to provide holistic woman/baby centred midwifery care; this may be 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/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 in clinical areas as well as being a Mentor/Assessor for midwifery students

Main duties of the job

Provide midwifery leadership in all areas of midwifery practice demonstrating autonomy, advocacy for women and an excellent decision making style.

Provide direct clinical care to women and babies and support clinical teams and Band 7 Team Managers in the execution of his/her role.

To provide clinical midwifery care during routine care and emergency scenarios, ensuring that sound up to date advice is given to women and their families in all care settings in accordance with best practice informed by NICE and Government initiatives.

Demonstrate effective verbal and non-verbal communication skills

Working for our organisation

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology.

Our Values

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Job Description and Person Specification are attached to this job, please review for the full details and responsibilities

Promote the wellbeing and safeguarding of children and young people by implementing the Trust’s policy and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.

Assess, plan, implement clinical care and evaluate care women/babies for a defined clinical caseload, using evidence to rationalize prescribed care.

Develop links 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, relatives, carers and staff.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife
• Evidence of ongoing further professional and personal development

Experience

• Suitable Post-Registration experience within relevant speciality
• Clinical experience in low and high risk intrapartum areas including cannulation, caring for women with epidurals, suturing
• Competent in CTG interpretation

Knowledge

• Ability to recognise and report to line manager any factors compromising the quality of care given to mothers and babies
• Willingness to input into working parties or special interest groups to facilitate a service that is forward thinking and dynamic
• Ensure care is provided based on evidence and in line with the protocols and guidelines of the unit
• Knowledge of audit and research and standard setting

Personal Skills

• Organisational skills and the ability to work effectively within a management structure
• Work with the MDT as well as autonomously when required
• Basic IT skills

It is an exciting time to join Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We run two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Our 7,500 staff provide high quality care for a growing population of around 700,000 across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas.

You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. Travel between hospital sites may be required. We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.