Midwife NHS AfC: Band 5

Job overview

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Midwife to join our outstanding team of supportive and dedicated Midwifery and Medical staff, helping to further the outstanding 5 star patient care provided by all.

The post holder must be NMC registered.

We are expanding unit an increase of expectant mothers choosing to have their care from our Maternity Services.

To achieve women’s expectations we offer a friendly, supportive and safe service for women, their partners, babies and their families. We believe in promoting normality in pregnancy and Intrapartum care. We will support our women in their choice of Birth place we currently offer three choices home, Delivery Suite or our Midwifery Led Unit.

An Enhanced DBS Certificate is required for this post.

Interviews for this position will take place on 20th July 2021. There will be opportunity for these fixed term posts to be made permanent in future.

Main duties of the job

The post holder is responsible for providing midwifery care, as per Nursing, Midwifery Council Rules and Trust policies, on a rotational (clinical area) basis covering both day and night shifts.

The post holder will practise competently and autonomously to provide a high standard of care to women and babies during the antenatal, intranatal, and postnatal periods.

The post holder will be required to act as a shift leader in the area of the current clinical practice, as and when required to do so

The midwife will work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team, other agencies and user representatives.

Working for our organisation

St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is the BEST acute Trusts in England for the THIRD year running!

The Trust is currently the only acute Trust in Cheshire and Merseyside, and is one of few in the entire country, to achieve the title of OUTSTANDING, rated by the Care Quality Commission.

We provide a full range of acute adult services to our local population of circa 350,000 and provide tertiary services across a much wider area in the North West, North Wales and Isle of Man. We are also a Major Trauma Unit and the Mersey Regional Burns Unit.

Our ’5 Star Patient Care’ strategy is at the heart of all that we do; supporting our vision to provide world class services for all our patients by getting it right for every patient, every time.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The midwife is accountable for the personal provision of midwifery care that is evidenced based and woman centred, aiming to continually improve standards, quality of care, and ultimately the woman’s experience.

The midwife must have the resilience to cope with the personal accountability and many demands of this role.

All employees have a duty and a responsibility to protect and safeguard children and vulnerable adults. The midwife must have an excellent working knowledge of local safeguarding children and vulnerable adult procedures and act in accordance of these at all times, in addition to ensuring mandatory training requirements are up to date.

Undertake holistic (physical, psychological, emotional and spiritual) and effective assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation within their own sphere of clinical practice.

In conjunction with the ward manager and senior management team, contribute to the development of midwifery models of care to ensure the delivery of evidence based woman centred midwifery care.

To support maternity managers/leaders in the assessment of current practices within midwifery and assist in innovations that lead to improved quality of care

Be trained and skilled in undertaking IV drug administration, IV cannulation, perineal suturing, caring for women with epidural anaesthesia, home birth, waterbirth and providing high dependency care

Ensure compliance of patient risk assessments, such as VTE, CPE, pressure ulcers

Undertake Newborn Infant Physical Examination (NIPE) if trained to do so.

Assist with the monitoring of NIPE compliance (72 hour target) and escalate as appropriate.

Undertake additional link midwife roles, as necessary, with other departments in the Trust, such as infection and prevention, pharmacy, medical devices, eMEWS, K2 monitoring and manual handling.

Be confident and competent in dealing with common obstetric and neonatal emergencies in a hospital and/or community setting i.e. shoulder dystocia, post-partum haemorrhage, neonatal resuscitation, maternal resuscitation, unexpected breech birth, cord prolapse

Have a working knowledge of Trust and Maternity Risk Management requirements.

Identify and actively participate in the reporting of all clinical incidents (as per local trigger list, which is not exhaustive), accidents and near misses through the datix system

Be aware of potential hazards and risks in maternity and assist colleagues in meeting risk management requirements i.e. datix reporting, root cause investigations, incident reviews and serious incident investigations

Provide individualised care for women experiencing bereavement and ensure all requirements for investigations and follow-up are met

Promote health education and provide appropriate information and advice to women and their families. Lead and facilitate Parent Education classes if required.

Use maternity unit processes and systems to ensure efficient and effective admission and timely discharge from the maternity unit. Communicating and co-operating with other wards and departments giving accurate information as required.

Adhere to the systems in place to store, check and administer drugs in accordance with the Trust and NMC policies, reporting any inconsistencies to the Ward / Dept Manager / Co-ordinator and use datix reporting system if required.

Actively contribute to the maternity thermometer and safety thermometer systems and process, including data gathering as per required timescales

Ensure all clinical risk assessments are completed i.e. VTE, Pressure Ulcer and CPE

Maintain an up to date Professional Registration and Revalidation status

Adhere to relevant requirements of the Midwifery Professional body

Maintain own continuous professional development (CPD) in order to competently fulfil the role of the midwife

Comply with Trust Mandatory training requirements

Adhere to Trust Policies, Guidelines and other requirements

Practice in accordance with the Trust’s 5 Star patient care, the corporate objectives, Trust’s Nursing and Midwifery Strategy, Maternity Strategy, and the Trust ACE Behavioural Standards

Have knowledge of and participate in the Supervision of Midwifery Strategy within the Trust. To have an awareness of the value of Midwifery Supervision and the Role of the Supervisor of Midwives. Be responsible for arranging an annual 1 to 1 review with your Supervisor of Midwives.

Actively support the delivery of the Trust’s Maternity Strategy

Actively support the delivery of the Trust’s Maternity Dashboard, supporting ward/clinical area dashboards and other key performance indicators for the maternity service