Continuity of Carer Midwife

Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

The successful candidate will be an autonomous practitioner, taking responsibility for the provision of care throughout the antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal periods for women and babies in the hospital/community setting.

You will be responsible for the assessment, planning, and implementation of care to both high and low-risk women in your care. You will support, supervise, and teach staff/students evidence-based client-centered care, which is of a high standard, being responsible for ensuring that all care is delivered according to Trust policies and procedures and maintaining associated records of care.

Our Midwives have a passionate philosophy for promoting individualized and high standards of care and birth experiences for all women accessing our Maternity Service. The Eden Suite Birth Centre consists of five birthing rooms, two with en-suite birthing pools. In addition, a further birthing pool within the Delivery Suite provides individualized, holistic care to high-risk women along with a further eight delivery rooms. We have a standalone community birth centre staffed by the Highfield Team, concentrating on services in the community setting and home births.

We continue to work towards the national agenda for maternity care. Our midwifery staffing comprises inpatient, community, and continuity midwives.

Main duties of the job

• Communication and working relationships will be with team members, other teams, women and their families, and other health professionals.
• Actively support women and their families through communicating difficult and complex information using a variety of methods to ensure effective understanding.
• Responsible for supporting and counselling women who are pregnant, explaining choices they have in midwifery care.
• Proactively support women who require specialist investigations to monitor the health of their baby, including the provision of antenatal screening advice and counselling.
• Ensure effective communication is maintained between members of the multi-disciplinary team to enable appropriate individuals to be aware of changes to women and families' plan of care.
• Ensure information is conveyed to women in a timely and understanding manner using different communication methods to clarify understanding.
• Plan care for women, managing workload that will include antenatal and postnatal clinics and home visiting options, home birth, and births in the obstetric and midwifery-led units.

About us

All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as "competent and caring staff" by our patients.

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.

We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the Northwest of England, comprising the Wirral's only Emergency Department. We provide a high-quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales, and the wider Northwest footprint.

We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide, and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.

The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus, or ferry and within easy reach of the major cities of Liverpool, Chester, and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description for further information about the Midwife position available at WUTH.

If successful in this role, there is a requirement for you to have a standard/enhanced DBS. This will be paid for by the Trust and then deducted from your salary over a period of 3 months.

As this vacancy is within the division of Women and Children's, there is a mandatory requirement for successful applicants to join the DBS update service. The cost of joining the update service is £16 per year, and applicants are liable to cover this cost with no reimbursement from the Trust. Further details of how to join the update service will be provided upon appointment.

Person Specification

Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training

• Registered Midwife currently on the NMC register with relevant Diploma/Degree.
• At least one year post-registration experience.

Personal Attributes

• Excellent clinical skills.
• Good interpersonal and listening skills.
• Demonstrates leadership skills and initiative.
• Excellent verbal, written, and communication skills.
• Good record-keeping and presentation skills.
• Flexible approach to working hours and practice.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Ability to deal with conflict and challenging situations.

Other Requirements

• Occupational Health Clearance.
• Access to a form of transport.

Knowledge and Skills

• Valid and relevant preceptorship programme completed.
• Experience in all areas of midwifery.
• Detailed knowledge of maternity IT systems.
• Maintain an awareness of issues relating to midwifery and the national agenda.
• Robust awareness of safeguarding processes.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum pro rata.

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working.