Continuity of Carer Midwife - MAS (Maternity Additional Support) Team

Job overview

• The MAST team provides care to women & people with additional needs during their pregnancy, based on their medical history and/or events occurring during the antenatal period. MAST midwives work with the obstetric & Maternal Medicine teams to provide wrap around care to women and people.

All applicants must be aware that this is a 24 hour 7 day a week service and you will  work long days, nights and weekend shifts or an "on-call" model of care provision.

Main duties of the job

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Take full responsibility for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating Midwifery care consistent with evidence based practice for mothers, babies and families. Working in both Inpatient and Community settings.
• Discuss options and support parents in making informed choice in their plan of care such as Birth plans, pain relief, infant feeding, baby care, return to work and family planning.
• Discuss options and support parents in making informed choice in the period following birth.
• Analyse and evaluate the effectiveness of such care, making necessary modifications of any midwifery care pathway and giving professional advice and support as required.
• Act as the clients advocate and empower them to promote their own health and well being.
• Respect the need for privacy and dignity and obtain clients informed consent throughout the childbirth continuum.
• Refer clients to other practitioner’s e.g. senior midwife, obstetrician, physiotherapist and paediatrician when needs and risks are beyond the post holder’s scope of practice or require specialist input.