Midwife - Postnatal Maternity Ward Core

Job overview

🌟 Join Our Dynamic Midwifery Team!

Are you passionate about providing excellent care to women with complex pregnancies and co-morbities who require care within the maternity inpatient setting. If so, we would love you to  join our motivated and forward thinking core team.

We are looking for experienced, enthusiastic midwives to join our highly motivated midwifery team , as  part of the Band 6  maternity ward core team providing postnatal care to women, birthing people and their families.

🌈👶🏥 Join us and Make Every Birth Experience a Positive One!

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✨This is an excellent opportunity for midwives wanting to further their knowledge and experience with a view to future  career progression.

Main duties of the job

We’re looking for midwives who are as passionate as we are about providing the best service possible.  It goes without saying that you will demonstrate a caring and compassionate nature and attention to detail.

You will have a calm professional manner that inspires confidence and promotes safe care, a positive culture and seamless multi-disciplinary working.

You will be an excellent communicator, with good listening and advocacy skills to ensure women and their families are heard, helping them to achieve a high quality, positive and safe experience through the effective planning and management of individualised care.

You will uphold the Trust values at all times and demonstrate a caring and compassionate attitude to women, birthing people,  families and colleagues.

You will have the opportunity to learn new skills and will be expected to maintain your own professional development and knowledge to enhance your skills in this role.

The role will involve supporting the maternity ward area lead in maintaining oversight and management of the maternity ward and offering support and guidance to junior midwives, and learners from all areas of the MDT  in this complex area.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Duties to include, but not be limited to: 📋

• Assist and support the maternity ward manager in the safe, effective management of the area including management of personnel, facilities and the associated systems and processes 🏥
• Act as a role model, presenting a positive image of self, team and the organisation 🌟
• Be responsible for the delivery and co-ordination of care, through appropriate professional practice, delegation and supervision of duties carried out by less experienced staff 👩‍⚕️
• Ensure a high standard of Midwifery care is delivered by self and others based on assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care to meet women's needs in accordance with agreed local and National standards and evidence based guidelines 📈
• Set, monitor and maintain standards of care to improve the patient experience and outcome of care 📋
• Proactively manage risk and maintain patient safety, conforming to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines ⚠️
• Communicate all relevant information to the multidisciplinary team internally and with external organisations as required, to ensure seamless care 🗣️
• Promote provision of education and health promotion 📚
• Promote equality in care and practice by recognising, respecting and meeting the needs and choices of individuals 🌐
• Ensures environment of care is safe, well equipped and compliant with standards for hygiene and cleanliness

We hope you can you see yourself being part of this dynamic team of midwives who really care about your career development, your ideas and your contribution to make our service the best around. 🌟👩‍⚕️