Band 6 Midwife - Antenatal clinic

• Provide holistic antenatal assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care.
• Monitor maternal and fetal wellbeing, recognising and responding appropriately to risk factors and complications.
• Develop and maintain individualised care plans in partnership with women and their families.
• Provide health education and promotion on topics including nutrition, smoking cessation, infant feeding, birth preparation, and postnatal care.
• Facilitate referral pathways to specialist services where appropriate.
• Maintain accurate and contemporaneous electronic patient records.
• Support women to make informed choices regarding their care and birth preferences.
• Contribute to safeguarding responsibilities and escalation of concerns.
• Participate in audit, quality improvement initiatives, and service development.
• Act as a mentor, preceptor, or practice supervisor for students and newly qualified staff.

• Take full responsibility for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating Midwifery care consistent with evidence based practice for parents, babies and families.
• 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.
• 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 practitioners e.g. senior midwife, obstetrician, physiotherapist and paediatrician when needs and risks are beyond the post holders scope of practice or require specialist input.

Desirable

• Mentorship or equivalent
• Degree Neonatal Advanced Life Support (NALS) / Advanced Life Support Obstetrics (ALSO) or equivalent
• LEO Child Protection Course or equivalent
• Band 6 experience

Essential

• Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role).
• Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues