Vulnerable Team - Liberty Team

You will provide antenatal and postnatal care in hospital /community clinics and women's homes. You will provide a full range of health education, social care and advice to women, liaising with multi-disciplinary/agency groups are to continually improve maternity care for childbearing women and their families, being responsive to the needs of the women and obtain user views as appropriate.

Supporting student midwives and junior members of staff as we guide and encourage them through their professional development, as well as receiving excellent senior midwife led support to ensure you fulfil your own personal potential. As our most valuable asset, we understand that that happy fulfilled staff will offer their best, and we aim to achieve this through development and fairness, within a supportive team approach.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and compassionate midwife who wishes to extend their midwifery skills in this field. You must have excellent communication and time management skills and be a proactive team player. It's vital that you have a special interest in caring for vulnerable women and have a good understanding of maternity safeguarding.

Establish and maintain effective communication with individuals and groups about difficult and complex matters overcoming any problems in communication.

Develop and maintain midwifery knowledge and practice by attending and participating in CPD and influencing the development of others.

Promote peoples equality diversity and rights.

Assess peoples health and wellbeing needs when those needs are complex and change across the caseload.

Plan, deliver and evaluate programs to address mothers/birthing persons complex and changing health and wellbeing needs.

Responsibility for Care Of Women / Birthing People and their families (including monitoring, diagnostics and investigations):

To assess, plan, implement and evaluate midwifery care for mothers/birthing persons and babies, obtaining informed consent throughout pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period.

To undertake midwifery care consistent with evidence based practice, transferring and applying knowledge and skills to meet the needs of women/birthing people and their families.

Prioritise and develop care pathways to reflect the health and wellbeing, of the mother/birthing persons and their baby related to need following risk assessment.

To analyse and evaluate the effectiveness and make necessary modifications of any midwifery care pathway.

To refer women/birthing people and their babys to other practitioners when needs and risks are beyond ones own scope of practice or require specialist input.

To liaise with the multidisciplinary team, participating in case discussions as required.

To support women/birthing people and their families, encouraging them to promote their own health and wellbeing and to express their interests and concerns.

To maintain accurate and legible client notes in accordance with Trust and national professional policies and guidelines.

Ensure confidentiality is maintained at all times according to Nursing and Midwifery Council guidelines. Attention is drawn to the confidential aspects of this post. Any breach of confidence may result in disciplinary proceedings potentially resulting in dismissal/ civil action.

To contribute to the development of a learning environment.

To communicate effectively with a wide range of people to explore complex issues and make complex decisions.

To effectively communicate complex and sensitive condition related information to women/birthing people and their families that require empathy and reassurance.

To competently receive sensitive information concerning a mothers/birthing persons care pathway and provide information using reassuring skills as required. For example, breaking bad news/ special needs/ dealing with anxious relatives.

To agree the arrangements for communication with the woman/birthing people and their family and to document these in accordance with Trust policy and the clients rights to confidentiality.

To influence and prioritise the development of knowledge, ideas and work practice in self and others.

To identify and manage challenging behaviour.

To ensure that essential information on the mother/birthing persons or their babys condition and progress is recorded appropriately according to Nursing and Midwifery Council guidelines.

Maintain contemporaneous records at all times in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council Midwives Rules

Meet every morning with other members of the team for clinical support and information sharing.

Create an environment in which excellent clinical care will flourish and individuals take ownership for their own development.

To identify clear benefits, goals and processes for developing knowledge, ideas and work practice in self.

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job

Qualifications

Essential: - Registered Midwife (NMC); - MSSP or equivalent; - Evidence of CPD since qualification; - Completed Preceptorship programme and working at Band 6 level in UK

Experience

Essential: - NLS; - Adult Resuscitation; - Experience as practicing midwife for 2 years.; - Evidence of effective multi-disciplinary working

Desirable: - Evidence of multi-agency working; - Aware of current issues and recent strategies and documents relating to Perinatal Mental Health care

Essential

Essential: - Has completed Midwifery preceptorship programme in UK and working as a Band 6 midwife

Desirable: - Car driver owner and able to use for work purposes

Knowledge

Communication

Desirable: - Experience of facilitating antenatal education sessions

Personal Skills

Desirable: - Desire to pursue professional development