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Maternity Led Birthing Unit Senior Midwife

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • Take overall responsibility for the management of the intrapartum care areas and Triage while on duty maintaining the smooth running of the team and prioritising care.
  • Ensure dissemination of pertinent information regarding the women in these areas to the multidisciplinary team.
  • As part of the multidisciplinary team ensure appropriate midwifery care is provided for the women in the intrapartum care areas and Triage
  • Allocate staff roles according to their level of experience and expertise to meet the individual needs of the women
  • Facilitate the role of the practice facilitator midwives to enable them to support newly qualified/newly rotated midwives
  • Provide and disseminate professional and clinical knowledge to the multidisciplinary team and provide effective communication and collaborative working within the teams.
  • Ensure a system is in place whereby all emergency equipment is checked daily and any malfunctioning equipment is reported and followed up
  • Provide ongoing leadership, support and advice to all staff.
  • Coordinate and evaluate training and facilitate the training of student midwives and other students allocated to the clinical area. Ensure effective mentorship.
  • Guide and support staff in their professional development and clinical competence.
  • Review and manage the performance of all staff by identifying their educational and support requirements. Support midwifery and maternity support staff with the completion of annual appraisal and objective setting.
  • Promote, encourage, participate and undertake in research, audit and studies related to the area of practice.
  • Support and facilitate training sessions as identified by service needs
  • To actively participate in developing and updating clinical guidelines
  • Act as an effective role model in promoting professional excellence
  • Actively promote a learning environment that encourages individuals to learn
  • To be aware of the hazards associated with using equipment and to report any failures of equipment
  • Be responsible for maintaining own personal PREPP requirements
  • Practice within the NMC rules and codes of conduct
  • Actively participate in clinical governance strategy, audit and risk management
  • Participate in the identification and introduction of best practice in maternity care
  • To be conversant with the Fire, Health and Safety Policies and other Policies of the Trust.
  • To report all accidents and complaints in accordance with agreed policies and assist in investigations of complaints and accidents as required.
  • Update own knowledge and skills in order to develop professionally and to contribute to the improvement of the service.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

  • Registered Midwife (NMC)
  • Practicing midwife
  • Evidence of ongoing Education and Learning
  • Degree in Midwifery

Experience

Essential criteria

  • Knowledge of Maternity Triage/BSOTS
  • Intrapartum midwifery experience.
  • Experience of Risk Management
  • Advanced, expert clinical skills in midwifery & intrapartum care Leadership skills
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Time management
  • Evidence of advanced midwifery skills eg.

Desirable criteria

  • Evidence of innovative practice
  • Audit and/or Research
  • Evidence of midwifery skills of a band 7 midwife

Personal Characteristics

Essential criteria

  • Positive and Proactive
  • Self-motivated
  • Ability to Lead
  • In good health

It is an exciting time to join the newly formed Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We run two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Our 7,500 staff provide high quality care for a growing population of around 700,000 across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas.

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. Travel between hospital sites may be required. We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

  • Job Description (PDF, 248.6KB)
  • Personal Specification (PDF, 352.4KB)
  • Functional Aspects (PDF, 102.7KB)
  • L&D Hospital site map (PDF, 96.8KB)
  • Disclosure & Barring Information and Recruitment of Ex-Offenders (PDF, 78.5KB)
  • Information for Disabled Applicants (PDF, 98.7KB)

Maternity Led Birthing Unit Senior Midwife

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Luton, UK
Full-Time

Published on 04/01/2025

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