Job Overview We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic midwife to join the Bronglais midwifery team. Working with a dedicated team of midwives and obstetricians in this unique obstetric unit in West Wales you will be providing high quality, safe care to women, birthing people and their families. A midwife is responsible for their own practice and therefore the post holder will be expected to maintain a high standard of professional expertise and to ensure that the highest standard of midwifery care is given during pregnancy. Our maternity service is continually changing and evolving to meet the needs of the population and ensure women and their families have a positive birthing experience. We are a very friendly and supportive team who welcome innovative ways of working and new ideas. We strongly believe that our employees are our greatest asset, we engage with our staff and empower everyone, at all levels to discuss ideas and initiate change to offer improvements in our care. If you join our team you will have high quality training and development to help you grow in your career. This is a permanent vacancy for a band 6 Midwife, with full time working hours available. Main duties of the job Provide professional leadership and mentoring to less experienced midwives and support to colleagues in a multi-disciplinary team. Provide antenatal care to a defined group of women, and their families in the Antenatal clinic setting. To co-operate and liaise with all members of staff, the primary health care team, the medical and midwifery staff in the unit to endeavour to foster team spirit and ensure continuity of care. To provide information to the expectant mother to enable her to make an informed choice about the place and mode of delivery and services available. To advise on Public Health issues, e.g. smoking cessation and breast feeding promotion. Care for, and counsel the parents and relatives of babies born with abnormalities or who have been bereaved. Be Responsible for working in partnership with the woman and her family ensuring they are the primary focus of their practice. Keep contemporaneous, detailed records in line with NMC standards and HDUHB record keeping guidelines. Including detailed records of observations made, care given and medicines administered to a woman or baby. Midwives have a statutory duty of responsibility to abide by the Nursing and Midwifery Council Code of Professional standards of practice and behaviour, and the Controlled Drugs Regulations. The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply. Interviews to be held on 13/12/24. Working for our organisation Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 12,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services to almost 400,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through: Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest. Five community hospitals: Amman Valley Hospital and Llandovery Hospital in Carmarthenshire, Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire. Two integrated care centres (Aberaeron and Cardigan, Ceredigion). Community facilities, including: 48 General Practices (GP surgeries), 49 Dental Practices, 98 Community Pharmacies (chemists), 44 General Ophthalmic Practices (including eye health and low vision services), 38 sites providing mental health and learning disability services, care within your own homes. Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales. Hywel Dda University Health Board operates a bilingual policy. All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English. IMPORTANT NOTE FOR APPLICANTS: Applications for our roles are carefully reviewed and shortlisted based on specific criteria, which varies from job to job. 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