Work with the multi-disciplinary teams including specialist midwives, obstetricians and neonatologists to promote teamwork, review, plan, and implement the elements of the Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle version 3 and future versions.
Champion and embed a culture within the unit to improve the quality of care and outcomes for women and their babies, ensuring the Trust has robust and evidence-based care pathways and policies to support the delivery of national ambitions to reduce perinatal morbidity and mortality.
The Saving Babies Lives Midwife will participate actively in local and regional networks, teaching, and research to improve education and implementation. The role will involve working with the education leads for maternity to embed the knowledge and skills from a comprehensive competency framework, including learning from local incidents.
Main duties of the job
* Plan, implement, review and maintain requirements for elements of the 'Saving Babies' Lives Care Bundle version 3'.
* Use improvement framework tools to ensure that improvements are measured and change is evaluated.
* Ensure that the specified process and outcome measures for the SBLCBv3 elements are available and tracked.
* Be a key member of the team on the perinatal mortality review tool (PMRT) review board and ATAIN where required.
* Implement elements of the new Saving Babies Care bundle v3 and any future updates.
* Report any incidents/accidents to the clinical governance lead/Midwifery Manager/labour ward coordinator for the day as appropriate and complete InPhase forms.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Evidence of continued professional development.
* Post-grad degree or equivalent experience.
Experience/Knowledge
* Knowledgeable about SBLCB.
* Experience of teaching.
* Ability to deal with issues of risk management within the clinical context.
* Ability to challenge practice/behaviour when required.
* Undertaking quality improvement projects.
Skills
* Able to prioritise and manage a complex and diverse workload.
* Able to create and deliver presentations that effectively communicate information and ideas.
* Able to analyse and interpret findings of audit and develop action plans.
* Able to work collaboratively with staff at all levels across the Trust and with external stakeholders, committed to teamwork.
* Able to lead, influence, and persuade colleagues through change.
* Participated in audit/research and development programmes.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum pro rata.
Contract
Fixed term.
Duration
12 months.
Working pattern
Part-time, Job share, Flexible working, Compressed hours.
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