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Site: Whiston Hospital
Town: Prescot
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum (pro rata if part time)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 13/01/2025 23:59
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Job Overview
Full and Part Time posts available for Band 6 Midwives
We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Midwife to join our outstanding team of supportive and dedicated Midwifery and Medical staff across all areas of Maternity, including Maternity Triage and the Community, helping to further the outstanding 5-star patient care provided by all.
The Maternity Unit is furnished with state-of-the-art, modern facilities for mothers and their babies.
An Enhanced DBS with barred lists for both Adults & Children is required for this post.
Main Duties of the Job
To achieve women's expectations, we offer a friendly, supportive, and safe service for women, their partners, babies, and their families. We believe in promoting normality in pregnancy and intrapartum care. We support our women in their choice of birthplace; we currently offer three choices: home, Delivery Suite, or our Midwifery Led Unit.
The Maternity Team consists of a dedicated group of Midwives, Obstetricians, Paediatricians, Anaesthetists, Health Care Assistants, a House Keeper, and Admin Staff.
Working for Our Organisation
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities
Key Duties
* The midwife is accountable for the personal provision of midwifery care that is evidence-based and woman-centered, aiming to continually improve standards, quality of care, and ultimately the woman’s experience.
* All employees have a duty and a responsibility to protect and safeguard children and vulnerable adults.
* The midwife must have an excellent working knowledge of local safeguarding children and vulnerable adult procedures and act in accordance with these at all times.
* Undertake holistic assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation within their own sphere of clinical practice.
* Contribute to the development of midwifery models of care to ensure the delivery of evidence-based woman-centered midwifery care.
* Be trained and skilled in undertaking IV drug administration, IV cannulation, perineal suturing, caring for women with epidural anaesthesia, home birth, water birth, and providing high dependency care.
* Ensure compliance of patient risk assessments, such as VTE, CPE, and pressure ulcers.
* Provide individualised care for women experiencing bereavement and ensure all requirements for investigations and follow-up are met.
* Promote health education and provide appropriate information and advice to women and their families.
* Maintain an up-to-date Professional Registration and Revalidation status.
* Adhere to Trust Policies, Guidelines, and other requirements.
* Actively support the delivery of the Trust’s Maternity Strategy.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Midwife, with current NMC registration.
* Educated to degree level or equivalent, or willing to work towards.
* Recognised Teaching/Mentorship Qualification.
Knowledge and Experience
* Knowledge of current Midwifery issues.
* Knowledge of current Government NHS Agenda relevant to Maternity Services.
* Substantial post-registration experience across all Maternity Pathways.
Skills
* Excellent clinical skills.
Other
* Evidence of fulfilling PREP.
* Car owner/access to a car for community rotation with insurance for business use.
Thank you for considering an application to work for Mersey West Lancashire NHS Trust. We hope to welcome you to Team MWL very soon.
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