We have an exciting opportunity for a Maternal Medicine Lead Midwife to join our dynamic and friendly team here at East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust.
The primary responsibility of the Maternal Medicine Lead Midwife is to work as part of the specialist team, offering expert advice and high-quality care to women with existing, complex medical conditions and/or comorbidities. This includes undertaking a holistic assessment of each woman's individual needs in partnership with the woman and planning a programme of care to meet these safely and effectively.
You will lead on the development, implementation and evaluation of relevant care pathways and ensure they are consistently and sustainably meeting the needs of women and families and are achieving high-quality safe care provision in accordance with both local and National recommendations.
Main duties of the job
1. Lead the maternal medicine service in collaboration with relevant members of the wider MDT.
2. Contribute to the prenatal counselling clinics as required in collaboration with medical and obstetric colleagues.
3. Take the lead in collaborative efforts for the maternal medicine service at ENHT and offer support while delivering clinical excellence to ensure the efficient management of service users with complex needs.
4. Undertake the full role of the midwife including advanced decision-making, using evidence-based practice.
5. Work collaboratively within the MDT to provide high-level, holistic midwifery care that impacts positively upon the woman's maternity journey.
6. Support both women and staff throughout the maternity journey to ensure that the mother and baby receive high-quality safe care relevant to their individual needs and that any birth/postnatal plans are followed up, including contraception provision.
7. Ensure that personalised care plans are instigated in partnership with the woman, evaluated, and amended appropriately throughout the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods.
About us
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Registered Midwife with UK NMC PIN
* Evidence of CPD
* Recognised teaching/assessing qualification.
* Awareness of current research/reports/guidance with regard to specialist area
Desirable
* Basic Counselling
* Experience of compassionate leadership
Experience
Essential
* Demonstrate significant clinical experience in all areas of maternity.
* Experience in escalating concerns.
* Evidence of working in partnership with internal and external stakeholders.
* Experience in delivering teaching sessions to members of the MDT/ developing education materials.
* Evidence of understanding and engagement with clinical governance pathways.
Desirable
* Experience of involvement with clinical research
* Experience of co-production / working with MNVP.
Employer details
Employer name
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Colchester Hospital, Colchester, CO4 5JL
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