Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
LOCATION: Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
DIRECTORATE: Temporary Staffing
DEPARTMENT: Temporary Staffing
GRADE: Band 6
RESPONSIBLE TO: Temporary Staffing Manager
ACCOUNTABLE TO: Head of Temporary Staffing
Main duties of the job
As a Band 6 midwife, you will be expected to work in collaboration with other multidisciplinary professionals, enhancing and promoting the health and wellbeing of mothers and neonates in line with local and national standards relating to maternity care and referrals as appropriate. You will be required to work in all areas of the service, including obstetric theatre and the community as necessary, and work as part of a Continuity of Care Team as per the national maternity plan. You may also be required to take part in an on-call rota should the service require this. As a midwife, you will be committed to achieving the Trust's targets regarding the Government's public health agenda.
To provide high quality, safe, evidence-based, holistic midwifery care to women in all maternity care settings, including antenatal care, labour and birth, and postnatal care settings, as well as parent education across the MSE. To provide continuity of care and to work in partnership with the women, providing woman-centered, personalised midwifery care.
Job Responsibilities
* To enable women to remain the focus of care and, as her advocate, encourage her to participate in her care plans based on good communication and evidence-based information.
* Assess, plan, and deliver total midwifery care for a caseload of women within the community, prioritising workload and management of time.
* To be competent to work within a team to deliver care based on the needs of women.
* To identify, plan, and implement care in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team in relation to families with complex psycho-social needs.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Midwife
* Enhanced DBS clearance
Knowledge & Experience
* Evidence of personal and professional development
* Understanding and knowledge of current issues in Midwifery and the wider NHS
* Aware of responsibilities in relation to NMC Code
Communication Skills
* Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to develop and establish internal and external relationships
* Able to communicate effectively and fluently in a range of situations and across communication barriers
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.
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