Preterm Birth Midwife

Job summary

Aim: To provide pregnant women with risk factors for preterm labour and birth with high quality, safe midwifery care in the antenatal period. The care will be evidence based and holistic in meeting women's individual needs and the midwife will be expected to work autonomously within the guidelines and sphere of professional practice.

The post holder will act as a mentor and or preceptor as required.

The post holder will be responsible for the ongoing development and implementation of the preterm birth service alongside the lead Consultant.

The post holder will, through audit and evaluation, ensure the provision of these services meets the needs of the service and local population.

The post holder will work towards delivery of the aims of the North East and North Cumbria regional preterm birth group

The post holder will represent Gateshead at regional preterm birth and other relevant meetings (for example, place of birth, PPSLN)

Act as the clinical expert and professional resource for patients their carers and the multi-professional team.

Main duties of the job

Ensure the delivery of the highest quality, clinical effective care, and patient experience, prioritising and utilising research and in collaboration with colleagues in everyday practice. Promote and lead the development and delivery of a programme of practice and professional development for staff within the speciality.

Have an understanding and insight into risk within the preterm birth service; attending case reviews, contributing to complaints and ensuring learning from any local, regional or national reports or cases is fed back into the service.

The post holder will be responsible, alongside the lead midwife for risk, for completing monthly audits of preterm births to ensure that all optimisation measures and the aims of the regional preterm pathway are embedded.

About us

Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.

Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.

We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.

Our values should be the 'golden thread' which runs through everything we do - they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronymICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.

We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women's Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our 'Balance' programme balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.