Job summary
Are you Registered Midwife who is passionate about providing safe, effective, personalised care to women and families? If you have excellent midwifery skills along with a passion for delivery of high quality service, then we want to hear from you.
A very exciting opportunity has arisen to work within the Forest of Dean Community Midwifery team at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GHNHSFT).
GHNHSF undertakes approximately 6,000 births a year providing a high level of maternity care for women, who require obstetric, neonatal or anaesthetic services.
We also have 3 fantastic Birthing Centres which provide midwifery led care for approximately 30% women a year. Midwives working within our Trust have the opportunity to work in a variety of settings including the community, making full use of their skills to promote person centred care. Our midwifery-led care model is already well developed and providing choice and personalised care are well embedded principles; however, we have an ambition to take our services to the next level with the roll out of continuity teams. Our excited first 3 teams started in April 2021.
Main duties of the job
You will be participating in an integrated midwifery model working within the community setting with the option of having a regular shift in the acute setting (hybrid model).
Your main priority will be to demonstrate and promote a woman and family centred style of clinical practice.
You will Participate and engage in the development of evidence based Midwifery Continuity of Carer Teams within Gloucestershire
You will be responsible for delivering and maintaining a high standard of day to day, evidence based practice for all women in the designated clinical area/caseload. It is expected that you will provide the full range of midwifery support and care, which includes antenatal, one to one care in labour and postnatal care, liaising with other members of the multi-disciplinary team. You will engage with women and their families to encourage and promote women centred care. As a registered midwife you will be competent in the full range of midwifery skills including venepuncture, cannulation, perineal suturing, maternal and neonatal resuscitation.
About us
As our most valuable asset, we understand that happy, fulfilled staff will offer their best, and we aim to achieve this by providing a supportive team approach.
We have a large team comprising midwives, maternity care assistants, maternity support workers and obstetricians; we clearly link in with other members of the wider multidisciplinary team.
We have community practice facilitators who support midwives who are new to community.
We have a comprehensive mandatory programme including PROMPT as well as many opportunities for you to develop personally.
We have several shared decision making councils, giving all staff a voice within the department.
We recognise that some staff may experience difficult situations. To support them, we have, alongside our lead midwives and senior midwifery team, an excellent PMA team. The PMAs are able to give 1:1 RCS and are also providing forums for midwives and maternity care assistants to discuss issues such as midwifery led care and creating a fair and just culture. We have recently trained a team of TRiM practitioners who are able to support all staff who have been involved in a situation which may have been traumatic for them.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To be competent in the full range of midwifery skills, including; venepuncture, cannulation, perineal suturing, intravenous drug administration, maternal and neonatal resuscitation, care of regional anaesthesia, infant feeding support.
- To assess the mothers and babys condition and delivers appropriate care, within the multidisciplinary team.
- To carry out appropriate screening tests on women and babies, following appropriate discussion with the woman and informed consent.
- To deliver safe care within a challenging and changing clinical environment, using equipment and resources safely and as appropriate.
- To provide health education and support with parenting skills to individuals and/ or formal and informal groups.
- To communicate effectively, especially where mothers ability to do so is compromised
- To receive information which may cause emotional distress to all parties and disseminates contentious, complex and sensitive information appropriately.
- To maintain accurate and contemporaneous records.
- To adhere to all Trust policies and procedures and Midwives Rules and Standards.
- Maintain patient dignity and confidentiality at all times
- Demonstrate and promote a woman and family centred style of clinical practice.
- To be responsible for the organisation of own caseload and appropriately delegate to support workers or other staff members in order to ensure effective time management. To assist the team in the day to day running of the clinical area.
- To communicate with the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) to aid effective woman-centred care, which will include taking an active role in team meetings, joint consultations and case conferences as required.
- Respond to emergency situations with composure, maintaining patient safety and seeking immediate support, supporting the patient, family and other staff as required.
- Be a part of a on-call rota to attend home births, BBA's and escalation when required.
If you require any more information, please contact:
Name: Kate Clifford Team Leader for Forest of Dean community Midwives
Telephone: Kate: 07879267791
Email: Kate.clifford@nhs.net
Trine Jorgensen. Matron for Birth Units and Community Midwifery
Telephone: 0300 4226383/07816203042
Email: trine.jorgensen@nhs.net
Claire Watson-Pople Lead Midwife for Recruitment and Retention
Telephone: 07816264669
Email: Claire.Watson-pople@nhs.net
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To be competent in the full range of midwifery skills, including; venepuncture, cannulation, perineal suturing, intravenous drug administration, maternal and neonatal resuscitation, care of regional anaesthesia, infant feeding support.
- To assess the mothers and babys condition and delivers appropriate care, within the multidisciplinary team.
- To carry out appropriate screening tests on women and babies, following appropriate discussion with the woman and informed consent.
- To deliver safe care within a challenging and changing clinical environment, using equipment and resources safely and as appropriate.
- To provide health education and support with parenting skills to individuals and/ or formal and informal groups.
- To communicate effectively, especially where mothers ability to do so is compromised
- To receive information which may cause emotional distress to all parties and disseminates contentious, complex and sensitive information appropriately.
- To maintain accurate and contemporaneous records.
- To adhere to all Trust policies and procedures and Midwives Rules and Standards.
- Maintain patient dignity and confidentiality at all times
- Demonstrate and promote a woman and family centred style of clinical practice.
- To be responsible for the organisation of own caseload and appropriately delegate to support workers or other staff members in order to ensure effective time management. To assist the team in the day to day running of the clinical area.
- To communicate with the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) to aid effective woman-centred care, which will include taking an active role in team meetings, joint consultations and case conferences as required.
- Respond to emergency situations with composure, maintaining patient safety and seeking immediate support, supporting the patient, family and other staff as required.
- Be a part of a on-call rota to attend home births, BBA's and escalation when required.
If you require any more information, please contact:
Name: Kate Clifford Team Leader for Forest of Dean community Midwives
Telephone: Kate: 07879267791
Email: Kate.clifford@nhs.net
Trine Jorgensen. Matron for Birth Units and Community Midwifery
Telephone: 0300 4226383/07816203042
Email: trine.jorgensen@nhs.net
Claire Watson-Pople Lead Midwife for Recruitment and Retention
Telephone: 07816264669
Email: Claire.Watson-pople@nhs.net
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Active registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council
- Evidence of ongoing professional development through maintenance of professional portfolio and registration revalidation
Experience
Essential
- Experience (through placement or employment) of working in an acute clinical environment
- At least one year recent experience of working as a qualified midwife.
Desirable
- Previous experience in a relevant speciality
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
Essential
- Able to prioritise own workload and that of others as appropriate
- Acts as a role model and are able to lead by example to ensure the Trust's values and behaviours are reinforced throughout their area of practice.
- Able to supervise non-registered and less experienced staff to ensure effective service and care delivery.
- Able to effectively and appropriately escalate concerns to reduce risk and promote patient safety
Desirable
- Demonstrates ability to keep up to date with professional issues that influence midwifery practice relating to area of clinical practice, management, education and research.
- Able to contribute to the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies/protocols/guidelines relevant to area of practice.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Active registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council
- Evidence of ongoing professional development through maintenance of professional portfolio and registration revalidation
Experience
Essential
- Experience (through placement or employment) of working in an acute clinical environment
- At least one year recent experience of working as a qualified midwife.
Desirable
- Previous experience in a relevant speciality
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
Essential
- Able to prioritise own workload and that of others as appropriate
- Acts as a role model and are able to lead by example to ensure the Trust's values and behaviours are reinforced throughout their area of practice.
- Able to supervise non-registered and less experienced staff to ensure effective service and care delivery.
- Able to effectively and appropriately escalate concerns to reduce risk and promote patient safety
Desirable
- Demonstrates ability to keep up to date with professional issues that influence midwifery practice relating to area of clinical practice, management, education and research.
- Able to contribute to the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies/protocols/guidelines relevant to area of practice.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
