Band 6 Midwife ANC

Job summary

The post holder will be a registered midwife with the ability to practice autonomously when providingcare to women during the antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum period, he or she will be the primecare provider to mothers and their families.o The individual will work as a member of a team providing maternity care to women within the hospitaland community.As a registered midwife she/he will work within the framework of the NMC Code and the LondonNorthwest University Healthcare Trust Guidelines, protocols and policies.The post holder will deputise the ward or department in the absence of the senior midwife.In the community setting he/she will take responsibility for a the workload and participate with the oncall service within the community.

Main duties of the job

• To give care throughout the antepartum period to the mother, baby and family
• To advise on the promotion of health and well being
• To recognise and respond to any physical, emotional or social situation that may impact on the health and wellbeing of the mother and baby
• To take action and escalate to other disciplines and seek assistance when required
• Ongoing development of clinical skills
• To work as an expert practitioner with critical and analytical thinking.
• To interpret and provide care prescribed by a registered medical practitioner
• To demonstrate effective communication when interacting with mothers, relatives, colleagues and other disciplines
• Offer care and support to women and their families where there are emotional and distressing circumstances
• Demonstrate an awareness of evidence based practice
• Collaborative working within the Multi-disciplinary team, understanding the role of all the members within the team
• Maintain all necessary documentation and be responsible for data entry into the computer based system
• Support the Risk Management process and assist in its implementation. Awareness of the risk management strategy, the incident reporting criteria and how this affects practice
• To have an awareness and contribute to clinical governance agenda
• To understand the role of the Professional Midwifery Advocate
• To provide appropriate care for our diverse and multicultural community including vulnerable and disadvantaged families

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.