Community Midwife

Job description

Job responsibilities

Act as the professional lead for low risk women.

Work in partnership with other professional colleagues to care for women with complex needs

To maintain a professional, approachable disposition at all times with all members of staff, patients and their visitors

Deliver culturally competent midwifery care

Take and record histories of health, social and psychological factors, including full clinical assessments to determine individual health status

Work collaboratively with women, respecting their right to make informed decisions about their care, seeking informed consent prior to for example, procedures, treatment, screening.

Plan and deliver evidence based midwifery care in partnership with the women

To provide a support relationship, acting as an advocate for women and their families at all times

To competent after training and assessment to use medical devices necessary to deliver care, to monitor and make diagnosis, keeping local training registers updated

Monitor maternal and fetal well being in pregnancy

To monitor and maintain standards of care whilst providing ante natal and post natal care at venues for example, womens homes, health centre, family practitioner surgery, the hospital

To promote the uptake and provision of parent education to help parents to make and effective and confident transition to parenthood

Assess and make appropriate referral of women for specialist counselling and support as appropriate, for example fetal anomaly screening, bereavement, sexual health, vulnerable and disadvantaged women; young mothers, refugees, the homeless, those living wit domestic violent and those with psychological problems

To provide information and advice related to health education to improve health outcomes, for example counselling prior to and support after ante and post natal screening, smoking cessation, drug and alcohol abuse

Work in collaboration with the child protection team, identifying women and their families where there are concerns with child protection, domestic violence, substance abuse and special needs.

Participate in case conferences giving midwifery reports on care given to pregnant women and give feedback to the unit on the subsequent care plan made for the mother and baby.

To manage high risk labours in partnership with obstetric and anaesthetic colleagues. Should a woman at high risk obstetric risk decline hospital care, to provide care in labour in her home, liaising with the Supervisor of Midwives.

To detect warning signs of abnormality in the mother and baby and make the necessary referral e.g. Doctor, senior midwife, social worker, health visitor.

Manage emergencies such as maternal and neonatal resuscitation, haemorrhage, shoulder dystocia, fetal malpresentation.

To assess, monitor and care for the woman and baby after birth.

To give support and manage pain effectively

Undertake episiotomies and perineal suturing as required.

To promote breast feeding, and give support to improve health outcomes in the short and long term for both mother and baby

To give support to all women irrespective of their choice of method of feeding

To provide care to bereaved patients and their relatives, breaking bad news and support other staff as necessary

Be responsible for transferring care of women and babies across primary and secondary care settings and across professions e.g. to midwife, health visitor, General Practitioner, obstetrician, Paediatrician

Participate in on call roster when working in the community

Assess individual postnatal care needs, develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care for the woman and her baby

Participate in in-service training to maintain professional requirements and develop practice

Ensure that the giving and taking of reports is used to communicate with all members of the team, particularly in regards to changes in patients and their progress

Act as a mentor to learners during their allocation to the Midwifery Department and to be actively involved in the teaching of cadets, student nurses and unqualified staff.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Achieved GCSE's Grade 5 and above
• Registered Midwife

Desirable

• SLAIP training
• Post registration study relevant to speciality
• Examination of the Newborn /Nipe qualification

Experience

Essential

• To have completed a band 5 -6 Midwife preceptorship course

Desirable

• Previous Community experience desirable but not essential

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

Address

SWB NHS Trust

Dudley Road

Birmingham

B18 7QH

Employer's website

https://www.swbh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)