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The Rotational Midwife will assess care needs, develop and implement care plans, and may also teach other staff members. Responsibilities include maintaining effective communication with healthcare professionals, ensuring the well-being of mothers and babies, and participating in audits to enhance care quality. The position requires UK registration as a midwife and involves both day and night shifts within the maternity unit or community settings.
Band 6 - Rotational Midwife
12 months Fixed Term
An exciting opportunity has arisen for Band 6 midwives to join our dedicated team at Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust providing a high standard of antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal midwifery care to women and their families in Leeds.
Leeds maternity service is continually changing and evolving to meet the needs of our population and ensure our families have a positive birthing experience. We are looking for midwives who are experienced, professional, kind and passionate about delivering patient centred care.
By joining our mulit disciplinary team you will have the opportunity to bring your wealth of knowledge and experience to our maternity service and rotate within all clinical areas of the maternity services to support professional development and maintain safe standards of midwifery care.
We are a very friendly, supportive team whom welcome innovative ways of working and new ideas and look forward to receiving your application.
This position is available externally for all Band 6 midwives.
For further information please do not hesitate to contact Julie Holmes or Cate Wetton - Midwifery Matrons on .
Maintain a high standard of women centred care in accordance with Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust guidelines and policies. Act as a referral agent and co-ordinator of care provision. Establishes effective multi-agency collaboration across the primary/secondary interface to meet the needs of the patients. Act as a role model for the development of clinical skills and knowledge within the department team. Maintain a safe working environment. Support the Senior Midwife in setting and monitoring standards and seek to continuously improve standards and the quality of patient care, including national standards. Promote evidence based practice. Participate in the audit and evaluation of clinical practice in the interests of promoting quality care. Provide assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of midwifery care for women and their babies, ensuring written records are kept to NMC standards.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
About us
Job Title: Midwife
Reports to: Senior Midwife Team Leader
Band: 6
Unit/Department: Maternity Unit/community midwifery.
Directorate: Womens CSU
Location Leeds General Infirmary/St James's University Hospital/Community
JOB PURPOSE/SUMMARY
The post holder is responsible for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care, and may be required to teach other midwives and non-midwifery staff. They take responsibility as the prime care provider for a group of women.
The post holder is a prime care provider who is required to practice clinical skills developed through experience but at a more advanced level than required for those who have just qualified as midwives.
The post holder is designated to take charge of a ward in the absence of the person who has continuing responsibility.
The maternity unit has approximately 10,000 births a year. LTHT is a tertiary referral centre for both obstetrics and neonatology. Other specialities within the hospital that impact on maternity unit are feto-maternal medicine, adult and neonatal cardiology, neonatal surgery and a reproductive medicine unit.
The post holder will work within the maternity unit or community, caring for women and their babies before, during and after pregnancy depending on the area.
They will participate in internal rotation throughout the maternity units and covers both day and night shifts.
The midwife maintains personal contact with women and meets their needs on an individual basis by listening, assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care. Is aware of the anxieties of women and their families and the support they may need.
The midwife ensures that the appropriate practitioner is informed promptly of a complication or change in the mother's or baby's condition.
The midwife ensures effective communication with health care professionals and other personnel to ensure continued care to the patient and assists in the smooth running of the ward or area.
Reports on the changes occurring in treatment and client needs during the shift and is prepared to work in areas of the midwifery service other than where based in order to meet the requirements of the service.
The jobholder must comply with the wearing of PPE as appropriate to the clinical situation - this may involve wearing face masks for a considerable length of time.
For full job description and personal specification, please see documents attached.
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