Maternal Medicine Lead Midwife inMilton Keynes inMilton Keynes PUBLISHED FRI 3 JAN 2025

Maternal Medicine Lead Midwife

Department: Maternity

Band: 7, £46,148 - £52,809 Per annum, pro rata

Hours: Fixed term, Full time, 37.5 per week, all MKUH roles will be considered for flexible working

Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust: We Care, We Communicate, We Collaborate and We Contribute. Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, in partnership with the University of Buckingham, is a University Teaching Hospital; we conduct research and teaching on site to improve the care of our patients. Visit our website to catch up on our latest news.

Please note that we are not able to offer sponsorship for this role.

Interview date to be confirmed

Main duties and responsibilitieso Provide information to expectant Women/Maternity Service Users to facilitate informed choice of the care and services available to them. Actively engage and communicate with families, interpreting complex results of investigations and diagnosis into easily understood terms, providing appropriate information.o Provide specialist midwifery advice to women and families requiring maternal medicine supporto Maintain and update databases, information, audits and resources in line with network recommendations

Managerial and Leadership Responsibilitieso To lead and manage the day-to-day coordination of the maternal medicine clinics, ensuring an efficient and effective service within the resources available including the supervision and development of staff, monitoring the teaching and assessing of students gaining experience in the clinics.o Coordinate the smooth running of the maternal medicine clinics alongside the lead Obstetric Consultants.o To analyse statistical data that will facilitate delivery of the service and be responsive to future trends. Participate in the analysis of information for clinical audit and clinical effectiveness

About us

Applications are welcome from NMC registrants who are highly motivated, organised and passionate about providing safe, quality evidence-based care to the Women/birthing people who use our Maternity services.We are proud to offer the opportunity to work in a progressive environment where we are committed to an ambitious transformation of our maternity services. We are continually developing roles based on the service need with a view to improving safety and experience throughout the maternity journey and have several specialist roles.As a Maternity Service, we pride ourselves on supporting you to fulfil your career aspirations. It is equally as important to us, as it is to you, to identify, support and fund opportunities for your career and personal development. This enables us, together, to offer the best quality of care to our service users and is also essential to your career progression.We are excited to watch the development of our Women and Childrens Hospital due to commence 2024. We are supportive of flexible working and appreciate the importance of ensuring that your successful career is complimented by a work/home life balance. Milton Keynes University Hospital recognises the positive value of diversity and inclusion, and we welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. Interviews will be offered at least one week after the closing date

Please refer to attached Job description for further information.

We believe success lies in the diversity of our employees and are committed to promoting equality, encouraging diversity, and embracing inclusion. We welcome applications from everyone interested in working for us.

MKUH is committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and as such we offer a range of flexible working practices.

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once enough applications have been received.

MKUH uses identification scanning technology to confirm the authenticity of documents; all prospective employees of MKUH will have their original documents verified using this technology.

By applying for this role, you accept if successful, that information from your application will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) system. Your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which aims at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.

Upon commencing employment with the Trust,all employees (except Medical & Dental Staff on national terms and conditions) are subject to a probationary period lasting a period of six months with an option to extend for a further six months to a total of 12 months.