Bank Midwife

An exciting opportunity has arisen for dynamic and visionary newly qualified and experienced midwives to join the established team of midwives at Mid Cheshire Hospitals Foundation Trust. The applicants should have proven experience in all aspects of midwifery care and have the ability to work with women in antenatal care, labour, and postnatally. You would be responsible for the provision of high quality, effective midwifery care, on a day to day basis working within all areas of the maternity unit.

The post holder must be flexible, innovative and resourceful with excellent organisational skills, a team player with high personal standards of care. Newly qualified midwives will be supported through our preceptorship programme

As a Bank Midwife you will need to cover vacant ad-hoc shifts and work throughout all clinical areas. Areas will include labour ward, maternity theatres, midwifery led unit and maternity inpatient ward.

Working via the Bank gives you the flexibility to get a real work life balance and work when it suits you.

We work a 6&12 hour shift pattern (including days, nights, weekends and bank holidays)

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) provides good quality, safe and effective healthcare to the people of Cheshire and beyond.

The Trust, which manages Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford, was established as an NHS Trust in April 1991 and became a Foundation Trust in April 2008.

We employ almost 5,000 members of staff, provide around 540 hospital beds, with a range of services including accident and emergency, maternity, outpatients, therapies, and children's health.

The Trust is also part of Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), a unique local health partnership that provides a range of community services for people across South Cheshire and Vale Royal.

During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its Be Safe Be EquiPPEd campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE.

The results in the 2020 national NHS Staff Survey showed improvements in all elements of the safety culture theme, with 92% of respondents feeling their role made a difference to our patients. We were also recognised nationally for our workforce health and wellbeing initiatives.

At Mid Cheshire, we value our staff and appreciate that in order to give our patients the best quality, compassionate care, we also need to look after our colleagues.

A practicing health care professional who is able to assess, plan, implement and evaluate evidence based care. The post holder will carry out a range of clinical skills in midwifery practice within the team, whilst working collaboratively and co-operatively with others to give individualised care to meet the needs of women and their families. The midwife will have decision-making autonomy within guidelines and professional codes of practice, and will participate in the leadership, education, development and supervision of the clinical team.

SERVICE DELIVERY

1. Perform comprehensive assessment of midwifery care needs, plan, implement and evaluate delivery of care, including providing clinical expertise, advice and guidance in midwifery practice following agreed policies, procedures and clinical guidelines for specified activities, which are established for the job role/place of work.
2. Provide midwifery advice to women and their families, working collaboratively and cooperatively with other agencies/teams.
3. Prepare the clinical environment for safe practice by ensuring that the appropriate level of cleanliness is maintained, relevant materials, and any equipment needed for carrying out clinical procedures are available and ready for use, including clearing away and restoring equipment/environment afterwards.
4. Promote the individual needs of the women and their families, acknowledging personal preferences, rights and choices according to their plan of care by promoting anti-discriminatory practice, privacy, dignity, and respect for personal values and identity.
5. Promote safety of the child by following Child Protection guidelines to inform the Named Midwife for Child Protection of any cause for concern re: Child Protection or Domestic Violence issues, liaising with statutory and voluntary agencies as required whilst maintaining effective and sensitive communication links with the families involved,
6. Maintain proficiency in clinical skills in all areas of midwifery
7. Support the safety of the maternity unit in times of increased activity where the workload would not be safe without your support
8. Promote effective communication and relationships, maintaining
confidentiality of information