Community Midwife

2 weeks ago

Birmingham, United Kingdom Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust Full time

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.

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