Antenatal Clinic Midwife Practitioner

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 6 midwife to join the team within the Antenatal Outpatients Department. This role will involve working within the Antenatal Clinic with the established team as well as alongside the wider multi-disciplinary team. The role will include providing excellent antenatal care for our service users and include supporting the High Risk and Fetal Medicine Teams to provide specialist care and services. The post is permanent at 22.5 hours per week. Hours of work vary between standard 7.5-hour days and 11.5-hour long days with times ranging between 0800 and 2000 Monday to Friday with the possibility of weekend hours in the future.

You will support, supervise and teach staff/students evidence-based client centred care, which is of a high standard, being responsible for ensuring that all care is delivered according to Trust policies and procedures and maintaining associated records of care.

Providing excellent antenatal care services from preconception and throughout pregnancy, including supporting specialist and high-risk teams to manage complex issues and situations and offer support, care and guidance to all service users and their families.

Ensuring the efficient operation of day-to-day ANC activities including USS reviews, AN checks and follow up care, working within Maternity Day Unit and supporting the high-risk team, specialist services and the wider multidisciplinary team to ensure excellent AN care is provided and screening standards and guidelines are adhered to.

Providing expert advice as a professional within the Antenatal Outpatient Department.

Supporting with care in early pregnancy loss following diagnosis in the ANC area and offering compassionate care to families.

Supporting the maternity triage area if needed as part of the wider team within the AN Outpatients area.

Please also see Job overview & attached Job description for further information about the Antenatal Clinic Midwife Practitioner position available with WUTH.

All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as “competent and caring staff” by our patients.

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.

We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the Northwest of England, comprising of the Wirral’s only Emergency Department. We provide a high-quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider Northwest footprint.

We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide, and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.

The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.

Please see Job overview & attached Job description for further information about the Antenatal Clinic Midwife Practitioner position available with WUTH.

The midwifery teams at WUTH provide care to approximately 3200 women and their families in the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal period, both low and high-risk women. Encompassed within the unit is a Level 3 Unit for Neonatal Services, Children’s Services and Women’s Unit. We have a reputation for innovation in providing high-quality care to women in a hospital/community setting.

If you are dedicated to being responsible for providing personal, evidence-based and individualised midwifery care, then this could be the post for you. You should have excellent interpersonal skills and a clear demonstration of the ability to provide personalised maternity care. You should have a clear commitment to current developments and initiatives within the Midwifery arena and sound knowledge of current issues in the public health agenda.