Maternity Triage Core Midwife
4 weeks ago
Job summary
We are looking for Band 6 midwives to join our award winning Maternity Triage team. We are expanding our team as part of our ongoing service development to support the introduction of a dedicated telephone triage midwife. You will provide care in the Maternity Triage department following the Birmingham Symptom Specific Obstetric Triage System (BSOTS) and promote this to other staff within the Maternity Unit. You will work as part of a friendly, flexible and dedicated core team fulfilling all roles within Triage (telephone triage, initial triage and ongoing care) in line with BSOTS. You will work closely with the wider multidisciplinary team within Maternity Triage. You will work autonomously within departmental/Trust guidelines and professional sphere of practice in line with NMC guidance.
Saint Mary's Managed Clinical Service (MCS) are proud to be the largest maternity service in the country providing care for women and birthing people across Greater Manchester and surrounding areas, supporting around 17,500 births each year, cared for by over 700 whole time equivalent midwives. Saint Mary's MCS is a well-known centre of excellence, with an excellent reputation and a vibrant, lively working atmosphere. The Maternity Triage team at Saint Mary's Managed Clinical Service (MCS) recently won Clinical Team of the Year at the recent MFT Awards.
Get in touch if you would like to know more.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development and implementation of ongoing care plans for women who attend Maternity Triage in line with BSOTS.
The post holder will be responsible for giving safe, evidence-based advice to all women, families and external agencies who telephone the Maternity Triage department.
You will be responsible for assessing the need for women to either attend Maternity Triage or manage conditions at home and for signposting women to other agencies.
Responsibilities also include supporting student midwives, support staff and junior midwives working in the Maternity Triage department.
You will support ongoing and future service development within the department and support junior staff with change.
You will contribute to creating a learning environment in the department acting as a role model and mentor to less experienced midwifes, student midwives and other staff.
The maintenance of your own professional development will be key to your success, and look out for every opportunity to increase your own knowledge, skills and expertise.
Dedicated to providing an environment that encourages patient-centred involvement, you'll promote good working relationships with all the internal and external departments you work with, with the ultimate aim of providing the best patient journey possible.
Supporting other inpatient departments within the Maternity Unit in response to service needs as required.
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £ & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at .
Were looking forward to hearing from you
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Registered Midwife Graduate level Evidence of continuing professional development
Knowledge
Essential
Knowledge of the public health agenda Knowledge of multi-agency working together in child protection
Experience
Essential
Evidence of multidisciplinary/multi agency working Experience of clinical audit Experience of research activities
Desirable
Evidence of leadership skills
Skills
Essential
Excellent written and verbal communication skills Record keeping and documentation Ability to make calm rational decisions in the face of adversity Able to work flexibly rotating on to day and night duty Treats colleagues with dignity and respect Capacity to work within a multidisciplinary team Exemplary personal standards of conduct and behaviour Inspires others and leads by example Evidence of teaching and assessing skills/ability Clinically competent Proven workload management of self Proven ability to problem solve Effective organisational skills Good analytical and clinical decision making skills Awareness of Clinical Governance process IT skills-
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