Maternal Medicine Midwife

Job overview

The maternal medicine specialist midwife will:

Support the implementation of effective care pathways for pregnant women and birthing for those with complex medical conditions across the Maternal Medicine Network and London, with a key focus on addressing inequalities in all aspects of care.

Work with the lead maternal medicine midwife, obstetrician, and obstetric physician to provide a maternal Medicine Network within NCL.

Support the development and implementing of a shared vision for midwifery within the Maternal Medicine Network and delivering the Network objectives.

Provide and co-ordinate expert and high-quality professional advice from a midwifery perspective, to support and facilitate the delivery of high-quality maternal medicine services in line with the agreed shared priorities for the NCL Network.

Support co-production with service users in the planning and implementation of all services within the maternal medicine network.

Main duties of the job

Utilise the managerial structure and professional pathways within the Trust. Practise in a way that actively minimises dependency and promotes recovery of women. Communicate information in a way that makes it relevant and understandable for women and their families. Contribute to the development of standards for the maternal medicine service and maternity services strategy. Present findings at Women’s Health, North Central London Local Maternity System meetings. Work co-operatively with colleagues if the woman is transferred to them in order to minimise the disruption to the woman. Ensure a duty of care to patients. Take personal accountability for his/her own practice. Ensure that he/she remains professionally competent by participating in his/her own and others’ clinical supervision. Participate in the clinical incident reporting system Lead on developing policies, guidelines and protocols for the maternal medicine  Provide within the maternity unit a safe therapeutic environment that meets the needs of vulnerable women and their children. Be responsible for planning and coordinating own day-to-day. Have expert midwifery knowledge in midwifery.

Working for our organisation

North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Hospital Trust (NMUH) is one of London’s busiest healthcare providers, providing hospital care and community services for the 350,000 people living in Enfield, Haringey and beyond.

Our specialist services include HIV, cardiology, blood disorders, diabetes, fertility, sickle cell and thalassemia. In addition to a full range of cancer diagnosis and treatment services, the Helen Rollason Cancer Support Centre is based on-site and provides services to support cancer patients’ wellbeing.

We also provide community services and have a dedicated 0-19 service for children and young people in Enfield so that they can get the best possible start in life. This includes health visitors and school nurses who are delivering the national Healthy Child Programme, which provides a structured framework for the delivery of key interventions to support the health and wellbeing of children and families from 0 to 5 and school aged children from 5-19. The 0-19 service aims to improve pathways and partnerships with services in the hospital and deliver excellent care for the children and families.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Responsible for participation in the Trust appraisal process, and take a lead in identifying own mandatory professional, supervisory, personal development and training needs. Responsible for ensuring that the post holder accesses and participates in clinical supervision. Responsible for the safe custody and administration of medicines, where applicable. To participate and contribute appropriately in research, service modernisation and clinical governance. To ensure that the agreed philosophy approach is adopted and followed, whilst respecting and valuing the different therapeutic approaches available within the multi-disciplinary team. Responsible for ensuring confidentiality is maintained at all times in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulations (2018), Trust policy and good practice. Responsible for maintaining and conducting oneself in a professional manner towards women, their infants and family, carers, colleagues and other agencies. Participate in joint working with appropriate experts/agencies.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

NMC Registered midwife (RM) Registered mentor/ENB 997/Teaching in practice Up to date professional portfolio demonstrating ongoing professional development

Experience

Essential criteria

Woman-centred approach to care Experience as a community midwife Evidence of relevant clinical updating, including midwifery mandatory skills & drills and other regulatory mandatory training

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Knowledge of NMC rules and standards Knowledge of current research / reports / guidelines relating to maternity care and their implication

Skills and abilities

Essential criteria

Able to carry out the full range of midwifery skills in accordance with job description Effective organisational, time management and prioritisation skills Excellent verbal and professional standard written, presentation and communication skills

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

You will only be contacted by the Recruitment Team via email if you are shortlisted for this post. Please ensure therefore that you check your e-mail account regularly.

Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, (NLPSS) who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of NMUH.

If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your  identity and right to work documentation will be verified remotely (in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a “selfie” using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit

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

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By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that 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 is aimed at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers. Therefore we want you to complete your e-learning modules prior to joining our organisation.

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