Expected Shortlisting Date

23/09/2024

Planned Interview Date

30/09/2024

Create Job Overview - Advert Text An exciting opportunity has arisen for Band 6 midwives to join our dedicated team at Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust providing a high standard of antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal midwifery care to women and their families in Leeds.

Leeds maternity service is continually changing and evolving to meet the needs of our population and ensure our families have a positive birthing experience. We are looking for midwives who are experienced, professional, kind and passionate about delivering patient centred care.

By joining our mulit disciplinary team you will have the opportunity to bring your wealth of knowledge and experience to our maternity service and rotate within all clinical areas of the maternity services to support professional development and maintain safe standards of midwifery care.

We are a very friendly, supportive team whom welcome innovative ways of working and new ideas and look forward to receiving your application.

This position is available externally for all Band 6 midwives.

Provisional Interview Date: week commencing 30th September 2024

For further information please do not hesitate to contact Julie Holmes or Cate Wetton - Midwifery Matrons on 0113 206 5169.

Main duties of the job

Describe What the candidate will do : Maintain a high standard of women centred care in accordance with Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust guidelines and policies. Act as a referral agent and co-ordinator of care provision. Establishes effective multi-agency collaboration across the primary/secondary interface to meet the needs of the patients. Act as a role model for the development of clinical skills and knowledge within the department team. Maintain a safe working environment. Support the Senior Midwife in setting and monitoring standards and seek to continuously improve standards and the quality of patient care, including national standards. Promote evidence based practice. Participate in the audit and evaluation of clinical practice in the interests of promoting quality care. Provide assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of midwifery care for women and their babies, ensuring written records are kept to NMC standards.

About us

Leeds Teaching Hospital Maternity Services support the birth of approximately 9000 babies per year. We are a tertiary unit with the largest Fetal Medicine Unit in the North. We also have a Quaternary Paediatric and Cardiac Surgery unit the largest Congenital Cardiac Service in the North of England and we are specialists in Prematurity Prevention for Y& H.

Our Vision and purpose.

We provide outstanding Maternity care. We put women and families at the centre of everything we do

Our Priorities

To be recognised as a leading provider of outstanding Women's healthcare.

To work collaboratively with our partners in local and regional networks, providing patient-centred care via effective integrated systems.

We prioritise the wellbeing of our teams and make sure they have the resources, training and encouragement they need to be excellent.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Title: Midwife

Reports to: Senior Midwife Team Leader

Band: 6

Unit/Department: Maternity Unit/community midwifery.

Directorate: Womens CSU

Location Leeds General Infirmary/St James's University Hospital/Community

JOB PURPOSE/SUMMARY

The post holder is responsible for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care, and may be required to teach other midwives and non-midwifery staff. They take responsibility as the prime care provider for a group of women.

The post holder is a prime care provider who is required to practice clinical skills developed through experience but at a more advanced level than required for those who have just qualified as midwives.

The post holder is designated to take charge of a ward in the absence of the person who has continuing responsibility.

The maternity unit has approximately 10,000 births a year. LTHT is a tertiary referral centre for both obstetrics and neonatology. Other specialities within the hospital that impact on maternity unit are feto-maternal medicine, adult and neonatal cardiology, neonatal surgery and a reproductive medicine unit.

The post holder will work within the maternity unit or community, caring for women and their babies before, during and after pregnancy depending on the area.

They will participate in internal rotation throughout the maternity units and covers both day and night shifts.

The midwife maintains personal contact with women and meets their needs on an individual basis by listening, assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care. Is aware of the anxieties of women and their families and the support they may need.

The midwife ensures that the appropriate practitioner is informed promptly of a complication or change in the mother's or baby's condition.

The midwife ensures effective communication with health care professionals and other personnel to ensure continued care to the patient and assists in the smooth running of the ward or area.

Reports on the changes occurring in treatment and client needs during the shift and is prepared to work in areas of the midwifery service other than where based in order to meet the requirements of the service.

The jobholder must comply with the wearing of PPE as appropriate to the clinical situation - this may involve wearing face masks for a considerable length of time.

For full job description and personal specification, please see documents attached.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience as a midwife or equivalent within speciality
• Working with a wide range of professionals including medical and management colleagues
• Insight into clinical speciality
• Insight into current issues in midwifery/professional issues
• Standards of professional practice

Additional Requirements

Essential

• Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for post
• Car Driver - with a full driving licence (desirable)

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree or equivalent
• NMC Registered Midwife
• Successful completion of the LTHT Midwifery Preceptorship program (or equivalent)

Desirable

• Teaching/assessing qualification (Desirable)

Skills & behaviours

Essential

• Professional and patient focused
• Flexible, adaptable, capable of lateral thinking
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Able to communicate effectively within a multi-disciplinary team
• Able to teach, supervise and assess qualified and unqualified staff
• Time management skills
• Clinical leadership
• Teaching skills
• IT skills

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

Leeds General Infirmary

Great George Street

Leeds

LS13EX

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