An amazing opportunity has arisen to join a small team of midwives to care for a caseload of women and families with socially complex needs planning and implementing individualised midwifery led care in partnership with the woman and the multidisciplinary team.

You will be working alongside multi professional teams providing personalised care for women whilst breaking down barriers that can inhibit families with socially complex lives accessing high quality maternity care.

Main duties of the job

To provide evidence based care for women and families with socially complex needs planning and implementing individualised midwifery led care in partnership with the woman and the multidisciplinary team.

You will be working alongside multi professional teams providing the most appropriate care for women whilst breaking down barriers that can inhibit women with socially complex lives accessing high quality maternity care.

to work within the community midwifery teams caring specifically for women and families who have socially complex and/ or safeguarding needs during the antenatal and postnatal period. You will work closely with the Safeguarding Team, as well as the wider Multi disciplinary and inter agency teams.

In accordance with the job description of a band 6 midwife, provide antenatal and postpartum care reporting and deviations from the normal to a more experienced midwife, and respond appropriately to all emergency situations.

About us

Proud of our workforce

Our 7,500 staffare recruited from local communities and around the world

Our staff rate us second among acute trusts in London as a place to work

Despite challenges in the NHS, our low staff vacancy rate remains significantly better than the national average

We are passionate about the health and wellbeing of our staff with a huge support offer, including our nationally-recognised free back-up care scheme and Timewise accreditation as a flexible employer

We love to develop our people, offering a range of development programmes and apprenticeships, with our healthcare support worker apprentices winning Apprentice of the Year for two years running

We offer a fantastic range of salary sacrifice schemes, from season ticket loans, bicycles and vehicles, to gym memberships, home electronics and holidays

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Encourage a holistic, non-stigmatizing approach to socially complex women and their families.
• Work in partnership with other health care professionals and liaise closely with other agencies involved in the provisions of maternity services and seek advice from the Safeguarding Midwives/Team Leader as required.
• Recognise that the vulnerability factors can be interrelated and that parental factors increase vulnerability to child abuse and neglect.
• Work closely with social care and safeguarding team in care planning and assessment of women and families.
• Work closely with Early Help agencies and ensure that women and families are linked into additional support at the earliest opportunity.
• Contribute to pre-birth assessments and case conference ensuring effective sharing of information.
• Work closely with the Community Team Leader, Safeguarding Midwives, Womans Lead Consultant Obstetrician, and Consultant Midwife for Safeguarding and Public Health.
• Attend the monthly internal Psychosocial/ safeguarding meetings to give and receive updates on cases.
• Attend case conferences, core group meetings and any other meetings required for the case-load.
• Ensure that robust pre-birth/discharge planning and plan is in place prior to birth in conjunction with the Safeguarding Team.
• Ensure robust information sharing and care planning with primary care teams.
• Attend Postnatal Discharge planning meetings on the postnatal ward for any cases with social care involvement.

Please see attached job description and person specification to this advert for further details.

Person Specification

Education & Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Midwife
• First degree in Midwifery or equivalent experience

Desirable

• Evidence of post qualification education activity
• Mentorship qualification
• Evidence of safeguarding post qualification education

Experience

Essential

• Completion of a preceptorship programme or equivalent, with evidence of working in a variety of settings
• Evidence of applying current research to practice
• Relevant clinical experience
• Excellent organisational skills

Desirable

• Managerial experience

Employer details

Employer name

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Queen Mary Maternity Unit, West Middlesex Hospital

Twickenham Road

Iseworth

TW7 6AF

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