About this role
Job summary
We are seeking a motivated and compassionate Band 6 Midwife to join our Antenatal Clinic Team, delivering high quality, woman centre care across the antenatal pathway. This role offers the opportunity to work autonomously while contributing to a multidisciplinary team focused on safe, evidence based maternity care.The successful candidate will provide comprehensive antenatal care, including routine and specialist appointments, health education, care planning for woman with low and high risk pregnancies. You will play a key role in promoting normality, identifying risk, escalating concerns appropriately and supporting women and families through out their pregnancy.This post is ideal for an experiences midwife who is confident in clinical decision making, committed to continuity of care and passionate about improving antenatal outcomes.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for someone who is a registered midwife with the NMC .
Has post registration experience in antenatal care.
Demonstrates excellent communication and organisational skillsUpholds trusts vision and valuesshows enthusiasm for quality improvement and professional developments
Delivering autonomous high quality antenatal care in line with national and local guidelines. Identifying, monitoring and escalating clinical or safeguarding concerns. Providing health promotion, screening information and personalised care planning.Working collaboratively with obstetricians, specialist midwives and the wider MDT. The role will involve delivering high quality care for complex pregnancies in both the antenatal clinic and the antenatal assessment unit, working collaboratively with the sonography, obstetric and wider multidisciplinary team. The role will include working within our satellite clinics in Gainsborough and Grantham Antenatal care includes following the public health guidance around screening for both mothers and new born. Specialist clinics including fetal medicine, multiple pregnancy clinics, preterm birth prevention clinics, and combined endocrine/obstetric clinics.A vaccination service is also provided by midwives for patients and the role will involve training so that women can be offered Flu , pertussis and RSV vaccines as part of their antenatal care .
About us
Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
Pilgrim Hospital is situated in beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.
Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.
This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.
The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).
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Person Specification
Qualification Essential
Registered Midwife with the NMC Recognised teaching qualification Diploma in Midwifery Demonstrate commitment to ongoing professional development Computer literacy.
Desirable
Recognised management qualification Degree in Midwifery Computer literacy qualification
Evidence of Particular: -Knowledge -Skills -Aptitudes Essential
Excellent communication skills, written and verbal. Resource management skills Skilled in multidisciplinary working Change management Awareness & Knowledge of the dignity in care agenda Ability to evidence / demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework: oPatient Centred oSafety oCompassion oRespect and oExcellence
Previous Experience Essential
Completion of Trust Maternity Preceptorship pack or equivalent experience ie able to perform Perineal suturing, IV Cannulation, IV Drug Additives, Phlebotomy Able to undertake, interpret and apply appropriate research findings. Demonstrate involvement in clinical audit and standard setting.
Desirable
Skilled and updated in all spheres of midwifery practice
Specific Requirements Essential
Ambition to succeed Good attendance record Skilled in multidisciplinary working
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Address Lincoln Hospital
Greetwell Road
Lincoln
LN2 5QY
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.ulh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)