Experienced Midwife

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical

• Plan and implement individualised midwifery care that is women, pregnant person, child and family centred.
• Facilitate the participation of service users and their families in all decision making, ensuring informed choice dialogue.
• Ensure all risk assessments and referrals are completed and actioned and documented.
• Follow midwifery/obstetric guidelines where appropriate and liaise with the multidisciplinary team in the implementation of patient care, reporting and recording any deviations from the protocols.
• Organise, where appropriate, midwife/patient allocation within the team/practice/core area and support junior and student colleagues.
• Ensure all clinical records comply with Trust and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure midwifery practice is evidence based and be competent across all areas of midwifery skills.
• Participate in continuous professional development, including mandatory training and online learning.
• Satisfy the Clinical Governance agenda in all aspects of the delivery of care.

Management 

•  To manage the clinical workload effectively, ensuring care is prioritised appropriately.
•  To contribute positively towards the delivery of a cost effective service, adjusting staffing levels to meet demand and assisting the ward manager to keep within agreed resources.
• To assist with the ongoing organisation of the ward, co-ordinating the activities of the clinical area.
•  To liaise with Medical Personnel and Bed Manager to ensure optimal bed usage at all times, facilitating timely admission and discharge of patients.

Personnel

• Responsible for day-to-day management of your own workload. This may include management of staff and team in the absence of a Band 7 Midwife.
• Participate in the orientation and development of new staff.
• Participate in the appraisal of staff as appropriate.
• Exercise a supervisory role in enabling midwives to practice safety, effectively and efficiently, paying regard to the changing needs and expectations of mothers and their families.
• Demonstrate awareness of the individual needs of team members and give active support and guidance, where necessary.
• Participate in Trust, Care Group and departmental meetings and in meetings related to the ongoing review and evaluations of the team/practice/core area.
• Exercise compassionate counselling and information giving skills.
• Act in accordance with professional standards across all aspects of midwifery care.
• Take responsibility for student learning when required and facilitate the achievement of learning objectives identified by the midwifery education leads and by the students.
• Identify and report any concerns about a student’s performance to the appropriate supervisor/link lecturer and assist the student to achieve a satisfactory standard of practice.
• Write clear objective reports on student’s progress throughout their allocation to the team/practice/clinical area and liaise with lecturers, practice supervisors and the Midwifery Practice Facilitators as required.

Personal Professional Development

• To actively participate in maintaining own professional development, identifying own educational and clinical training needs with Line Manager
• Participate in own appraisal
• To ensure own mandatory training certificates are current.
• To maintain your own personal and professional development in accordance with PREP requirements, attending mandatory study sessions as required
• To participate in reflective practice, and maintain a personal learning portfolio.
• To keep up to date with NMC, relevant specialist, Faculty & Trust guidelines and protocols.
• To maintain full conversance with current national and local guidance and the NMC curriculum standards