Newly Qualified Midwife London, England
Job description
This is an exciting opportunity for newly qualified midwives and final placement student midwives.
We currently have vacancies on our well evaluated Preceptorship Programme which has been awarded theCapital Midwife Preceptorship Quality Mark. It is a rotational twelve month programme which includes four three-month rotations around the clinical areas in the department. There is additional support from the Practice Development Midwives and dedicated study days to help you to consolidate all that you have learnt during your training and gain confidence in your abilities. We want your first year to be a positive experience to give you the best possible introduction to the wonderful profession that you have chosen.
Upon successful completion of your preceptorship programme you will be able to plan, with the Practice Development team, where your next move will be to.
We are looking for motivated and enthusiastic midwives to work in our modern, well-equipped maternity department. The post is rotational and will include placements on our labour ward, midwife-led birth centre, postnatal ward and in community, providing a high-standard of midwifery care to the mothers and babies who use our service. You will be part of a team who will be there to support you and help you develop into confident, autonomous practitioners.
Are you that person?
You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing safe, effective and compassionate care to the families that we serve. This will include providing antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care and offering support with infant feeding. You will be given training and teaching to enable you to provide excellent evidence-based care and to know how and when to access support and advice from the teams around you.
We are lucky to be able to work and provide care in our beautiful, purpose built maternity unit. We currently look after 4700 births per year and book over 5000 women for antenatal care.
Our service was rated ‘Good’ by CQC and our improvements over the last 18 months have seen us receiving praise from NHS Improvement. A CCG Insight visit noted improvements in morale and culture, with staff reporting good support and a culture of learning rather than blame. We are 100% compliant with Ockenden safety actions and have safety and excellent patient experience at the heart of the service that we deliver.
Our students rate us highly - receiving Practice Excellence Award 2020 (Poppy Team) from City University and “Outstanding Placement of the Year” (Tulip Team) this year. Our Bereavement Service received theRCM award for Bereavement carein 2018 and our Perinatal mental health team were awarded theNMC Excellence in Mental Health Award in 2021. In 2021 we received the Capital Midwife Preceptorship Mark. Our maternity service now receives 5 star reviews on NHS choices!
Our Trust has staff accommodation in North London and is situated within easy reach of London rail terminals and central London. We are in Zone 4, making travel to work less expensive, as well as offering on-site parking.
This is a service on the up, and we recognise that there is great competition in London to get the best midwives into their workforce. We believe that at North Middlesex you can truly flourish.
Duties and responsibilities:Professional:
1. Maintain a professional Portfolio.
2. Maintain accurate and contemporaneous records at all times, both written and computerised.
3. Administer and supply medicines under NPO/PGDs and Medicines Act of 1968 and North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust Medicines Policy.
4. Actively promote the concept of total holistic woman centred care within the maternity services in both hospital and community.
5. Advise on the promotion of health and education and social care and the prevention of illness.
6. Recognise and appropriately manage complex physical, emotional and psychological situations that may be detrimental to the health and well-being of mother and baby.
7. Devise and develop a plan of midwifery care based on assessment in association with mother, taking into account her individual personalised needs and preferences.
8. Implement the plan of midwifery care and where appropriate co-ordinate other members of the multi-disciplinary team responsible for implementing specific aspects of the care.
9. Review the effectiveness of the care provided, and where appropriate, initiates any further action that may be required, liaising with appropriate agencies.
10. Acts at all time in accordance with the NMC Midwives Rules and Standards Code of Conduct (ensures working colleagues also act in accordance with Code of Conduct) and within the principles of the scope of professional practice and ensures other members of the team also work within these.
11. Carry out midwifery procedures in accordance with Midwifery Guidelines, Policies and Standards. Undertakes and demonstrates midwifery and nursing tasks in the best interest of patient care and professional standards. With appropriate training and support this will include:
- Providing personalised care throughout the pregnancy and post-natal period working in collaboration with the woman/birthing person to support her to make informed choices about her care.
- Provide antenatal care in line with National and local guidelines, making appropriate and timely referrals and consulting with senior colleagues in the case of any complexity.
- Carrying out any required assessments during the antenatal period such as BP, urinalysis, obtaining specimens and abdominal assessment and refer appropriately
- Be able to offer dietary and lifestyle advice and refer as necessary
- Understand and be able to inform service users about the screening pathway and ensure screening takes place within the required time frame when possible
- Assess psychological and social wellbeing and refer if any concerns
- Be confident in discussing infant feeding options
- Be prepared to participate in parent education
- Provide woman-centred intrapartum care in a variety of settings
- Administration of medication
- Provide postnatal support for mother and baby ensuring processes are followed to identify the deteriorating patient or baby
- Support with infant feeding
- Discharge women home from the hospital setting and the community
13. Maintain a safe and sensitive environment.
14. Maintain awareness of new developments and research in midwifery and the profession as a whole, contributing and reviewing new guidelines as appropriate.
15. Awareness of the role of the midwife and management of complex social situations and ‘life event’ situations, child protection, stillbirth and bereavement, domestic violence.
16. Ability to manage a caseload of women with minimal support utilising planning and organisational skills.
17. Undertakes the midwifery assessment of the woman/neonate including risk assessments e.g. tissue viability, falls.
Administration:
1. Ensure that all nursing and administrative policies and procedures and circulars within North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust are adhered to.
2. Ensure that the Ward/Department is maintained in good order and to a high standard, that supplies are adequate, and that all equipment is safe.
3. Ensure that the appropriate and efficient use of supplies is made and exercise economy in the use of consumables.
4. Share the responsibility for the day to day running of the Ward with other trained staff, including covering the duty roster.
5. Liaise continuously with the Ward Sister/ Clinical Midwife Specialist/Head Midwife and ensure that effective communication systems are maintained within the Ward/Department.
6. Liaises appropriately with the Bleep Holder
7. Take all measures to ensure the safety of the woman – reporting all accidents and incidents, completing relevant documentation and undertakes further investigation as directed.
Additional duties required of midwives who have completed their preceptorship period.
8. In the absence of the Sister to manage the process for the deployment of staff in the event of sickness, ensuring that staff are deployed with due consideration to their qualifications and experience.
9. Under the guidance of the Midwifery Sister draw up duty rotas.
10. In the absence of the Midwifery Sister report all absenteeism, lateness and sickness to the Maternity bleep holder.
Personnel:
1. To act as a role model in professional and personal attributes for all members of staff.
2. To maintain IT skills to ensure accurate recording and retrieval of all patient information.
3. Ensure that all learners are adequately supervised during their allocation and that they are given sufficient opportunity to gain the appropriate experience.
4. Liaise closely with the Ward Sister on the progress of all learners.
5. Maintain close liaison with the Practice Educators and Practice Development Midwife attached to the Maternity Unit.
6. Monitor and actively support the work of Maternity Care Assistant staff within the Ward/Department to ensure that the highest professional standards are maintained.
Additional duties required of midwives who have completed their preceptorship period.
7. Assist with induction programmes for newly appointed staff and act as a preceptor/mentor.
8. Provide training and guidance to Maternity Care Assistant and junior staff as necessary.
9. Undertakes the Individual Performance Review of qualified and unqualified staff in the ward, develop personal development plans with those staff and feed back to the Ward Sister.
10. Participate in the appropriate on-call rota dependent on allocation within the maternity services.
Education:
1. Maintain and enhances own knowledge through continuing education, training and research activities.
2. Participate fully with all education activities during the preceptorship year including:
- Orientation
- Trust Wide and local preceptorship study days
- Skills sessions (including perineal suturing, IV cannulation etc..)
- Drug calculations and IV Drug Therapy Passport course
- Trust and department specific mandatory training
4. Maintains a suitable learning environment for student midwives
5. Is conversant with the current curricula from the University. Acts as a ward link with the University.
6. Acts as a mentor/assessor to students and assess their performance, liaising with the lecturers/Practice Educators where necessary.
7. Encourages and supports staff development.
8. Take part in an individual performance review, reviewing personal development and performance in consultation with the Ward Manager/Matron.
9. Takes on board the principles of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and life-long learning to ensure practice is up to date and evidence-based.
10. Keeps a record of all learning activities to demonstrate CPD at time of revalidation.
Quality and Development:
1. Initiate, facilitate and participate in audits as required
2. Identify possible changes in practice in the ward environment and plan and manage the change process.
3. Ensure that any complaints are dealt with professionally and are escalated appropriately according to Trust policy.
4. Participate in working groups and/or projects within the Trust.
General:
1. Promotes a positive ward image by a professional and helpful approach to all team members and visitors to the ward.
2. Assist in other Wards/Departments as requested by the senior midwife on duty
3. Undertake any other duties as requested by the Bleep Holder / Coordinator
4. Initiate and undertake approved clinical nursing research and audit with the Ward/Department.
5. To be conversant with the fire and emergency procedures and moving and handling.
6. Assist the Shift Co-ordinator/Ward Manager to maintain a safe, clean, pleasant and therapeutic environment taking remedial action when necessary.
7. Assist the Ward Sister in ensuring infection control policies and procedures are adhered to and take remedial action when they are not.
8. Adherence to the Uniform policy
9. Commitment to the Trust Vision and Values
10. To fully adopt and encompass the Trust’s Objectives, Service Standards and Code of Conduct into their daily working practices.
This job description is intended as a guide to the main duties of the post and is not intended to be a prescriptive document. Duties may change to meet the needs of the service or because of the introduction of new practices or technology or the change in the need for the service. This job description may be reviewed from time to time and changed, after consultation with the postholder. Please note: Some of the duties listed will not be expected to be carried out during your preceptorship period but will become part of your duties once you have gained a sufficient level of experience.
