Midwife

Are you an experienced band 6 Midwife who is committed to providing quality care to birthing people and their families? Could you drive forward change to improve antenatal services? If so, we have the position for you! We have a vacancy for an enthusiastic and motivated midwife to join our Antenatal Clinic team here at CDDFT. We are searching for a committed, dynamic and reliable midwife to join our team, working in our antenatal clinic sites across Durham.

You will join a warm and supportive team of midwives who truly care about patient experience. We welcome applications from experienced midwives who are currently registered to work in the UK. You will be supported and welcomed to the trust with a bespoke training package through which we will support you to settle into your new role and join us in delivering exceptional care to the families of County Durham and Darlington.

Main duties of the job

You will work within the antenatal clinics at our sites across Durham. You will work closely with our multi-disciplinary team of professionals supporting consultant clinics and undertaking midwifery led tasks within the departments. You will provide a high standard of clinical care to birthing people and be responsible for the assessment, evaluation and implementation of high risk care pathways.

Job responsibilities

• Ensure the smooth coordination of the antenatal clinic department
• Provide specialist expertise to patients in the antenatal period delivering high quality, evidence based care
• Provide support to the medical team and other members of the multi-disciplinary team within the antenatal clinic setting
• Planning, delivering and evaluating standards of evidence-based midwifery care
• Identifying and caring for women with more complex pregnancies
• Effectively communicate information regarding clinical decisions, policy and care pathways to patients/carers and the multi-professional team
• Providing interventions and key messages around public health

Person Specification

Special Skills & Knowledge

• Motivational and empowerment skills
• Effective organisational skills, organisation of own workload
• Enthusiastic and supportive
• Confident to work independently
• Excellent communication skills and ability to provide written and verbal reports
• Able to use Word, Excel and Powerpoint programs

Special Requirements

• Ability to travel across trust as required.

Experience

• Ability to use initiative
• Good interpersonal skills
• Excellent organisational skills
• Ability to be reflective practitioner
• Committed to professional and personal development
• Excellent communication and leadership skills
• Proven ability to work effectively independently and within a team
• Approachable and able to build relationships with a wide variety of colleagues
• Keen to develop themselves and others, open to new ideas and willing to share their experiences with others
• Takes ownership of problems
• Experience of linking with outside agencies

Statutory Registration

Registered Midwife with UK NMC PIN

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.