Midwife Antenatal Clinic, WRH

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, enthusiastic Band 6 Midwife to join our team within the Antenatal clinic. This role will have a focus within the Antenatal Clinic and providing support to our Day Assessment Unit and Screening team. The Antenatal Clinics provide care to ladies with complex pregnancies & those requiring extra monitoring. Our team of Midwives & Maternity Care Assistants work closely with Obstetricians to prepare & coordinate clinics for ladies with a variety of complexities including maternal medical conditions, multiple pregnancies, mental health concerns & obesity.
Antenatal Clinic is a great learning environment to increase knowledge of how complexities affect a pregnancy and how care is planned to improve outcomes. We need Midwives who are passionate about Antenatal care, are motivated, dynamic, with a keen eye for detail & want to help us develop and improve the service we offer. Midwives in the Antenatal Clinics undertake varied roles. These include: - Coordinating the running of Antenatal Clinics.

• Providing antenatal care and midwifery advice - Working in the Maternity Assessment Centre, providing unscheduled care. - Liaising with other teams including Diabetes, Anaesthetics and Fetal Medicine, to plan care. Communicating & supporting ladies and their families, potentially in emotional circumstances and with difficult decision making - Undertaking Carbon Monoxide Screening and providing smoking cessation advice. - Administering Flu vaccination - Supervising a team of Maternity Care Assistants and supporting them in their roles.
• Preparing notes, filing paperwork, completing forms. - Documentation on paper and computer systems Please see attached job description for fuller details