Job overview

The elective caesarean midwife has a responsibility to provide holistic woman/baby centred midwifery care for their planned surgical pathway.  The midwife will assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for the women/baby.  The role will encompass taking responsibility for the management and leadership for those women on an elective pathway and manage this caseload on a shift-by-shift basis.  To collaborate with external agencies and consumer groups where required

The Midwife (Band 6) participates in the supervision and teaching of staff as well as being a Mentor/Assessor for midwifery students

Main duties of the job

Provide midwifery leadership for all women on an elective pathway ensuring pre-operative preparation and surgery run smoothly

Prepare women for surgery ensuring all pre-assessment bloods, swabs and surgical paperwork have been completed.

Accompany women to theatre for surgery and support safe delivery of baby via caesarean section

Care for women post operatively, providing postnatal care for mother and baby.

Provide midwifery leadership in all areas of midwifery practice, demonstrating autonomy, advocacy for women and an excellent decision making style.

Work collaboratively with the clinical teams maintaining effective management of the elective pathway, supporting flow through the maternity service

Support the Band 7 Team Managers in the execution of his/her role to ensure the elective cases run efficiently

 To provide midwifery care where required when no elective activity is planned, ensuring that sound up to date advice is given to women and their families in all care settings in accordance with best practice informed by NICE and Government initiatives.

Demonstrate effective verbal and non-verbal communication skills

Working for our organisation

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton.  Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job

It is an exciting time to join Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We run two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Our 7,500 staff provide high quality care for a growing population of around 700,000 across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas.

 

You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. Travel between hospital sites may be required. We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.