Job overview

A Band 6 midwife is responsible for their own practice and therefore the post holder will be expected to maintain a high standard of professional expertise and to ensure that the highest quality of 
midwifery care is given during the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods. This care will be evidenced based and holistic in meeting the needs of women/people in a variety of practice settings. 
Provide professional leadership and mentoring to less experienced midwives and support to colleagues in a multidisciplinary team.
Provide antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care to a defined group of women/people, babies and their families in the community and hospital setting.
In the absence of a Band 7 team leader, lead the team and manage the workload either in the community or unit.
Co-operate and liaise with all members of staff, the Primary health care team, the medical and midwifery staff in the unit to endeavour to foster team spirit and ensure continuity of care.
Evaluates and plans programmes of care for women, babies and their families within the community and hospital setting
Plans own workload on a day-to-day basis and delegates appropriately
Acts as a mentor and participate in preceptorship programmes
Skilled in communicating with a range of people on a daily basis some of who may have communication barriers.
As part of the role you will be expected to participate in a rotational programme in all core and community areas

Main duties of the job

• Co-operate and liaise with all members of staff, the Primary health care team, the medical and midwifery staff in the hospital and community setting to endeavour to foster team spirit and ensure the highest standard of care to the women/pregnant people and families accessing our service
• Promote continuity of care to provide a high standard of midwifery care to mother and baby and to provide help and support to the family unit 
• Actively promote the concept of total holistic woman/person centered care within the maternity services offering choice regarding place of birth
•  Provide information to the expectant mothers/people to enable them to make an informed choice about the place and mode of delivery and services available
• Assess care needs and develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care for mothers/people and babies in the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods to ensure practice is evidence-based
• Participate in providing an on-call service for the core and community dependent on base location.

Working for our organisation

Our Organisation

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

Our Values

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:

Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts

Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both

Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care

The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.