East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Antenatal Clinic Lead Midwife
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We have an exciting opportunity for full time, Band 7 Antenatal Clinic Lead Midwife on fixed term/secondment contract until 31st July 2027.
The clinic is a busy area providing consultant led care to a diverse population. The post holder will need to have good organisational skills and be able to communicate well within a multidisciplinary team which includes, inpatient and outpatient midwifery teams, obstetric, screening, specialist and operational teams.
The clinic has maternal medicine, fetal medicine, diabetic, preterm prevention and perinatal mental health specialist clinics and an Antenatal Day Unit that is open 7 days a week. As the Lead Midwife you will be overseeing the running of the clinic and driving Quality Improvements to improve the experiences of service users and staff and to ensure a safe and efficient service.
Responsibilities
- Practices with due attention to the Midwives Rules and Standards and the Code of Professional Conduct
- Assesses, plans and implements antenatal care to women with low and high risk pregnancies, having regard to the needs and wishes of the woman and her family.
- Liaises with and advises members of the multi-disciplinary team on the individual needs of women in her care.
- Monitors the antenatal welfare and condition of the fetus by appropriate means.
- Competent to deliver the flu and Pertussis programme in maternity.
- Maintains accurate records of clinical observations and progress of pregnancy.
- Co-ordinates the care of women with all members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure effective and appropriate communication and safe care.
- Has the skill, knowledge and ability to provide care for women during the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal period, both in the hospital and community setting.
- As a senior midwife, is able to advise and support women with psychological, emotional and sensitive issues often in difficult and complex circumstances.
- Recognises complications and deals with clinical problems in a safe and appropriate manner and can provide emergency care to mother and/or baby whilst awaiting medical assistance including management of maternal haemorrhage, intravenous cannulation and infant and adult resuscitation.
- Conducts exposure prone procedures with due care and attention for safety of the patient and self. For example: episiotomy and suturing of the perineum.
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About Us
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
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We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
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Contact
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Nicola Heath
- Job title: Matron
- Email address: Nicola.Heath@esneft.nhs.uk
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