Preston Birth Centre Team Midwife Id Job: 316e304 🏢 On-site 💼 Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 📍 Preston, North West England, England 🕒 Today 💰 33706 – 40588 GBP ANNUAL
Job Description We are looking for experienced NMC registered midwives who are enthusiastic and passionate about family centred care to join our friendly birth centre core team. We proudly offer 4 place of birth options including the Preston birth centre which is our popular alongside birth centre situated in the Sharoe Green unit at Royal Preston Hospital. The Preston birth centre accounts for around 800 births per year. You will uphold the values of the Trust which are fundamental to the care we provide ensuring evidence based practice that strives to improve outcomes. You will work as an autonomous practitioner to provide and coordinate the highest standard of care whilst taking the lead role for the shift supporting colleagues and leading the team. You must be confident in the delivery of midwifery -led care and be able to support less experienced midwives in acquiring these skills. You will work with the birth centre manager to ensure delivery of service that is equitable, evidence-based and consistent with the recommendations of all relevant reports and guidelines. You will be required to deputise for the manager in the event of leave or absence. Care is provided by midwives alongside maternity support workers and administrative support. Supported by the wider team, the birth centre team: Promote fully informed choice and personalisation. Provide care according to agreed evidence based standards and guidelines. Encourage active labour, using a range of positions for birth supported by hypnotherapy, aromatherapy or immersion in water. Provide training and support to colleagues and run skill drills to ensure up-to-date skills and practice. Are able to recognise deviations from the normal physiological processes of birth and escalate according to agreed guidelines. Take part in case reviews, multi-disciplinary learning and monitor performance and transfer rates through audit ensuring sound clinical decision making. Monitor and continually review performance, effectiveness and user satisfaction. Share learning with other midwifery units, host visits from other midwives wishing to develop birth centre services, and arrange placements for student midwives and midwives wishing to develop their skills; Participate in research relating to midwifery units and national audit. You will also work alongside specialist teams, obstetric and neonatal colleagues to ensure excellent care with compassion. We have 10000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria. Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns. You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path. You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around family care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of. If this is not enough…… we have a BIG PLAN to: consistently deliver excellent care create a great place to work deliver value for money ensure we are fit for the future Develop our staff to be the best they can be We hope you can you see yourself being part of this dynamic team who really care about your career development, your ideas and your contribution to make our service the best it can be. We have a very supportive leadership team who like to listen and encourage your ideas to help continue to make our services the best they can be. You can chat with Jo Goss our Matron for Midwifery Led Services orLucy Gilmour, our Preston birth centre manager. Their passion and commitment are second to none and we know you will quickly see the impact you will play in our service. Click the attachment to see the full job description. Apply Go Back
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