Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical Responsibilities:

Provide individualised, family centred, holistic care which contributes to both safety and satisfaction, and facilitates all the adaptations essential for successful childbearing. 

Ensures accurate and contemporaneous records of all care given and audit same. Complete and monitor other records as required by statute and local policy.

Liaise with all other personnel regarding access to the department, promoting relationships to enhance the quality of care to the consumer and ensuring effective communication with health care professionals. 

To provide Midwifery leadership and to have a clinical responsibility and accountability for all midwifery and support staff, thus ensuring the continuing development of best practice.

To ensure that evidence-based practice is implemented and audited on a regular basis, to encourage and promote innovative practice.

To take responsibility for clinical and non-clinical risk issues ensuring that audits and risk assessments take place and the appropriate resulting action taken.

Maintains personal contact with patients and meets their needs on an individual basis, using the process of listening, assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care. 

Carries out midwifery care to the highest possible standard according to agreed policies and procedures, and the Midwives Rules and Code of Practice. 

Ensures that the appropriate practitioner is informed promptly of any complication in the mother’s or baby’s condition. 

Included in the Band 7 on call Rota and the Specialist Midwives escalation Rota

Managerial Responsibilities: 

To endeavour to achieve a high standard of morale by effective organisation and leadership. 

To support the Line Manager and Strategic lead for Tobacco control in the utilisation of resources in the maintenance of the service within the post-holder’s area of responsibility and in support of the Division.
 
Develop and maintain a close working relationship with the Line Manager and Strategic lead. Report to and deputise for Line Manager as required. 

Use resources effectively and efficiently within agreed budget allocation. 

Be prepared to work in or rotate to other areas of the maternity unit, other than in the area where based, if required to do so to meet the service needs in an emergency providing a 24-hour service. 

To liaise with other senior staff to provide a corporate approach to management of services and standards of care. 

To support the Midwifery Managers in the attainment of the Divisions aims and objectives as detailed in the Trust Service Plan 

To ensure their own and staff attendance at regular staff meetings and be responsible for taking forward decisions made, liaising with other professionals as necessary.

To act as a resource for the support and guidance of staff.