Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Midwife with an interest in supporting women and birthing people who misuse substances and alcohol, to join the maternity team at UHNM. The Horizon midwife is an established  role that will allow the Midwife to provide continuity of carer for women and birthing people during the antenatal and postnatal period.

You will work closely with the multidisciplinary team to address and reduce health inequalities for a cohort of women and birthing people within an allocated caseload. 

We are looking for someone to be an advocate for this cohort of women and birthing people and to have a genuine passion for improving outcomes.

You would be working as part of the community and wider based maternity teams to provide holistic family integrated care. You will work collaboratively with specialist maternity and safeguarding agencies as well as external stakeholders to deliver personalised care for families with complex needs of substance misuse and mental health issues.

Main duties of the job

·       Maintain competence in providing midwifery care.

·       Promote normality in childbirth, taking account of the woman’s individual needs and risk factors, escalating any deviations from the normal.

·       Ensure women and their partners are provided with the information necessary for them to make informed decisions about their care.

·       Act as an advocate for women and birthing people. 

·       Ensure practice meets the requirements of a practising midwife in accordance with the Nursing & Midwifery Council’s Midwives Rules & Standards & Code of Professional Conduct.

·       Ensure practice and conduct is guided by Trust policies and guidelines.

·       Ensure all records and documentation including any electronic records, are accurate, legible and completed in a timely manner.

·       Take responsibility for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programs of care both according to unit policies and research in a hospital or community setting

·       Provide appropriate counselling and able to cope with highly distressing or emotional circumstances. Guide and support junior staff in this situation.

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential. 

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.