Overview

Position Title:Specialist Midwife in Maternal Medicine

Company:Homerton University Hospital Foundation Trust

Location:Plymouth, UK

Job Description:

We are looking for an experienced band 7 midwife who has completed their preceptor and mentorship programme and has post registration experience in all aspects of Midwifery care.In conjunction with the obstetric medicine consultant(s) and associated multidisciplinary teams, you will be responsible for supporting midwifery care to pregnant women with complex medical conditions and ensuring that communication between the multidisciplinary team involved is timely and accurate.

Responsibilities:

  • You will audit and strengthen existing referral pathways to the obstetric medicine clinic, assuming midwifery control of these pathways until the point of discharge from the service
  • Working collaboratively with the obstetric medical teams, you will assist with the on-going development of obstetric medicine frameworks, care pathways and their corresponding evaluation methods, in line with prevailing local and national policies.

Requirements:

  • Approachable team player, this is a small team who support each other to get the job done, we’re looking for an individual who fits with this culture
  • An ability to work independently and manage time effectively while working to deadlines
  • Strong skills in network design and documentation
  • Experienced configuring and managing switches, routers, wireless, firewalls, IPS, NAC, NMS devices across physical, virtual and cloud estates
  • Good interpersonal skills with the ability to lead technical teams and mentor junior engineers
  • Flexible approach to working hours with some projects requiring out of hours work to minimise disruption in a 24/7 healthcare environment, participation in an on call team rota

 

About Homerton University Hospital Foundation Trust

The hospital has almost 500 beds spread across 11 wards, a 9-bed intensive care unit and maternity, paediatric and neonatal wards