Midwife - Jersey - £56k-£60k
| Posting date: | 15 March 2024 |
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| Salary: | £56,972 to £60,931 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £56972 - £60931 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 June 2024 |
| Location: | Jersey, JE2 3RR |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | K0011-24-0100 |
Summary
Working as an autonomous practitioner each midwife is accountable for the care they give to service users and their babies. The midwife is a specialist in midwifery practice and should have the ability to act as lead professional in the care of low-risk service users and to coordinate and implement the care of high-risk service users in collaboration with the obstetric team.Provide care in partnership with doctors and other members of the multi-disciplinary team especially when deviations from the norm occur to promote a healthy outcome for service users and their babies.Support service users and their families who have limited or no English arranging interpreting services to assist with communication. Ensuring any impairments to communication are understood and care facilitated.Provide effective leadership and act as a good role model, supervising and teaching qualified and unqualified staff as required.Preform clinical tasks & risk assessment on service users which includes but is not limited to urinalysis, physiological measurements, blood sugar testing, infant feeding, venepuncture, cannulation, catheterisation, wound swabs, eye swabs, CTG, MRSA swabs, stool samples, sputum specimens and record accurately on EPR/MEWS and escalate concerns as appropriate.Be aware and compliant with of all relevant Health & Community Services policies, procedures and clinical guidelines and escalate any concerns/breaches to a Midwifery Sister/Charge Midwife or Midwifery Manager.Assist and support Doctors with medical procedures, remain competent to support instrumental deliveries and assisting at operative deliveries.Provide a full range of education, advice and counselling to service users and their family including discussions about care options and signpost them to relevant resources and agencies.They will work within guidelines that enable their scope of practice but are responsible for recognising their limitation and undertaking continuous professional development and a portfolio for revalidation. Participate in the continual review, development, and improvement of maternity services by partaking in quality auditing processes and providing input into the development of future policies, procedures and clinical guidelines.Take a pro-active approach to risk management, raising learning points through DATIX, working with colleagues to reduce risk in all areas of service delivery in line with clinical governance.Exhibit professional behaviour and attitude being a positive role model for colleagues and service users, acting in a manner which illustrates respect for privacy, dignity and confidentiality. Have a comprehensive understanding of medication safety principles, including the principles of administration, storage, and handling of medicines, including those under midwives exemptions. They will also engage in discussions with service users, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals to ensure accurate and up to date information regarding medicines. Identity safeguarding issues relating all services users and their families and undertake the relevant referrals to agencies to ensure support is provided. Confidently and competently care for and support service users choosing to birth in a range of settings, including but not limited to consultant led labour ward, midwifery led unit & home.