Practice Education Midwife | University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 08 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £38,682 - £46,580 pa pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 07 September 2025 |
| Location: | Bournemouth, BH7 7DW |
| Company: | Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7358003/153-SP04883 |
Summary
• To participate in the integrated midwifery model working within both community and all areas of the acute setting working shifts, including day and night shifts providing a 24-hour, 365-day service.
• Ensure that accurate, clear and contemporaneous, legible records are kept with evidence of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care using the SBAR process.
• To be responsible for delivering and maintaining a high standard of day-to-day evidence-based practice for all women and birthing people in the designated clinical area/caseload
• To maintain and continually develop in-depth specialist knowledge of midwifery practice relevant to the individual clinical area
• To engage with women, birthing people and their families to encourage and promote holistic and individualised care supporting physical, psychological emotional and social needs.
• Provide support and advice following pregnancy loss
• Ensure the safe use of drugs in accordance with the hospital policy and The NMC Code, ensuring up to date on medicines management and midwifery exemptions.
• Responsible for the protection of safeguarding of children with an awareness of child protections procedures.
• To be a source of reference regarding Health Education and Social Care
• To act as a practice supervisor- and/or assessor for student midwives
• Be prepared to undertake cannulation and administer IV medication
To support the ongoing development and learning of maternity staff and support the culture of learning at UHD. Deputise for the band 7 in their absence, provide clinical skills within educational and clinical areas.
This role requires midwife specific duties including providing clinical care rotating within all departments within maternity.
The midwife will provide a full range of midwifery care, including health education, social care and advice to women with the maternity service throughout the geographical area. Your sphere of practice encompasses provision of care to the women and babies during antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods.
The care provided will be to the women/pregnant people and their babies in the community, midwife led, consultant led units, antenatal clinic and ante/postnatal wards as well as transitional care. Continuity of carer will be offered according to the service model and within the better births model. This role will involve on-call commitments where applicable and dependent on area of work.
The midwife will act as a support for students and other members of staff. The midwife will work autonomously within the trust in line with departmental guidelines and in accordance with the NMC Standards of proficiency for midwives, always ensuring safe and individualised care.
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
Support of the ongoing development and learning of maternity staff and support the culture of learning at UHD. Deputise for the band 7 in their absence, provide clinical skills within educational and clinical areas.
The midwife will provide a full range of midwifery care, including health education, social care and advice to women with the maternity service throughout the geographical area. Your sphere of practice encompasses provision of care to the women and babies during antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods.
The care provided will be to the women/pregnant people and their babies in the community, midwife led, consultant led units, antenatal clinic and ante/postnatal wards as well as transitional care. Continuity of carer will be offered according to the service model and within the better births model. This role will involve on-call commitments where applicable and dependent on area of work.
The midwife will act as a support for students and other members of staff. The midwife will work autonomously within the trust in line with departmental guidelines and in accordance with the NMC Standards of proficiency for midwives, always ensuring safe and individualised care.
This advert closes on Monday 25 Aug 2025
• Ensure that accurate, clear and contemporaneous, legible records are kept with evidence of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care using the SBAR process.
• To be responsible for delivering and maintaining a high standard of day-to-day evidence-based practice for all women and birthing people in the designated clinical area/caseload
• To maintain and continually develop in-depth specialist knowledge of midwifery practice relevant to the individual clinical area
• To engage with women, birthing people and their families to encourage and promote holistic and individualised care supporting physical, psychological emotional and social needs.
• Provide support and advice following pregnancy loss
• Ensure the safe use of drugs in accordance with the hospital policy and The NMC Code, ensuring up to date on medicines management and midwifery exemptions.
• Responsible for the protection of safeguarding of children with an awareness of child protections procedures.
• To be a source of reference regarding Health Education and Social Care
• To act as a practice supervisor- and/or assessor for student midwives
• Be prepared to undertake cannulation and administer IV medication
To support the ongoing development and learning of maternity staff and support the culture of learning at UHD. Deputise for the band 7 in their absence, provide clinical skills within educational and clinical areas.
This role requires midwife specific duties including providing clinical care rotating within all departments within maternity.
The midwife will provide a full range of midwifery care, including health education, social care and advice to women with the maternity service throughout the geographical area. Your sphere of practice encompasses provision of care to the women and babies during antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods.
The care provided will be to the women/pregnant people and their babies in the community, midwife led, consultant led units, antenatal clinic and ante/postnatal wards as well as transitional care. Continuity of carer will be offered according to the service model and within the better births model. This role will involve on-call commitments where applicable and dependent on area of work.
The midwife will act as a support for students and other members of staff. The midwife will work autonomously within the trust in line with departmental guidelines and in accordance with the NMC Standards of proficiency for midwives, always ensuring safe and individualised care.
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
Support of the ongoing development and learning of maternity staff and support the culture of learning at UHD. Deputise for the band 7 in their absence, provide clinical skills within educational and clinical areas.
The midwife will provide a full range of midwifery care, including health education, social care and advice to women with the maternity service throughout the geographical area. Your sphere of practice encompasses provision of care to the women and babies during antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods.
The care provided will be to the women/pregnant people and their babies in the community, midwife led, consultant led units, antenatal clinic and ante/postnatal wards as well as transitional care. Continuity of carer will be offered according to the service model and within the better births model. This role will involve on-call commitments where applicable and dependent on area of work.
The midwife will act as a support for students and other members of staff. The midwife will work autonomously within the trust in line with departmental guidelines and in accordance with the NMC Standards of proficiency for midwives, always ensuring safe and individualised care.
This advert closes on Monday 25 Aug 2025
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