Maternal Medicine Midwife, WACS

We have an exciting opportunity for a Maternal Medicine Midwife to our dynamic and friendly team here at West Herts.

The primary responsibility of the Maternal Medicine Midwife is to work as a specialist Midwife, offering specialist advice and care to service users with existing, complex medical conditions or comorbidities.

This includes assessment of care needs, leading on the development, implementation and evaluations on programmes of care and the setting of standards.

Coordinate care throughout the antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal periods.

Triage referrals to the maternal medicine service and review antenatal clinic lists to ensure appropriate care plans are followed and care is tailored to individual needs

Co-ordinate multi-disciplinary activities including consultant led clinics

Ensure that personalised care plans are instigated, evaluated and amended appropriately throughout the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods

To review maternal medicine patients whilst in inpatient settings. This may include within the maternity department and outliers in medical or surgical wards such as intensive or high dependency care units or the emergency department.

Identify and escalate clinical concerns appropriately, ensuring timely referral to relevant specialists.

Communicate complex and sensitive matters to service users and their families enabling them to make informed choices

Advocate for service user’s and families and escalate accordingly

With a new hospital planned for Watford and work underway to update theatres at St Albans City Hospital, this is an exciting time to join us.

We are building on the success of our award-winning virtual hospital and re-imaging models of care, working ever more closely with partners and making the most of advances in digital healthcare.

Staff wellbeing and development are a priority at our Trust, as is the role of innovation in improving clinical care, outcomes and patient experience.

Our vision is Excellent patient care, together and our values are to be empowered, compassionate, professional and inclusive. They capture an important balance across what we must all do as individuals and to support others.

At West Herts we offer a variety of flexible working options as we recognise the importance of a good work life balance and the ability to work flexibly. https://www.westhertshospitals.nhs.uk/flexibleworking/

We kindly invite you to consider submitting an application.

If you have a disability or long-term health condition and should you require support or guidance please contact [email protected]

If you are a Service Leaver, Veteran, Military Reserve, Cadet Force Adult Volunteer, or partner/spouse of those serving please tick "Member of the Armed Forces Community" on the application form.

If you do not hear back within 3 weeks of your application, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Patricia Cooney Job title: Maternity Outpatients Matron Email address: ***email_hidden*** Telephone number: 07341 521260