An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 6 midwife to join our team within the Antenatal Outpatients Department and Maternity Day Unit. This role will involve working within the Antenatal Clinic and the Maternity Day Unit with the established team as well as alongside the wider multi-disciplinary team. The role will include providing excellent antenatal care for our service users and include supporting the High Risk and Fetal Medicine Teams to provide specialist care and services. The post is permanent and 22.5hrs a week. Hours of work will vary between standard 7.5-hour days and 11.5-hour long days with times ranging between 0800 and 2000 Monday to Friday with the possibility of weekend hours in the future.

The successful candidate will be an autonomous practitioner, taking responsibility for the provision of care predominantly in the antenatal period, but also the intrapartum and postnatal periods, for service users in the outpatient area. You will be responsible for risk assessments, reviewing scan reports, making plans of care, and implementation of care both high and low risk, and also supporting the team members and manager in the effective running of the antenatal clinical area.

You will also support, supervise and teach staff/students evidence-based client centred care, which is of a high standard, being responsible for ensuring that all care is delivered according to Trust policies and procedures and maintaining associated records of care.

Providing excellent antenatal care services from preconception and throughout pregnancy, including supporting specialist and high-risk teams to manage complex issues and situations and offer support, care and guidance to all service users and their families.

Ensuring the efficient operation of day-to-day ANC activities including USS reviews, AN checks and follow up care, working within Maternity Day Unit and supporting the high-risk team, specialist services and the wider multidisciplinary team to ensure excellent AN care is provided and screening standards and guidelines are adhered to.

Providing expert advice as a professional within the Antenatal Outpatient Department.

Supporting with care in early pregnancy loss following diagnosis in the ANC area and offering compassionate care to families.

Supporting the maternity triage area if needed as part of the wider team within the AN Outpatients area.

All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as “competent and caring staff” by our patients.

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.

We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the Northwest of England, comprising of the Wirral’s only Emergency Department. We provide a high-quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider Northwest footprint.

We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide, and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.

The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.

Please see Job overview & attached Job description for further information about the Antenatal Clinic Midwife Practitioner position available with WUTH.

If successful in this role, there is a requirement for you to have a standard/enhanced DBS. This will be paid for by the Trust and then deducted from your salary over a period of 3 month.

As this vacancy is within the division of Women’s and Children’s, there is a mandatory requirement for successful applicants to join the DBS update service. The cost of joining the update service is £16 per year, and applicants are liable to cover this cost with no reimbursement from the Trust. Further details of how to join the update service will be provided upon appointment.