Preterm Birth Lead Midwife

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To provide pregnant women with risk factors for preterm labour and birth with high quality, safe midwifery care in the antenatal period. The care will be evidence based and holistic in meeting women’s individual needs and the midwife will be expected to work autonomously within the guidelines and sphere of professional practice.

The Post Holder Will

• be responsible for the ongoing development and implementation of the preterm birth service alongside the lead Consultant. The post holder will, through audit and evaluation, ensure the provision of these services meets the needs of the service and local population.
• work towards delivery of the aims of the North East and North Cumbria regional preterm birth group
• Represent North tees & Hartlepool at regional preterm birth and other relevant meetings (for example, MatNeoSIP)
• Act as the clinical expert and professional resource for patients their carers and the multi professional team.
• Ensure the delivery of the highest quality, clinical effective care, and patient experience, prioritising and utilising research and in collaboration with colleagues in everyday practice.
  
  

At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.

We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition – a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.

We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

We recruit for values and “Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool”

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Gemma Gordon Job title: Senior Clinical Matron Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 07749712643