PMRT Midwife (Cross-Site)

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The post holder will be a practising midwife with knowledge of bereavement care, risk management and perinatal mortality. They will ensure all qualifying cases such as late miscarriages, stillbirths, and neonatal deaths are captured, reviewed, and reported in accordance with national guidance.
• Translate learning from PMRT reviews into measurable improvements in clinical care, supporting the development of new pathways, policies, and education.
• Liaise with the Education Midwifery Team to ensure that learning from reviews is integrated into the maternity training programme.
• Work to support quality improvement. To design, implement and evaluate initiatives to reduce perinatal mortality and improve family support.
• Act in accordance with the NMC Code, Midwives' Rules, and all relevant Trust policies and national regulations.
• Provide clinical presence and support in maternity areas during times of high activity, if required.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Midwife
• Evidence of ongoing professional development

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of Degree or masters qualification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Relevant clinical experience
• Clinical skills to provide support to specialists maternity rota as required
• Experience of caring for families experiencing pregnancy loss

Desirable criteria

• Experience of Perinatal Mortality Review Tool, or similar

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Sound knowledge of current midwifery issues, with an understanding of the relevance and local impact of issues and policy from the wider arena of the midwifery profession and the NHS (e.g. NHS resolution, national bereavement care pathway).
• Sound clinical midwifery knowledge in all areas of maternity.

Personal Skills

Essential criteria

• Evidence of good written and oral communication skills, including giving presentations, and chairing meetings.
• Evidence of involvement with quality improvement in clinical area.
• Ability to prioritise own workload and that of others and ability to work on own initiative.
• Demonstrate ability to meet Trust Values of safety, kindness, teamwork and improvement

Desirable criteria

• Demonstrates understanding and engagement with quality issues (e.g. benchmarking)

It is an exciting time to join Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We run two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Our 7,500 staff provide high quality care for a growing population of around 700,000 across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas.

You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. Travel between hospital sites may be required. We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.

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