Young Parent Midwife

Job description

Job summary

The Young Parent Midwife will contribute to the development and delivery of high-quality maternity services in line with professional standards, local priorities, and national government policy, with a particular focus on supporting young parents and reducing teenage pregnancy-related health inequalities.

The post holder will provide safe, effective, and evidence-based midwifery care to young pregnant people and their families throughout the antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal periods.

A key aspect of the role is promoting the health, wellbeing, and social welfare of young parents through education, health promotion, and the provision of advice and support. The post holder will work collaboratively with specialist midwives, multidisciplinary teams and partner agencies to improve outcomes for young families and contribute to reducing health inequalities within the local population.

The Young Parent Midwife will play an active role in safeguarding children and young people, exercising professional judgement to identify concerns, promote welfare, and initiate appropriate actions to minimise the risk of harm.

The post holder will also contribute to the creation of a positive learning environment, acting as a role model, mentor, and source of support for student midwives, newly qualified midwives, and other members of the multidisciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide high quality, safe, and effective antenatal, intra-partum and post-natal services for young pregnant people and their families in a variety of settings.

Please see attached Job Description for further informationabout the Young Parent Midwife position available at WUTH.

If you have any further questions please contact the named professionals below.

About us

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 a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.

We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West 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 North West 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.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description for further informationabout the Young Parent Midwife position available at WUTH.

If you have any further questions please contact the named professionals below.

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 Womens and Childrens, there is a mandatory requirement for successful applicants to join the DBS update service. The cost of joining the update service is £13 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.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description for further informationabout the Young Parent Midwife position available at WUTH.

If you have any further questions please contact the named professionals below.

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 Womens and Childrens, there is a mandatory requirement for successful applicants to join the DBS update service. The cost of joining the update service is £13 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.

Person Specification

Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training

Essential

• Registered Practicing Midwife
• First Degree or equivalent level of experience working in a midwifery role
• Professional training/learning which demonstrates highly developed professional knowledge / continuing professional development
• SSSA Practice Assessor/ Mentorship qualification
• Broad range of clinical midwifery experience acquired through significant practice in a variety of settings including labour ward
• Experience of proactively engaging service users

Desirable

• Master's degree or equivalent level of experience in a highly specialised role
• Quality Improvement Methodology Qualification
• Leadership Qualification
• Demonstrable evidence of leading on delivery, design and implementation of service/quality improvement initiatives

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Understanding of the Maternity Voices Partnership

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Emotionally resilient

Person Specification
Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training

Essential

• Registered Practicing Midwife
• First Degree or equivalent level of experience working in a midwifery role
• Professional training/learning which demonstrates highly developed professional knowledge / continuing professional development
• SSSA Practice Assessor/ Mentorship qualification
• Broad range of clinical midwifery experience acquired through significant practice in a variety of settings including labour ward
• Experience of proactively engaging service users

Desirable

• Master's degree or equivalent level of experience in a highly specialised role
• Quality Improvement Methodology Qualification
• Leadership Qualification
• Demonstrable evidence of leading on delivery, design and implementation of service/quality improvement initiatives

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Understanding of the Maternity Voices Partnership

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Emotionally resilient

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Address

Wirral University Teaching Hospital

Arrow Park Rd

Upton

CH49 5PE

United Kingdom

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