Montserrat - Staff/District Nurse 2

Job description

Job responsibilities

Acting as a practitioner within own scope of competency to provide maternity care in accordance with Nursing & Midwifery Council (or other recognised regulatory body), & locally adopted guidelines & policies. The post-holder will be expected to utilise their professional skill & judgement to contribute to the management of the caseload of women who are pregnant within the resources available, in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team.

Deliver high quality, evidence-based individual models of maternity care which comply with locally-adopted guidelines & policies. Reviewing & updating local guidelines & policies via established procedures for doing so where required to ensure currency with internationally-recognised best practice.

Promote the health of women with the provision of pre-conceptual care to improve the outcome of pregnancies in regular clinics as well as with community outreach.

Promote health & optimise outcomes by providing education to the women & families on a one to one basis or with group work on healthy & safe lifestyles.

Liaise with the wider multi-disciplinary team, both within Montserrat, & where appropriate overseas, to identify & manage risk in the context of a remote environment, plan care & treatment pathways, & ensure the best possible outcomes for both planned & emergency episodes of care.

Act as the womans advocate in promoting & delivering the high standards of midwifery care, ensuring all fundamentals of care are addressed, & current, relevant policies, guidelines & procedures are adhered to.

Provide collaborative antenatal care in the community &/or hospital to; Identify & manage risk; Enable the women to make informed choices; Plan, provide, evaluate & record care; Respond appropriately to the changing needs of the pregnant women; Work alongside the GP with an extended skillset in obstetrics or consultant obstetrician (as is available) to provide antenatal care.

Provide intrapartum care to women, throughout their labour & delivery including in planned, urgent or emergency situations; Identifying & managing risk; Enabling the women to make informed choices; Planning, providing, evaluating & recording care; Responding to the changing needs of the pregnant women including in emergency situations, referring & consulting with the wider multi-disciplinary team as required.

Provide postnatal care to women & their baby within the hospital & community setting: Identifying & managing risk; Enabling the women & families to make informed choices; Planning, providing, evaluating & recording care including promoting a safe environment; Responding to the changing needs of the woman & family to facilitate the adaptation to parenthood & achieving the familys optimum independence; Collaboratively work with the 0-19 service to seamlessly handover ongoing care.

Contribute to & maintain an environment in which effective learning & improvement can take place & provide teaching to colleagues including non-midwifery staff, in order to advance the care of mother & baby in all settings.

Adherence to, & compliance with Montserrat Government & Department & Health & Social Service Information Technology & data management policies & procedures, including contributing to the housekeeping & accurate updating of computer-based patient records.

Ensure that a culture of continuous improvement in the provision of midwifery care is promoted through: Working within the clinical governance structure; Participating in performance reviews as required; Undertaking training/ CPD in order to meet professional registration requirements; Meet own developmental needs identified through the performance review process in order to practice safely & effectively in the context of Montserrat; Enabling & delivering effective multi-disciplinary working.

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree or equivalent enabling current registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council or equivalent regulatory body as a midwife Evidence of continuing professional development Full driving licence (manual vehicles)

Desirable

• Current registration as a general nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (or equivalent regulatory body)

Experience

Essential

• 5 years post registration experience as a midwife Experience of practicing midwifery in a full range of clinical settings Articulate and knowledgeable in current midwifery issues and practice Evidence of fluency in the English language Good oral communicator including being able to adapt communication style to ensure effective communication with other health service staff, overseas treatment centres or consultants, patients and family members in a wide variety of circumstances Good written communicator able to maintain records in line with Nursing and Midwifery Council and local guidelines and complete statutory reports as required Competent in the use of electronic patient records. Ability to retrieve and compile statistics Good computer literacy, including in the use of use of common Microsoft Office programmes such as Outlook, Excel and Word Evidence of working effectively with a multi-disciplinary team to promote the best possible outcomes, and act as a patient advocate Able to work as an autonomous practitioner, making decisions around complex healthcare conditions using a patient-centred approach and referring to the multi-disciplinary team appropriately Confident in the ability to appropriately professionally challenge; always working in the patients best interest Willing to participate in managing a neonate and/ or mother during an overseas transfer in the event of an emergency medical evacuation relate to caseload Able to act as a leader when required to lead a team in everyday as well as urgent and emergency situations Willing to organise and run face to face or group classes and support

Desirable

• Experience in running antenatal classes Experience, or a sound understanding of working in a remote and rural environment and how this may influence practice and patient management

Employer details

Employer name

TRAINING ACCOUNT 8

Address

Glendon Hospital

St John's

Montserrat

AA1 1AA

Employer's website

https://www.testaccount7.com (Opens in a new tab)