Band 5 Registered Midwife

The overriding purpose is to support the provision of the highest quality patient care through personal
actions and evidence based woman centred care which can be delivered in a variety of models.

To provide total midwifery care for both high and low risk women within all midwifery environments. .

Providing the necessary supervision, care and advice to women during pregnancy, labour and the postpartum period. Deliver care in a manner, which promotes a woman centred focus and supports the
continuity of carer model.

To work and give support within the multi professional team to ensure women receive seamless
maternity care.

To provide effective communication and liaison with other acute providers of maternity care, engaging
with other partners and members of the wider multidisciplinary team as appropriate.

To work as a member of a Multidisciplinary team that nurtures an environment of flexible team working.

• Contribute to the provision of efficient caring and responsive 24-hour midwifery service.
• Practice evidence based midwifery care, applying knowledge and skills to meet the needs of women and their families.
• Support the ward/dept co-ordinator in monitoring and reviewing quality standards that impact on the provision of care.
• Maintain, update and develop personal and professional knowledge and skills enabling standards of client care to be constantly improved. Maintaining a personal portfolio.

Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal’s Trust of the Year in 2020.

The Women & Children’s Division is a friendly, vibrant and exciting division with a wide multidisciplinary team and a genuinely collegiate approach to the provision of outstanding care across our services. We are making great progress towards the national ambitions for maternity transformation and are proud to offer a fantastic preceptorship programme, opportunities to work across all aspects of the maternity pathway, and a genuine drive for improvement in patient safety and quality of care.

The nursing and midwifery teams work closely with each other in the division and across the wider organisation to bring our Nursing & Midwifery Strategy to life, in partnership with our Allied Health Professional colleagues.

We aim to provide outstanding care; to support each other to do a great job; to inspire excellence; to get the most from our resources; and to play a leading role in transforming the health and care of our community.

To understand the role in more details, please read the attached job description and person specifications