Band 6 Enhanced Midwife

Work with vulnerable women and families where there are safeguarding concerns providing an enhanced offer
Work alongside services in maternity including the Community Midwifery Teams by following the Enhanced Midwifery pathway
Act as a Case Holder for vulnerable women and infants to improve engagement with maternity services and to provide interventions that meet their individual needs
Work to improve health and safeguarding outcomes with vulnerable women and families, + Act as patient's advocate in promoting, and delivering the highest standard of care, ensuring all fundamentals of care are addressed, and current, relevant policies and procedures are adhered to.
+ Work collaboratively with partner agencies at all safeguarding levels/ thresholds to support pre-birth assessments and care planning
+ Communicate and record complex and sensitive information as part of safeguarding responsibilities including distressing and challenging practice issues
+ Assist in maintaining an effective communication network; written, verbal and electronic, informing and escalating to senior staff of safeguarding concerns in individual cases or from emerging themes.
+ To provide advice and guidance and support to any practitioner as requested where there are safeguarding concerns during pregnancy or post- natal period
+ Manage a defined caseload of vulnerable women and their families offering the Enhanced Midwifery pathway for ante-natal and post -natal interventions based on referral criteria
+ Support the reduction of health inequalities through assessment, providing interventions and making referrals to appropriate services
+ Access Safeguarding Supervision to support working with complex families, The Enhanced Midwife will manage a defined caseload of vulnerable women and their families offering the Enhanced Midwifery pathway for ante-natal and post -natal interventions based on referral criteria
Provide assessments and interventions based on the Enhanced Maternity pathway
Act as patient's advocate in promoting, and delivering the highest standard of care whilst the interest and well -being of the infant or children in the family is paramount
Support the reduction of health inequalities through assessment, providing interventions and making referrals to appropriate services
Access Safeguarding Supervision to support working with complex families
The vision of this Trust is to be recognised by the people of Bolton and beyond as an excellent provider of health and care services and a great place to work. We are striving to attract, recruit and retain high calibre skilled staff which reflect our communities. We are an inclusive employer who trains and develops our staff in a positive learning environment.
We thrive on cultivating cultural architecture, if you have the right skills, attitudes and behaviours, in line with our Trust values, we welcome and appreciate the diversity you bring to our organisation.
We offer a wide range of staff benefits please click on the link below to see what current benefits we have.
Staff benefits - Bolton NHS FT (boltonft.nhs.uk)
From time to time we may need to close a vacancy early when in receipt of a sufficient number of applications. If you are interested in this post and wish to be considered, we strongly advise you to complete and submit your application as soon as possible.

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated provider of acute, intermediate and community health care serving the population of Bolton.
We ensure our patients receive the highest quality of Care and are guided by our trust Values. We are proud that our Trust is a centre of excellence for maternity, neonatal and care for children, and that it has been rated as Good by the Quality Care Commission (CQC). This is in recognition of the patient experience and quality of care that our staff provide to patients.
The Family Care Division aims to deliver the highest standards of care in maternity, sexual health, gynaecology and a range of acute and community children's services. We deliver over 6,000 babies and carry around 1,500 gynaecological procedures each year.