Enhanced Midwifery Practitioner

This is an expert practitioner role. The EMP will practice within the consultant midwife framework to support the pathway for women choosing caesarean section with their first baby. Supervised and supported by the consultant midwives the successful candidate will: 1. Facilitate informed choice, advocacy and ongoing support to women choosing caesarean section. 2. Work in collaboration with multi-agency teams to improve experience and outcomes for families. 3. Continuously develop midwifery care to promote enhanced recovery for long term maternal health and wellbeing. 4. Provide expert clinical advice to all staff to ensure best practice standards are met to facilitate informed choice. 5. Design services and empower staff to meet the health and social needs of the local populations in line with key objectives outlined in local and national policy documents. 6. Share their expertise and act as a resource and role model both internally and externally to the Trust including community midwifery services., The Expert Practice function Supervised and supported by the consultant midwives the Post holder will: Function clinically as an expert in midwifery practice, promoting professional leadership and clinical excellence working in collaboration with the appropriate multi-disciplinary and third sector groups. Exercise judgement in assessing wide-ranging issues always with focus of promoting safety and positive outcomes. Findings solutions, ensure and promote options to enable the delivery of optimum care and choice and access for women. To be an expert in the clinical care of pregnant women and newly delivered women, with a primary focus on enhancing the maternal experience and safer outcomes. Under the support of a consultant midwife, develop strategies to ensure women with complex needs benefit fully from a multidisciplinary approach to their care. Develop and maintain evidence-based guidelines for holistic pregnancy practice.To ensure excellent communication with all members of the multidisciplinary team. To work innovatively within the NMC Code making changes in practice in line with evidence available., Influence the development of maternity priorities and work closely with service users and stakeholders to ensure the provision of equitable, efficient and accessible care for all women. Seek and offer advice on best practice arising from current and relevant research. Provide written reports as per service demands. To inspire and demonstrate leadership qualities through delivery of specialist advice, working with others, demonstration of personal qualities, continuous service improvement, and setting direction. Manage change through strategic thinking, use of negotiating skills, self-awareness and effective communication. Act as a role model, provide professional leadership to the team and promote the Trust CARE values. Demonstrate commitment to the role and to service improvement through developing relationships with Commissioners, innovative thinking and small scale project management., Facilitate a supportive and enabling learning environment for unqualified and qualified staff where open discussion of clinical care and decision making are encouraged. Be an expert role model working alongside qualified midwives, midwifery and medical students Develop education strategies for women and birthing people within the maternal request caesarean section pathway and subsequent pregnancies. Service Development and Evaluation Supervised and supported by the consultant midwives the Post holder will: Contribute to the evaluation of services using local data and Robson Criteria. Be responsible for the promotion of evidence-based practice within the pathway of maternal request caesarean section. With support of the consultant midwifery team lead in the development, implementation, and evaluation of guidelines. Develop effective networks with user groups. To assist the development of the service in line with the Trust Clinical Governance agenda.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to compile, analyse and disseminate complex information
• Ability to make decisions and be accountable for them
Desirable criteria
• Bi-lingual inc. ISL, Ability to demonstrate experience in midwifery practice including responsibility for aspects of case management, leading elements of service provision and of supporting staff in the clinical environment.
• Ability to work to deadlines.
Desirable criteria
• Evidence of Academic publications
• Evidence of research experience
• Demonstrable achievements in-changing Clinical practice, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated 'Good' with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements. The Trust's overall rating has also improved to 'good'. This is a great opportunity to join our clinical or non-clinical teams to create a positive and motivating environment within our trust. Come and join our team in this exciting time of change as we pride ourselves, our staff and our services on excellence.
At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is "Working together to provide outstanding care for our community." We are Compassionate in our thoughts, words and actions We are Aspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate We are Resourceful and responsible in the way we work and live We are Excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don't you come and join us. We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical. Diversity is what makes us interesting… Inclusion is what will make us outstanding. Inequality exists and the journey to eliminate it is not easy. Every step we take will be a purposeful step forward to deliver a truly inclusive culture where all our people are enabled to deliver outstanding care, where background is no barrier, and where everyone can be their authentic self and we truly represent our patient community., By applying for this post you are agreeing to Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are appointed to a post information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. Appointment to any position is conditional on the satisfactory completion of the core NHS Employment Checks Standards. Information disclosed in your application will be checked and any offer of appointment may be withdrawn if you knowingly withhold information or provide false or misleading information. All new appointments to the Trust, with the exception of executive positions, are subject to a 6 month probationary period. The Trust may close any vacancy prior to the advertised closing date due to the high level of responses we receive for some of our vacancies. Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is committed to improving the health of its staff, patients and the wider community by providing a smoke free environment. A smoke free policy is in operation and smoking is not permitted on any of the Trust's sites.

Staff Benefits
• Flexible working opportunities and a strong emphasis on your work, life balance
• Annual leave - 27 days for new starters, plus bank holidays. Increasing to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years NHS service. Pro rata for part time staff
• NHS pension scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Money Advice Service
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave for eligible staff
• On-site nursery (based at RBH)
• Full educational library services
• Cycle to work scheme, lockable storage for cycles
• Bus to work scheme
• Excellent rail and bus links
• A huge range of Health Service Discounts at hundreds of big brands from holidays to gadgets and restaurants to retail.