Midwifery ACP for DAU & Triage

To be responsible for the rapid assessment, diagnostics, and treatment of women/birthing people within the Maternity Triage and Day Assessment unit using an advanced level of professional accountability, autonomy, and judgement, underpinned by Masters level theory and experience. This includes highly complex decision-making across a broad range of differentiated and undifferentiated individual presentations and complex situations, synthesising information from multiple sources to make appropriate, evidence-based judgements and/or diagnoses. To provide clinical leadership to midwifery staffing in the Maternity Triage and Day Assessment unit setting. To plan and manage complete episodes of care, working in collaboration with the midwives, junior doctors, and consultants, delegating and referring as appropriate, to ensure timely, effective management and optimise health outcomes, in line with the evidence base and nationally recognised best practice. To play a key operational role and
maintain a pro-active approach to managing and leading clinical pathways and flow. Working closely with a multi-professional team. To promote and implement service and policy development and redesign, impacting beyond own area and other disciplines, informed by current best practice and evidence-base, in accordance with values-based care of the trust. To act as a resource to others and to develop, deliver and evaluate a range of relevant specialist programmes of education and development for women/birthing people and large groups, including the wider multidisciplinary team, both internally and external to the trust. Key Result Areas & Performance Assume responsibility for the rapid assessment, diagnostics and treatment of women/birthing people within the maternity triage and Day Assessment unit; in line with defined ACP competencies