Socially Complex Midwife | Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

An amazing opportunity has arisen for a small team of midwives to care for women and families with socially complex needs; planning and implementing individualised midwifery led care in partnership with the woman and the multidisciplinary team. You will be working alongside multi professional teams providing the most appropriate care for women whilst breaking down barriers that can inhibit women with socially complex lives accessing high quality maternity care. To work within the community midwifery teams caring specifically for women and families who have socially complex and/ or safeguarding needs during the antenatal and postnatal period. You will work closely with the Safeguarding Team, as well as the wider Multi disciplinary and inter agency teams. In accordance with the job description of a band 6 midwife, provide antenatal and postpartum care reporting and deviations from the normal to a more experienced midwife, and respond appropriately to all emergency situations. This post will be based in both the community and hospital at Queen Mary Maternity Unit in West Middlesex Hospital. To provide evidence based care for women and families with socially complex needs; planning and implementing individualised midwifery led care in partnership with the woman and the multidisciplinary team. You will be working alongside multi professional teams providing the most appropriate care for women whilst breaking down barriers that can inhibit women with socially complex lives accessing high quality maternity care. to work within the community midwifery teams caring specifically for women and families who have socially complex and/ or safeguarding needs during the antenatal and postnatal period. You will work closely with the Safeguarding Team, as well as the wider Multi disciplinary and inter agency teams. In accordance with the job description of a band 6 midwife, provide antenatal and postpartum care reporting and deviations from the normal to a more experienced midwife, and respond appropriately to all emergency situations. Proud of our workforce · Our 7,500 staff are recruited from local communities and around the world · Our staff rate ussecond among acute trusts in London as a place to work · Despite challenges in the NHS, our low staff vacancy rate remains significantly better than the national average · We are passionate about the health and wellbeing of our staff with a huge support offer, including our nationally-recognised free back-up care scheme and Timewise accreditation as a flexible employer · We love to develop our people, offering a range of development programmes and apprenticeships, with our healthcare support worker apprentices winningApprentice of the Yearfor two years running · We offer a fantastic range of salary sacrifice schemes, from season ticket loans, bicycles and vehicles, to gym memberships, home electronics and holidays

• Encourage a holistic, non-stigmatizing approach to socially complex women and their families.
• Work in partnership with other health care professionals and liaise closely with other agencies involved in the provisions of maternity services and seek advice from the Safeguarding Midwives/Team Leader as required.
• Recognise that the vulnerability factors can be interrelated and that parental factors increase vulnerability to child abuse and neglect.
• Work closely with social care and safeguarding team in care planning and assessment of women and families.
• Work closely with Early Help agencies and ensure that women and families are linked into additional support at the earliest opportunity.
• Contribute to pre-birth assessments and case conference ensuring effective sharing of information.
• Work closely with the Community Team Leader, Safeguarding Midwives, Woman's Lead Consultant Obstetrician, and Consultant Midwife for Safeguarding and Public Health.
• Attend the monthly internal Psychosocial/ safeguarding meetings to give and receive updates on cases.
• Attend case conferences, core group meetings and any other meetings required for the case-load.
• Ensure that robust pre-birth/discharge planning and plan is in place prior to birth in conjunction with the Safeguarding Team.
• Ensure robust information sharing and care planning with primary care teams.
• Attend Postnatal Discharge planning meetings on the postnatal ward for any cases with social care involvement.