Job Description

Patient care - Demonstrate and promote a family centred style of clinical practice. - Use motivational interviewing techniques to assess, and plan and offer a range of safe contraceptive options; deliver, evaluate and amend the plan. This will include clients with diverse or complex presentations/multi-pathologies. Working as an autonomous practitioner with access to guidance from specialist sexual health services when necessary.



To be responsible for the organisation of your own work and ensure effective time management. To assist the midwifery teams in administering contraception and offer support and guidance as required. - To run satellite clinics providing postnatal contraception. - To communicate with the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) to aid effective care, this will include taking an active role in team meetings. To communicate effectively with clients with potentially complex, sensitive or distressing circumstances. Patients may have communication, perceptual or cognitive/understanding difficulties. - To maintain clear, accurate and concise patient records in line with departmental and professional standards. - Maintain patient dignity and confidentiality at all times Professional practice - Develop and maintain clinical skills and knowledge necessary to deliver and evidence based service. With supervision and direction from Team leader take on increased responsibility recognising own limitations and seeking help appropriately - Be competent in the use of all relevant Trust IT systems. - Maintain regular use of emails to keep abreast of information disseminated in the Trust - Conduct oneself in a professional manner and be a role model at all times Leadership and management - In conjunction with their manager, identify training needs of self. - Report near misses and untoward incidents. - Maintain and contribute to the development of standards of practice, conduct or decision making in conjunction with lead staff. Ensure a smart, professional image that enhances the public perception of the Trust and the professionalism of its staff is portrayed. - Act as a role model by applying best practice in motivating staff to drive improvements - Under the direction of lead Midwife contribute to service development using quality improvement methodology. Education and training - To consolidate and learn new skills and competencies - To support lead in providing training and education to midwifery staff - Undertake all mandatory training - Demonstrate a commitment to research-based practice and clinical excellence and play and active part in the introduction of research-based change to improve patient centred care. Improving quality and developing practice - Comply with requirements to register and identify own learning needs and ensuring own professional development is maintained by keeping up to date with practice developments. With support from your lead be involved in interpreting and understanding Audit data to conduct improvement initiatives. - Develop and share own clinical knowledge with other members of the wider clinical team both locally and nationally. - Engage in clinical supervision - Understand and contribute to the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies/ protocols/ guidelines. - Openly question and challenge practice in a constructive way so that standards of patient care are continually evaluated and improved. * Undertake a QI project.