Midwife with an interest in Epilepsy

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated midwife to support women and birthing people with epilepsy through a dedicated caseloading role. This post has been developed in line with the delivery of the Maternal Medicine Care Bundle, with a focus on improving outcomes for this group of women and birthing people.

You will provide continuity of carer throughout the antenatal and postnatal periods, building strong, trusting relationships with women, birthing people and their families. Where service needs and workload allow, you may also contribute to the provision of intrapartum care.

• Extensive knowledge and experience in caring for women and birthing people with epilepsy
• A compassionate, personalised approach to care
• A strong commitment to delivering evidence-based practice
• The ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, including obstetricians, neurologists, epilepsy nurse specialists and other healthcare professionals

You will be passionate about improving maternal and neonatal outcomes, supporting women to make informed choices, and promoting safe, individualised care pathways.

• Provide antenatal and postnatal continuity of carer to a designated caseload of women and birthing people
• Support for multidisciplinary team clinics – antenatal and pre-conception clinic
• Facilitate Midwife-led antenatal education clinics.
• Providing a point of contact for those with epilepsy during pregnancy.
• Refer to obstetric led clinics where care has deviated outside of midwifery led epilepsy care
• Plan and implement high quality, evidence-based plans for delivery for a designated cohort of women in accordance with local guidance
• Being a point of contact for maternity wards and other staff who care for women with epilepsy, within the inpatient and outpatient settings.
• Education for student midwives, and other mandatory training for midwives and doctors.
• Inpatient review for women with epilepsy during pregnancy and on maternity wards.
• Implementing The Maternal Care Bundle (MCB) within the multidisciplinary team.
• Complete electronic maternity alerts and work towards automated referral triggers from coded maternity diagnoses in neurology.
• Updating policies and guidelines in relation to epilepsy and pregnancy to include national guidance, such as from NICE.

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

For further details / informal visits contact:
Name:
Debbie Tomlinson

Job title:

Outpatient Midwifery Matron Email address: d

Please contact Outpatient Matron d for more information or to arrange an informal visit