Close Relative Marriage Midwife

Location

Bradford | United Kingdom

Job description

To work alongside the preconception team within Bevan to support healthy pregnancy planning as part of the Starting Well Team. This will include working closely with the Personalised Care Support Worker who will work within the communities raising awareness and providing individualised support to families. This service aims to improve access to the provision of a culturally competent genetic service for consanguineous families at increased risk of autosomal recessive genetic disorders. The provision of culturally competent genetic service for consanguineous families includes pre-pregnancy, antenatal and postnatal care for families that are practicing close relative marriage and are at increased risk of having a child with a genetic disorder due to a family history of a genetic condition(s). Improving understanding about genetic inheritance can empower affected families and reduce unexpected, affected births. The Close Relative Marriage Midwife, along with the Genomic Associate (based in the regional genetics service) and other health and care professionals will facilitate this improvement. The Close Relative Marriage Midwife will be based in the Children, Young people and Families team within Bevan and will also have access to a network of other Close Relative Marriage Midwives in other high need areas in England. They will also work collaboratively with both Trusts within the area. The midwife will be a champion for families at increased risk of genetic disorders due to close relative marriage and a resource/point of contact for midwives, obstetricians and other members of the maternity team. Develop an understanding of the issues and research evidence on the subject matter. To improve access to genetic services by improving local pathways for women at increased risk of genetic disorders due to close relative marriage alongside the personalised care support worker at Bevan. To improve outcomes for women at increased risk due to their family history. The midwife will work as part of the team at Bevan with a remit around improving preconception care for the most at-risk groups, raising awareness in the community and supporting the Starting Well service. The post holder will: Ensure that provision of genetic information is available to all women practising close relative marriage with a family history of a genetic disorder to enable empowered and timely decision making. Ensure timely referrals to the genetic service to ensure women have opportunity to understand their risks and the options available to them in a pregnancy. Empower women to make informed choices in a culturally sensitive way. Initiate sensitive, appropriate conversations with families affected with autosomal recessive disorders linked to close relative marriage. Establish the role within the midwifery team and be a point of contact and/or referral for other midwives. Support the development of and maintenance of collaborative working, including to: Ensure a common understanding of genetic risk Promote the use of standardised resources and materials Support the development of joint ways of working across maternity, clinical genetics, health visiting and general practice Ensure learning is shared with the maternity team In particular, the post holder will: Support teams to ensure that the portfolio of tasks/projects is planned, managed and delivered effectively. Support and inform the targeting of resources, implementation and evaluation of the project by providing high quality support including complex information and analysis, communications and stakeholder management. Ensure accurate and open communication and co-ordination with a range of organisations and individuals, researching and drafting correspondence and papers and ensuring the management of specific tasks, lead reporting and analysis across a range of specialties, functions and projects. Be a key member of the team as well as supporting effective communication and stakeholder management, both internally and externally. Key accountabilities Key Functional Responsibilities Analytical/Judgemental Undertake complex and detailed information analysis of specific projects/reports requiring high levels of concentration. Update, maintain, organise, gather and analyse information to predict/meet future organisational and team needs by identifying best professional practice. Monitor and evaluate risks and issues using a tracking mechanism to enable a proactive resolution and escalation processes. Contribute to the information management of performance, taking a lead for specific projects. Provide coordination of and participate in relevant meetings, reporting attendance and providing information advice and support where requested. Communication Work with members of the team and key stakeholder to investigate the causes of any variance from plan/delivery targets and contribute to the implementation of solutions. Support the development of internal and external communications where required by regular contact with key teams, stakeholders and groups such as Every Baby Matters Steering Group. Responsible for preparation of correspondence and complex papers, as directed by Manager. Financial and Physical Resources Deliver against organisational objectives, achieving quality outcomes, prioritising own workload and working to tight deadlines. Support and inform teams on the targeting of resources, monitoring spends, implementing, evaluating and delivery of plans by providing sophisticated, high-quality information and analysis. Continually strive for delivering project/function outcomes, value for money and greater efficiency. Contribute to the financial delivery of the service ensuring it is cost effective and delivered on time. People Management (as required) Provide specialist training, advice and support on own role/responsibilities where necessary. Support training and induction of new staff. Responsible for team supervision and advice and act as a champion in relation to this area of work. Operate within and provide enhancements to current management information, reporting to enhance decision making processes. Updating, maintaining, organise, gather and analyse information to predict/meet future organisational and team needs by identifying best professional practice Lead on development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of new information systems. Responsible for the development and maintenance of databases required for regular reports. Research and Development Actively supports and contributes to the development of key performance indicators for the successful assessment of performance Test and review new concepts, models, and practices. Contributes to ensuring there are processes in place for spreading and sharing learning and outcomes Planning and Organisation Contribute to strategic planning. Support implementation of strategic modernisation/service improvement, public health, workforce or commissioning strategies and any associated action plans. Contribute to the development of performance and governance strategies and the development and implementation of improvement programmes Contribute to the formulation of delivery plans for the service to ensure clear pathways are embedded as part of ongoing practice. Shape the design and delivery of the service model and support the team to implement this. Deliver against objectives, achieving quality outcomes, prioritising own workload and working to tight deadlines. Policy and Service Development Proposes changes to own area, informing policy and making recommendations for other projects delivery Contribute to the review and development of existing information management systems. Key Working Relationships Required to maintain constructive relationships with a broad range of stakeholders. Participate in relevant internal and external working groups/projects, services, and initiatives which may be highly complex, sensitive, political, and contain contentious information with the aim of providing information and analytical advice to the teams. Communicate information, risks, issues and dependencies, including briefings and reports to project teams, sponsors and a range of internal and external staff

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£32.31k - £39.03k per annum