Description
The Close Relative Marriage Midwife will work as part of a dynamic team to deliver high-quality care by supporting managers and staff across the maternity service.
The Close Relative Marriage Midwife will proactively work with women from Pakistani and other ethnic groups to encourage a greater level of genetic testing/awareness/literacy among families where consanguineous related genetic disorders are present and improve access to genetic services for families thereby enable informed reproductive decision-making.
Main duties of the job
- Ensure that provision of genetic information is available to all women practicing 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 the 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.
Benefits
- Competitive salary: £45,953 to £54,254 per annum
- Part-time, fixed-term contract for 5 months
Person Specification
- Clinician with current NMC midwifery registration
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Evidence of expanded clinical skills - e.g. IV drug administration, cannulation, phlebotomy etc.
Other requirements
- Ability to travel across sites where required
- Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do.
- Fluent in Urdu (desirable)