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Job summary

Main area
Maternity
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
309-UCLH-8366714
Employer
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
UCLH, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing
Town
London
Salary
£47,951 - £56,863 Per annum inclusive of HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
29/10/2026 23:59

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Inpatient Rotational Midwife

NHS AfC: Band 6

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Job overview

We are offering excellent Band 6 Midwifery opportunities to join our service, and take your career forward within an outstanding Trust. This is an exciting chance to join one of the largest and most successful Foundation Trusts in the UK with an international reputation and a tradition of innovation.

Your career development is our concern, and we offer excellent experience to maintain and develop your clinical skills, we are committed to education and research, and provide our support to develop your knowledge and clinical expertise. We have a strong commitment to staff education and have commissioned links with City, Kings and Southbank Universities, and promote a masters scholarship scheme.

The post holder will commit to undertaking a rotation around the inpatients wards within the maternity unit. Options include Delivery Suite and obstetric theatre, High Dependency Unit, Birthing Centre which include 2 birthing pools, inpatient antenatal ward, triage unit, postnatal care unit with transitional care cots and antenatal clinic. There are opportunities to work within community-based services, Fetal Medicine Unit as well as an array of specialists areas. 

Main duties of the job

•    The post holder will work as a midwife and will rotate across all areas of the maternity unit.
•    To work according to the NMC Code and relevant professional guidelines as a midwife with facilitation for a defined group of women and their babies with minimal supervision in the Maternity Care setting.
•    The assessment of care and health education needs of women and their babies
•    To maintain accountability for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluation programmes of care within the necessary framework
•    To develop leadership skills and experience in the management of the ward/department.
•    To promote and participate in the implementation of the UCLH Nursing Midwifery strategy:
•    Reviewing midwifery practice and implementing appropriate changes based on research/best practice. 
•    Developing and implementing Audit, Quality and Risk Management initiatives.
•    To participate in training programmes as appropriate and to teach and act as a facilitator/preceptor to midwifery or non-midwifery staff.
•    To promote and maintain effective communication.
•    Create a supportive blame-free environment for staff and women

Working for our organisation

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
•    University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
•    National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
•    Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
•    University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
•    Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
•    University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
•    The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
•    University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description. 
Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff* 
* UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the third year in a row. 
UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff – To find out more, visit: Flexible working.  
To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?

 

Person specification

Knowledge and Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered midwife
  • Educated to Degree Level
  • Completed a 12-months preceptorship programme
  • Up to date knowledge of professional nursing and midwifery issues
Desirable criteria
  • Neonatal course of relevant experience

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of teaching and mentoring more junior staff
  • Familiarity with basic IT applications
  • SSSA
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of undertaking research

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Able to work effectively within multi-disciplinary teams
  • Able to meaningfully engage stakeholders
  • Excellent negotiation skills
  • Able to challenge clinical decisions in the best interest of patients
  • Able to network professionally within the organisation as well as externally
  • Highly professional role model
  • Demonstrating awareness of maternity related clinical governance
Desirable criteria
  • Speaks a second language fluently

Communication

Essential criteria
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Formal verbal and written presentation skills
  • Able to communicate sensitively and appropriately

Personal and People Development

Essential criteria
  • Organisational skills
  • Decision making skills
  • Able to manage time effectively
  • Able to prioritise objectives and workload
  • Committed to professional and personal development and always maintaining updated mandatory training.
  • Able to prioritise complex demands as required

Responsibilities towards promoting Equality Diversity and Inclusion

Essential criteria
  • Understand and respond to the needs of those from marginalised groups, and those at risk of or experiencing health inequalities

Specific Requirements

Essential criteria
  • Willingness to clinically support the wider maternity unit to meet service needs as required
  • Ability to work flexibly, Monday to Sunday, days, nights and bank holidays

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Chlorice Wallace
Job title
R & R Lead
Email address
[email protected]
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