Job summary
- Main area
- Maternity
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 337-NP-5553DG-P
- Employer
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Northwick Park, Central Middlesex & Ealing hospitals
- Town
- Harrow
- Salary
- £40,701 - £48,054 per annum inclusive of high cost allowance
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Midwife with Special Interest in Safeguarding
Band 6
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH
Find out more about Our HEART values
Find out more about our Trust Staff Benefits
Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy
We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.
Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.
- H onesty
- E quity
- A ccountability
- R espect
- T eamwork
These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.
LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
- The post holder will be a registered midwife with the ability to practice autonomously when providing care to women/birthing people during the antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum period, he or she will be the prime care provider to mothers / birthing people and their families.
- The individual will work as a member of a team providing maternity care to women/birthing people within the hospital and community.
- As a registered midwife she/he will work within the framework of the NMC Code and the London Northwest University Healthcare Trust Guidelines, protocols and policies.
- The post holder will deputise in the absence of their senior midwife.
- In the community setting he/she will take responsibility for a workload and participate with the on call service within the community.
- To provide continuity of carer mothers / birthing people with complex social and/or psychological needs in order to improve outcomes for families and babies.
- Encourage a holistic, non-stigmatizing approach to support women / birthing people with complex social and /or psychological needs
- Attend the weekly psycho social meetings
- Ensure adherence to local safeguarding polices / guidelines and contribute to pre-birth assessments and case conferences ensuring effective sharing of information
Main duties of the job
Provide safe and effective care to pregnant women/pregnant people during the antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum period
Work in partnership with women/birthing people and their families
Work collaboratively as a member of the Multidisciplinary team
Working for our organisation
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Midwife
- Evidence of continual professional development
- Degree or evidence of level 3 study or diploma
- Actively maintain NMC Reg
Desirable criteria
- Car driver
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- 12 months rotational Midwifery experience
- Experience in teaching and mentoring
- Knowledge of safeguarding
- MSSP/997/998
Desirable criteria
- Experience in deputising in clinical environment
Skills, Abilities & Attributes
Essential criteria
- Teaching skills
- High standards of clinical performance
- Ability in people management
- Leadership and motivational skills
- Reliable
- Adaptable, flexible & non-judgmental
- Team player
- Able to work well in stressful situations, identifying and managing own emotional intelligence
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jacqui Martin
- Job title
- Safeguarding Team Lead Midwife
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0208 869 5192
- Additional information
Jahida Begum, Community & Outpatients Matron
020 8869 2921
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