Job summary
Employer heading
Hybrid Antenatal and Labour Ward Midwife
Band 6
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year. We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
Are you looking for a more dynamic midwifery role? Our 'Outstanding' rated Maternity Unit at Queen Charlottes and Chelsea Hospital are looking for an experienced midwife to join their team in a hybrid role covering our labour ward and antenatal ward. If you are a passionate and skilled midwife, we invite you to join our team in a dynamic, permanent hybrid role at the Lewis Suite Antenatal Ward and Labour Ward. Lewis Suite boasts a 14-bed capacity. Staffed with two midwives, this position offers the unique opportunity to work closely within a small team, providing continuous and comprehensive care to expectant mothers. Whilst our Labour ward offers the opportunity to maintain your intrapartum skills and work within a dynamic MDT. Your responsibilities will also include contributing to the daily operations of the wards, participating in multidisciplinary rounds, and mentoring a diverse group of midwives, students, and support staff. Furthermore, you will collaborate with ward managers and matrons to continuously enhance service quality and safety, and engage with patients and service users to develop the service based on feedback. Within this dynamic role, you will have the opportunity to work within a close-knit team, and put both your antenatal and intrapartum partum skills into play. We are here to support you along the way within your new role, with our support we hope to see you excel in your new role with us. |
Main duties of the job
- To work as a prime care provider in all aspects of midwifery care.
- To work flexibly within the team to provide service cover for the Antenatal Ward and Labour Ward
- The post holder is expected to be an expert clinical midwife who will give advice and guidance on the midwifery care of women and pregnant people, babies and their families
- To provide and delivery a high standard of midwifery care for in-patients during the antenatal period
- To support the day to day running of the Antenatal Ward and Labour Ward including multidisciplinary ward rounds
- Be a mentor to preceptor midwives, international midwives, students and support staff
- To work collaboratively with the ward managers, bleep holders and matrons to provide and develop high quality, safe and effective service
- To work collaboratively with patients and service user representatives to develop the service in response to feedback received including local and national initiatives
- Maintain a high standard of professional expertise to ensure safe and evidence based care is provided in specific area
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert
Person specification
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
- Degree level or equivalent experience as a registered midwife
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Mentorship/Practice Assessor qualification
- Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics Qualification.
EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- 2 completed years of post-registration experience in UK
- Recent experience in an ward and intrapartum setting
- Understanding complaints management
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of initiating and implementing quality Improvement Initiatives
SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
Essential criteria
- Previous experience in Antenatal ward setting
- Ability to support & facilitate high risk and low risk care pathways
- Effective time management for self and others
- Communicating effectively with women, staff and other agencies
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
- Yvette John-Baptiste
- Job title
- Matron for Inpatient Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
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