Band 7 - Rotational Midwife - Team Leader

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust; Coulsdon; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking an experienced midwife to lead an inpatient team. The role involves making autonomous decisions, mentoring colleagues, and providing compassionate, holistic care to women. Candidates should possess advanced clinical skills and experience in midwifery. This position supports a diverse and dynamic maternity team committed to excellent patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• Advanced practitioner with specialist knowledge and experience in midwifery.
• Ability to mentor and train colleagues and students.
• Competence in high-level clinical skills and in resuscitation.

Responsibilities

• Lead and work within an inpatient midwifery team.
• Take autonomous clinical decisions in emergency situations.
• Provide holistic support for women’s emotional, spiritual, and psychological needs.

Skills

Advanced practitioner midwifery

Mentoring and training

High-level clinical skills

Resuscitation skills

Job description

Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced midwife to lead one of our inpatient teams. The post requires an enthusiastic, committed midwife to join our established, dynamic and forward-thinking maternity team. The midwife will be a highly motivated practitioner with a vision to support women and families through their pregnancy, birth and postnatal period. The post holder will be part of a team of highly trained, dedicated midwives with excellent organisational and communication skills and will demonstrate leadership, provide compassionate care, and work within the values of Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

Responsibilities

• Lead and work within an inpatient midwifery team, taking autonomous clinical decisions in emergency situations to ensure safe outcomes for mother and baby.
• Act as an advanced practitioner with specialist knowledge, skills, competencies and experience who can advise, mentor and train colleagues and students.
• Demonstrate high-level clinical skills for epidural management/top ups (inpatients), suturing, cannulation, and water births (across all services). Competent in home births when working in the community.
• Demonstrate competency in adult and newborn resuscitation.
• Provide an environment where these skills are shared through teaching in partnership with the practice development midwife.
• Demonstrate facilitation of normal birth, with care for women in physiological labour.
• Provide holistic support for women’s emotional, spiritual and psychological needs.
• Support labour with non-pharmacological pain relief, including the use of water for labour and birth.

Qualifications and Experience

• Advanced practitioner with specialist knowledge and experience in midwifery.
• Ability to mentor and train colleagues and students.
• Competence in high-level clinical skills listed above and in resuscitation.

Application and Compliance

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About Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients each year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 community services. We are committed to delivering world-class care and teaching, with a focus on excellent outcomes, patient and staff experience, value for money, safety, external duties, and building a strong organisation. We are proud of our diversity and continue to promote equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to foster good relations among staff. We deliver services across three main hospitals and a broad range of community services, supporting the delivery of high-quality care aligned with our values and objectives.