Band 7 - Rotational Midwife - Team Leader

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in London is seeking an experienced Band 7 Midwife to join their dynamic maternity team. The successful candidate will lead one of the inpatient teams, providing exceptional care and support to women during pregnancy, birth, and the postnatal period. This role offers competitive benefits and opportunities for professional growth in a respected healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• Registered midwife with relevant experience.
• Demonstrated leadership skills.
• Ability to provide compassionate patient care.

Responsibilities

• Make autonomous clinical decisions in emergencies.
• Mentor and train colleagues and students.
• Provide care for women's physical and emotional needs.

Skills

Autonomous clinical decision-making

Mentoring and training

Advanced physical skills for epidurals and suturing

Facilitation of normal birth

Emotional and psychological care

Job description

Overview

Band 7 Midwife - rotational midwife

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. The midwife must be able to demonstrate excellent leadership skills, be a caring and compassionate individual focused on providing excellent quality care, working within the values held by Royal Free London NHS Trust.

Responsibilities

• Take autonomous clinical decisions in an emergency to ensure safe outcomes for mother and baby.
• Advanced practitioner with specialist knowledge, skills, competencies and experience, who can advise, mentor and train colleagues and students.
• Competent in high level of physical skills for epidural management / top ups (inpatients), suturing, cannulation, and water births (across all services). Competent at home births when working in the community. Able to demonstrate competency in adult and newborn resuscitation.
• Able to provide an environment where these skills are shared through teaching in partnership with the practice development midwife.
• Able to demonstrate the skills of facilitation of normal birth, to include care for women in physiological labour.
• Care for women’s emotional, spiritual and psychological needs.
• Supporting labour with non-pharmacological pain relief i.e. use of water for labour and birth.

About Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust became a new enlarged organisation on 1st July 2014. We now consist of the Royal Free Hospital, Barnet Hospital and Chase Farm Hospital. The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated staff care for over 1.6 million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17 million tests. Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top.

For more information please follow up via the Royal Free London jobs site. Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.

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