Bank Midwife

Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Camden Town seeks experienced midwives to join their Bank Midwifery Team. This role involves providing comprehensive, client-centred care in both community and hospital settings. Ideal candidates are enthusiastic and capable of suturing and cannulation. Opportunities for training and career development are available. Newly qualified midwives will not be considered for this position.

Benefits

Access to training and development study days

Experience in diverse settings

Qualifications

• Competent in suturing and cannulation.
• Experience in midwifery with a client-centred approach.
• Motivated and enthusiastic with a commitment to care.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive midwifery care for women and birthing people.
• Teach and supervise student midwives.
• Take charge of a ward area if required.

Skills

Client-centred care

Suturing

Cannulation

Teamwork

Enthusiasm

Job description

If you have vision, are dynamic and motivated with a commitment to providing and developing a first class service then Lewisham & Greenwich Maternity services want you.

We are looking for experienced midwives, to join our Bank Midwifery Team as part of our award winning midwifery service.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for highly motivated, enthusiastic, experienced and client centred midwives to join the bank to supplement our well-established community Midwifery teams as well as our hospital environment.

Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust provides maternity services to approximately 7,000 mothers, birthing people and their babies every year. We run obstetric units at the Queen Elizabeth, Woolwich and University Hospital Lewisham. We have very successful co‑aligned Birth Centre on both sites. Both Obstetric Units have water birth pools and facilities to support clients to have the birth they want.

Our diverse client population provides us with constant challenges and we strive to provide the highest standard of care. We have considerable expertise at caring for clients with complex and high risk needs and our award winning specialist midwives consistently provide the highest standard of multi‑agency care. Our community teams cover a vast geographical area in which they provide care within a range of different settings, facilitating bookings, ante and post‑natal clinics as well as post‑natal care within the home.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be required to provide the full remit of midwifery care for women, birthing people, birthing people. The post holder should have a philosophy that is client centred, promotes choice and actively uses approaches to give clients the birth they want.

Midwives will work within a team including maternity support workers to provide appropriate care for women, birthing people and their families.

The teaching and supervision of student midwives is expected and encouraged.

The post holder will be designated to take charge of a ward area in the absence of the person who has continuing responsibility.

As a bank midwife you will have access to our training and development study days.

Joining our Midwifery Bank offers you the opportunity to experience working in both our Community and Hospital setting enabling you to see how the trust operates with the possibility of then obtaining a substantive post.

Please read the Personal and Job specifications carefully. You should provide evidence in your application of the qualities required and why you would be an asset to our Bank Midwifery team. You must be competent in suturing and cannulation.

This post is not suitable for Newly Qualified Midwives.