Birth Centre Midwife

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A renowned healthcare provider in London is seeking an enthusiastic Band 6 midwife. You will provide high-quality care throughout the antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal periods, while actively supporting women through personalized care plans. With opportunities for professional development in a positive team environment, this role is perfect for midwives looking to enhance their skills in a supportive setting. Flexible working options are available.

Benefits

Career development

Flexible working

Staff recognition scheme

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife with required qualifications.
• Relevant current clinical experience with staff management.
• Evidence of applying research to practice.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality, evidence-based care throughout all periods.
• Enhance women's experience of care; act as an advocate.
• Support the maternity service in other areas when needed.

Skills

Decision making

Communication skills

Counseling

IT skills

Education

Registered Midwife

Evidence of post registration education activity

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

At Queen Charlotte's Birth Centre we are looking for an enthusiastic Band 6 midwife who can demonstrate excellent decision making and communication skills, with the ability to liaise with the multi-disciplinary team to facilitate safe care and provide an enhanced patient experience.

This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your skills in supporting physiological birth, within a bio-psycho-social model of care and minimise unnecessary interventions. You will be supported by the core Birth Centre team including Band 7s and Matron and contribute to the provision of midwife-led care at Imperial.Specifically working at the Birth Centre will enable you to:-

• Gain confidence in facilitating water births.
• Gain confidence in facilitating active births.
• Gain confidence in working autonomously and knowing when to refer to MDT.
• Gain confidence in counselling women with personalised care plans.

For an informal discussion about joining the Birth Centre team please contact Claire Cousins (Matron) on [e-mail] or mobile number 07879 800392.

Main duties of the job

• Provide high quality, evidence-based care and advice to women throughout the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods.
• Enhance the woman's experience of care and ensure that the needs of the woman are placed at the centre of care delivery.
• Liaise appropriately with services to ensure safe and effective care is provided to women at the right place, and at the right time. Act as an advocate for women, whilst safeguarding her and her wider family and social group where appropriate.
• Be flexible and support the maternity service by working in other areas when needed .
• Be flexible and open to new ways of working as we review and re-evaluate our service.
• Contribute to the delivery of the Trust's objectives by working to improve clinical outcomes, increase productivity, efficiency and quality in care delivery.

About us

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.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share.

Job 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 / Qualifications

• Registered Midwife
• Evidence of post registration education activity.

Experience

• Relevant current clinical experience
• Experience of staff management
• Experience in change management

Skills/knowledge/ abilities

• Evidence of applying current research to practice.
• Able to demonstrate a working knowledge in standard setting and quality management.
• Experience in conducting audits.
• IT skills including Microsoft office, Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience in supervision of staff.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.