Consultant midwife

King's College Hospital; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in the UK is seeking a Clinical Midwife to lead improvements in patient experience based on surveys, complaints, and feedback. This role involves managing on-call duties and attending meetings within the care group. Candidates should have experience in midwifery, and teaching, alongside progressing towards a Masters Degree. The Trust promotes sustainability and is committed to delivering high-quality healthcare across its sites.

Qualifications

• Experience in all areas of clinical midwifery practice.
• Position as a senior midwife or registered midwife is required.
• Teaching experience and working with LMNS is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead action plans to improve patient experience from surveys and feedback.
• Participate in on-call management out of hours.
• Attend relevant meetings as part of care group and LMNS.

Skills

Experience as a clinical midwife

Experience in teaching

Patient experience knowledge

Working with LMNS

Education

Masters Degree (working towards or completed)

Registered Midwife

Job description

Job Overview

Work clinically 50% of the time covering both Denmark Hill and Princess Royal University Hospital Orpington. The requirement of the role is to lead on any action plan to improve all aspects of patient experience that emerge from CQC maternity survey, complaints and local feedback. On appointment a job plan will be agreed to fulfill four principal role functions. For an informal discussion contact Director of Midwifery Mitra Bakhtiari [e-mail] before applying. 50% clinical covering cross site participate in manager on call out of hours attend relevant meetings within the care group and LMNS as agreed on appointment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead on any action plan to improve all aspects of patient experience that emerge from CQC maternity survey, complaints and local feedback.
• Participate in manager on-call out of hours.
• Attend relevant meetings within the care group and LMNS as agreed on appointment.

Qualifications

• Experience as a clinical midwife in all areas of practice.
• Senior midwife or Registered Midwife.
• Working towards or have a Masters Degree.
• Experience in teaching, patient experience and working with LMNS.

About the Trust

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.8 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across five main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its sites and specialist services from King's College Hospital sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) in the London Borough of Bromley. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level.

Additional Information

King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required to meet these goals and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.