Consultant Midwife for Intrapartum Care and Complex Births

Whittington Health NHS Trust; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Camden Town seeks a leader for their maternity service. The role involves providing expert clinical leadership and support to midwives across intrapartum settings. The ideal candidate will lead care programs, evaluate education strategies, and act as an ambassador for the maternity service. This position aims to enhance care accessibility for a diverse population in a supportive working environment.

Qualifications

• Expert clinical leadership within the maternity service.
• Exemplary leadership and support for midwives.
• Clinical support in intrapartum settings.

Responsibilities

• Leading programs of care for women and families.
• Evaluating the training strategy for the maternity workforce.
• Providing consultancy service for midwifery.

Job description

Overview

The post holder will provide expert clinical leadership within the maternity service and designated areas by providing professional leadership and support for midwifery staff.

The focus of this role is to provide exemplary, experienced leadership and support for midwives in clinical practice within and across all intrapartum areas. The post holder will be able to support, advocate and challenge intrapartum practice calmly and sensitively. It is envisaged that at least 50% of this role will be spent working in the clinical area, which also includes the intrapartum settings.

Responsibilities

• Leading programs of care for women and families requiring advanced clinical assessment and working alongside other midwifery and obstetric colleagues to develop personalised care plans which meet the needs of individual families who may fall outside of current clinical guidance, including providing clinical support and the application of guidance flexibility to meet the needs of the service and families.
• Provide a pivotal role in leading and evaluating the training strategy across the intrapartum areas, ensuring education and development for the maternity workforce.
• Provide a consultancy service for midwifery internally and externally and act as an ambassador for the Trust's maternity service.
• Represent the maternity service as a centre of excellence.

Diversity and Inclusion

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.