Day Assessment Midwife | Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Isleworth; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK seeks an experienced Midwife to join the Maternity Day Assessment Unit. The role involves providing high-quality, woman-centered care, conducting maternal and fetal surveillance, and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team. Candidates must be NMC registrants with strong leadership qualities and extensive clinical experience. Commitment to equality and sustainability is essential.

Qualifications

• Registered midwife with significant clinical experience.
• Ability to provide safe, effective, and compassionate care.
• Demonstrated leadership and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide maternal and fetal surveillance to optimise wellbeing.
• Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team for safe care.
• Maintain a safe environment and respond to emergencies.
• Document care episodes appropriately.
• Facilitate learning and development of others.

Skills

Maternal and fetal surveillance

Women's health care

Leadership qualities

Clinical expertise

Compassionate care

Education

NMC registration

Job description

We have an opportunity for an experienced midwife to join our day assessment team.

The post holder will be a clearly identifiable and essential clinical member of the Maternity Day Assessment Unit, alongside other members of the multidisciplinary team. They will have significant clinical experience, provide sound clinical expertise to ensure delivery of high quality, safe and compassionate evidence based care.

As a NMC registrant they will demonstrate strong leadership qualities, be open, transparent and trustworthy and uphold the NMC Code of Conduct. They will facilitate the learning and development of others.

Responsibilities

• Provide maternal and fetal surveillance to women attending DAU in order to optimise maternal and fetal well being
• Provide safe and women centred care in collaboration with other members of the multidisciplinary team and departments
• Maintain a safe environment responding to emergencies
• Provide direct, woman-centred care during the antenatal period; and have detailed clinical knowledge of this specialist area of Midwifery practice
• Work in partnership with Maternal and fetal Medicine ensuring consistency and continuity of care for women with medically complex pregnancies
• Ensure that all episodes of care are documented in an appropriate and accountable way; disseminating all relevant changes in the woman’s condition to the multi-disciplinary team
• Maintain up-to-date professional knowledge; which is demonstrated through safe and effective clinical practice
• Show compassionate behaviour towards women and their families; ensuring that equality and diversity differences are respected, and women and their families are enabled to be partners in their own care
• Ensure that women and their families receive information in a sensitive way, to enable them to make informed decisions about all aspects of their care

Our Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital—along with award-winning clinics across North West London.

Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5m, providing full clinical services including maternity, A&E and children’s services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health care. The CQC rates us Good in safety, effectiveness, care and responsiveness, and Outstanding in leadership and resource use.

We continually invest in our facilities, including a £30m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and an £80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Mid.

We are delivering sustainable healthcare through our Green Plan. In line with Greener NHS ambitions, we aim for net zero carbon emissions by 2045. Achieving this requires collective effort. We encourage staff to reduce their impact on carbon, waste and pollution wherever possible. Every action counts to create a healthier, more sustainable future.

We are committed to equal opportunities and believe diversity drives innovation and excellence. We welcome applications from the global majority, veterans and underrepresented communities, valuing the perspectives they bring.

If you haven’t heard from us within 3 weeks of the closing date, your application was likely unsuccessful. Employment is subject to a six-month probation.

Some roles may require weekend shifts at multiple sites.

See attached job description

This advert closes on Thursday 13 Nov 2025