Inpatient Rotational Midwife

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Masters scholarships

Education & training

Job summary

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust seeks Band 6 Midwives to join a rotation across inpatient maternity wards, including Delivery Suite, High Dependency Unit and Birthing Centre with birthing pools. You will work under the NMC Code, lead clinical care, educate peers, and contribute to audits and service improvement in a large academic Trust.

Dedicated to education and research, UCLH offers strong links with universities and a masters scholarship scheme to support ongoing

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife with current NMC registration and practising standards.
• Experience across maternity settings and ability to rotate through delivery, antenatal and postnatal care.
• Strong leadership, teaching and audit/risk management capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Rotate across all areas of the maternity unit.
• Work according to the NMC Code and professional guidelines with minimal supervision.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing/midwifery care.
• Develop leadership within ward/department and contribute to audit and quality initiatives.
• Participate in training, teach and act as facilitator/preceptor to staff.
• Promote effective communication and a supportive, blame-free environment.

Skills

NMC Code knowledge

Midwifery practice

Leadership skills

Education & training

Education

NMC Registered Midwife

Job description

We are offering excellent Band 6 Midwifery opportunities to join our service, and take your career forward within an outstanding Trust. This is an exciting chance to join one of the largest and most successful Foundation Trusts in the UK with an international reputation and a tradition of innovation.

Your career development is our concern, and we offer excellent experience to maintain and develop your clinical skills, we are committed to education and research, and provide our support to develop your knowledge and clinical expertise. We have a strong commitment to staff education and have commissioned links with City, Kings and Southbank Universities, and promote a masters scholarship scheme.

The post holder will commit to undertaking a rotation around the inpatients wards within the maternity unit. Options include Delivery Suite and obstetric theatre, High Dependency Unit, Birthing Centre which include 2 birthing pools, inpatient antenatal ward, triage unit, postnatal care unit with transitional care cots and antenatal clinic. There are opportunities to work within community-based services, Fetal Medicine Unit as well as an array of specialists areas.

• The post holder will work as a midwife and will rotate across all areas of the maternity unit.
• To work according to the NMC Code and relevant professional guidelines as a midwife with facilitation for a defined group of women and their babies with minimal supervision in the Maternity Care setting.
• The assessment of care and health education needs of women and their babies
• To maintain accountability for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluation programmes of care within the necessary framework
• To develop leadership skills and experience in the management of the ward/department.
• To promote and participate in the implementation of the UCLH Nursing Midwifery strategy:
• Reviewing midwifery practice and implementing appropriate changes based on research/best practice.
• Developing and implementing Audit, Quality and Risk Management initiatives.
• To participate in training programmes as appropriate and to teach and act as a facilitator/preceptor to midwifery or non-midwifery staff.
• To promote and maintain effective communication.
• Create a supportive blame-free environment for staff and women

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Chlorice Wallace Job title: R & R Lead Email address: [e-mail]