Midwifery Practice Leader Home from Home Birth Centre

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job description

The purpose of this role is to lead, support and coordinate the day to day running of the specific clinical area, and to play a key role in the development of these services.

As a Midwifery Practice Leader, you will be responsible for ensuring the provision of high quality, woman centred care in midwifery services, through the provision of clinical expertise, professional direction and leadership.

Key Responsibilities:

1. To work in accordance with the NMC Rules and Code for nurses and midwives.
2. To be responsible for the provision of a high quality, woman centred midwifery service for the Trust, in line with the national and Trust standards.
3. To lead on the management of the day to day running of the assigned clinical area, ensuring that women and families receive care in a timely manner.
4. To work with the multidisciplinary team to continually monitor the maternity care pathways.
5. To identify areas for improvement and to take a lead role in designing, implementing and supporting new and existing quality improvement initiatives.
6. To deputise for the midwifery matron.
7. To be a role model in the provision of midwifery care and to undertake clinic cover, birth choice discussion on a regular basis and work closely with the Clinical ward manager to ensure safety of the clinical working environment and ensure the antenatal continuity of care is achievable.
8. You will support your team members to develop their skills and carry out annual appraisals.

Closing Date:

20th April 2025 at Midnight

Interview Date:

29th April 2025

About Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust:

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.

We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research’s biomedical research centres, established with King’s College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.

For Further Details / Informal Visits Contact:

Name: Flo Awichi
Job title: HFH Birth Centre and MCoC
Email address: [e-mail]
Telephone number: 07908542902

Angela Ugen
Lead Midwife for Outpatients
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