Registered Midwife

Barts Health NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Barts Health NHS Trust seeks an experienced midwife to take on Band 7 co-ordinator responsibilities. The role focuses on clinical leadership, MDT collaboration, and staff development within a busy unit in London.

You will lead and support junior midwives, ensure safe and person-centred care, and manage resources and budgets, while upholding governance standards across 24/7 services. The successful candidate will work with the leadership team to develop and deliver high-quality maternal care.

Qualifications

• Must be a registered midwife with NMC and current practice
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams (MDT) and supervising junior staff
• Good understanding of governance processes and resource management

Responsibilities

• Provide senior clinical leadership and act as a role model for the midwifery team
• Oversee junior midwives and support staff ensuring safe, person-centred care
• Manage budgets and resources to maintain safe staffing levels 24/7
• Promote high standards of care and lead governance and performance improvement initiatives

Skills

Leadership

Governance

Budget management

Mentoring

Education

NMC registered midwife

Job description

We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced midwife who would like the opportunity to develop their clinical and management skills within our busy unit.

We are looking for a dynamic, and experienced midwife to deliver excellent leadership, excellent MDT working, act as a role model, be able to work under pressure and also be able to provide support and oversee junior midwives.

The Band 7 co-ordinator is responsible and accountable for safe and effective person-centred care that is provided by midwives and support staff to meet the individual needs of pregnant women.

You will be supported to develop into this role by the wider leadership team.

You need to be able to demonstrate effective resource management to include budgets and have a good understanding of current governance processes.

The post holder carries 24/7 continuing responsibility and accountability for their clinical work.

Ensure safe and effective clinical practice in self-ensuring knowledge, skills and competencies are current and act as a clinical expert to disseminate specialist skills and knowledge to others.

Enhance the woman’s experience of care that the needs of the woman are placed at the center of care and Delivery.

Manage and develop the performance of the team by ensuring staff are prepared and supported and competent to practice safely

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Lynn Maycroft Job title: Deputy ADoM Email address: [e-mail]