Specialist Midwife for Maternal Medicine

Barts Health NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Part time

Job summary

Barts Health NHS Trust is seeking a Specialist Midwife for Maternal Medicine in London, focusing on providing comprehensive care for pregnant women with complex needs. This part-time role requires a skilled midwife to join a multidisciplinary team, ensuring high standards of patient care and support throughout the antenatal journey. Candidates must be NMC registered and demonstrate excellent clinical competencies and communication skills.

Qualifications

• NMC Registered Midwife with experience in high-risk pregnancies.
• Completion of a preceptorship programme.
• Evidence of effective communication and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide midwifery care to pregnant women with complex medical conditions.
• Facilitate evidence-based informed choice for patients.
• Ensure continuity of care throughout the antenatal period.

Skills

Cannulation

Suturing

Fetal monitoring interpretation

Communication

Organizational skills

Priority setting

Interpersonal skills

Calm under pressure

Education

NMC Registered Midwife

Post registration qualifications or MSc

Acute illness management training

Enhanced maternal care training

Non-medical prescriber qualification

Job description

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Specialist Midwife for Maternal Medicine, London

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Client:

Barts Health NHS Trust

Location:

London, United Kingdom

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Other

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Posted:

02.06.2025

Expiry Date:

17.07.2025

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Job overview

We are looking for a midwife who has specialist interest in Maternal Medicine. The current post holder is looking to reduce their working hours, so we wish to recruit an additional member to the Maternal Medicine team. This is a part time role for one day a week (Wednesday).

In conjunction with the multidisciplinary team, you will be responsible for providing midwifery care to pregnant women and birthing people with complex medical conditions. The post holder is expected to be able to facilitate evidence based informed choice, as well as respect for their decision at every stage of the pregnancy regardless of medical needs. The successful post holder will provide continuity of care throughout the antenatal period, and work alongside varied teams from the obstetric, medical, anaesthetic and midwifery departments. The post holder will work within the framework of the NMC Midwives Rules and Standards and the Barts Health NHS Trust Guidelines and Policies

For further information please contact

Hayley Martin Lead Midwife for Maternal Medicine

Tel: [phone]

Main duties of the job

In conjunction with the multidisciplinary team, you will be responsible for providing midwifery care to pregnant women and birthing people with complex medical conditions. The post holder is expected to be able to facilitate evidence based informed choice, as well as respect for their decision at every stage of the pregnancy regardless of medical needs or otherwise. This midwife will provide continuity of care throughout the antenatal period, and work alongside varied teams from the obstetric, medical, anaesthetic and midwifery departments. The post holder will work within the framework of the NMC Midwives Rules and Standards and the Barts Health NHS Trust Guidelines and Policies

Professional relationships with key partners, employees and boards.

Working for our organisation

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

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person specification

Qualifications

• NMC Registered Midwife
• Completion of a preceptorship programme or equivalent, with evidence of working in a variety of settings
• Acute illness management trained
• Enhanced maternal care/ high dependency trained
• non-medical prescriber
• Practice Supervisor/ Assessor - Post registration qualifications or MSc

Experience

• Experience in caring for high-risk service users.
• Evidence of applying current research to practice
• Excellent organisational skills
• Able to prioritise and meet deadlines
• Able to use your own initiative
• Able to manage sensitive or difficult situations effectively
• IT skills including Microsoft Office, Excel and PowerPoint
• Evidence of multi-disciplinary /multi-agency working
• Ability to monitor the quality of own work
• Ability to use and maintain resources efficiently and effectively and encourage others to do so
• Experience of Equal Opportunity policies and procedures

Knowledge

• Understanding of physiology and complexities in pregnancy.
• Proven oral and written communication skills
• An ability to compile complex written information
• An ability to demonstrate on-going commitment to learning and development
• Skilled practitioner in all areas of Midwifery
• Ability to make calm and rational decisions in the face of adversity
• Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team; working successfully with colleagues at all levels

Skills

• Sound clinical skills including cannulation, suturing and fetal monitoring interpretation.
• Excellent communication, attention to detail and prioritisation skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to work calmly under pressure
• Ability to work in a team and independently
• Exemplary personal standards of conduct and behaviour

Other

• Must be able to work Wednesdays to ensure clinic and service cover.
• Attendance to the Maternal Medicine and Midwifery Care course