Midwife | Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 24 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £42,471 - £50,364 pa inclusive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 May 2024 |
| Location: | London, W12 0HS |
| Company: | IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6256922/290-WCCS-1329 |
Summary
Are you looking for a more dynamic midwifery role? Our 'Outstanding' rated Maternity Unit at Queen Charlottes and Chelsea Hospital are looking for an experienced midwife to join their team in a hybrid role covering our labour ward and antenatal ward.
If you are a passionate and skilled midwife, we invite you to join our team in a dynamic, permanent hybrid role at the Lewis Suite Antenatal Ward and Labour Ward. Lewis Suite boasts a 14-bed capacity. Staffed with two midwives, this position offers the unique opportunity to work closely within a small team, providing continuous and comprehensive care to expectant mothers. Whilst our Labour ward offers the opportunity to maintain your intrapartum skills and work within a dynamic MDT.
Your responsibilities will also include contributing to the daily operations of the wards, participating in multidisciplinary rounds, and mentoring a diverse group of midwives, students, and support staff. Furthermore, you will collaborate with ward managers and matrons to continuously enhance service quality and safety, and engage with patients and service users to develop the service based on feedback.
Within this dynamic role, you will have the opportunity to work within a close-knit team, and put both your antenatal and intrapartum partum skills into play. We are here to support you along the way within your new role, with our support we hope to see you excel in your new role with us.
• To work as a prime care provider in all aspects of midwifery care.
• To work flexibly within the team to provide service cover for the Antenatal Ward and Labour Ward
• The post holder is expected to be an expert clinical midwife who will give advice and guidance on the midwifery care of women and pregnant people, babies and their families
• To provide and delivery a high standard of midwifery care for in-patients during the antenatal period
• To support the day to day running of the Antenatal Ward and Labour Ward including multidisciplinary ward rounds
• Be a mentor to preceptor midwives, international midwives, students and support staff
• To work collaboratively with the ward managers, bleep holders and matrons to provide and develop high quality, safe and effective service
• To work collaboratively with patients and service user representatives to develop the service in response to feedback received including local and national initiatives
• Maintain a high standard of professional expertise to ensure safe and evidence based care is provided in specific area
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
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 overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert
This advert closes on Wednesday 8 May 2024