NHS
Birth Centre Midwife
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Job Description
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- Registered Midwife
- Mentorship/ Preceptorship Qualification
- Has completed New-born Life Support Course in last 4 years
- Evidence of continuous and recent professional development
- Competent in all aspects of Midwifery practice including intrapartum care
- Training experience
- Cannulation and Perineal suturing
- Registered Midwife
- Mentorship/ Preceptorship Qualification
- Has completed New-born Life Support Course in last 4 years
- Evidence of continuous and recent professional development
- Competent in all aspects of Midwifery practice including intrapartum care
- Training experience
- Cannulation and Perineal suturing
Job summary
At Kings College NHS Foundation Trust on the Princess Royal University Hospital site in Orpington, we are delighted to offer a very exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Midwife to join our Oasis Birth Centre team.
We are looking for autonomous, motivated and enthusiastic midwives to join our amazing team, with a passion for facilitating physiological labour and birth, and promoting women centred, safe care.
If you have excellent communication and decision making skills, experience in providing low risk care and you are looking to be part of a core team, you are who we are looking for! You will work closely with the wider multi-disciplinary team to ensure the highest standards of care and safety for women, pregnant people and families.
We offer post-registration education and development that enables our midwives to become confident practitioners who provide low-risk care to birthing people on our birth centre unit.
Apply today to become part of our compassionate team who strive to give the very best care to our diverse community every day.
Main duties of the job
You will need to have completed a preceptorship programme and achieved midwifery competencies such as cannulation, suturing and have passed the Newborn Life Support course.
Practice as an experienced, registered midwife who will be the lead professional for women and their families on the birth centre
Provide effective, safe and individualised women-centred care to women and their families from the stages of early labour until the postnatal discharge
To maintain a professional standard that enhances the unit environment and promotes the well-being of patients and colleagues
About us
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King's to another level.
We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.
King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone's contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust's carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.
Date posted
18 June 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£40,701 to £48,054 a year Per annum including High Cost Area
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number
213-MID-PRUH-6346716
Job locations
Princess Royal University Hospital
Farnborough Common
Orpington
BR6 8ND
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be responsible for the provision of autonomous, evidence-based, women-centred midwifery care, whilst working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team, other agencies, representatives and service users.
The post holder will provide support to other midwives within the service and may be designated to take a management responsibility for the midwifery practice or team in the absence of the Band 7 Midwife.
The post holder may occasionally be required to be deployed outside of their normal work setting, depending on clinical risk management and service need.
MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Abide by the Midwives Rules, Midwives Code of Practice, Code of Professional Conduct and any other guidance by the Registering body
2. Implement and participate in the development of the Kings College Hospital NHS Trust/Womens Services agreed procedures and policies.
3. To follow the Kings College Hospital NHS Trust Fire Regulations, Cardiac Arrest, Major Accident procedures.
4. Adhere to Kings procedures on the reporting of complaints, accidents, incidents and Notifiable Clinical Events.
5. Adhere to Kings procedures on the documentation, management and escalation of safe-guarding cases
6. Adhere to Kings College Hospital NHS Trust Behavioural Standards
7. To be conversant with Kings College NHS Trusts current grievance and disciplinary procedures.
8. Follow midwifery/obstetric guidelines where appropriate and liaise with medical staff in the implementation of client care, reporting and recording any deviations from the protocols.
9. Maintain a safe working environment as laid down by the Health and Safety at Work Act.
10. Participate with relevant Trust initiatives involving compliance with clinical governance requirements in relation to local/national monitored standards and quality of care.
ADMINISTRATION
1. Responsible for the reporting and the proper maintenance of equipment.
2. Responsible at times for obtaining and the safekeeping of drugs as delegated.
3. Responsible for the collection of statistics and data regarding own midwifery practice and as required by the Care Group/Trust.
PERSONNEL
1. Responsible for day-to-day management including deployment of staff within sphere of responsibility in the absence of a Band 7 Midwife.
2. Participate in the orientation and development of new staff.
3. Participate in the appraisal of trained/untrained staff as appropriate.
4. Exercise a supervisory role in enabling midwives to practice safety, effectively and efficiently, paying regard to the changing needs and expectations of mothers and their families.
5. Demonstrate awareness of the individual needs of team members and give active support and guidance, where necessary.
6. Participate in Trust, Care Group and departmental meetings and in meetings related to the ongoing review and evaluations of the team/practice/core area.
7. Exercise compassionate counselling and information giving skills. Act in an advisory and guiding role in all aspects of professional and midwifery care.
CLINICAL
1. To meet the Clinical Governance agenda in all aspects of the delivery of care.
2. Assess the needs of mothers and babies within the defined clinical area and plan and implement individualised midwifery care that is women, child and family focused.
3. Facilitate the participation of the mother and her family in decision making
4. Organise, where appropriate, midwife to client allocation within the team. Supporting junior and trainee colleagues.
5. Ensure due regard is given to customs, values and spiritual beliefs of clients.
6. Ensure accurate contemporaneous records kept are in line with registering body, recommendation and that all entries and signatures must be legible and dated.
7. Ensure midwifery practice is researched and evidence based.
8. Demonstrate competence in all aspects of intrapartum and immediate postnatal midwifery care.
9. Be competent in labour ward care in cases where women require transfer of e.g. theatre, I/V drug administration, cannulation and topping up of epidurals, breast feeding support, homebirths / water births.
EDUCATIONAL
1. To have an ongoing knowledge of government policies, health and social policies related to women and their families.
2. Act as an effective role model.
3. Recognise issues relating to health education and take maximum advantage of teaching opportunities.
4. Share in structured education of learners and trained staff
5. Take responsibility for own educational needs in line with registering body requirements and maintain personal records of professional development.
6. Take maximum advantage of teaching opportunities and supervise students until they are competent to perform care unsupervised.
7. Facilitate the achievement of learning objectives identified by the midwifery education leads and particularly by the students themselves.
8. Identify and report any shortcomings in a students performance to the appropriate supervisor/link lecturer and assist the student to achieve a good standard of practice and involvement.
9. Write clear objective reports on students progress as soon as they finish their allocation to the team/practice/clinical area and liaise with lecturers, supervisors of midwives and consultants as required.
10. Liaise with other teaching staff where appropriate.
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be responsible for the provision of autonomous, evidence-based, women-centred midwifery care, whilst working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team, other agencies, representatives and service users.
The post holder will provide support to other midwives within the service and may be designated to take a management responsibility for the midwifery practice or team in the absence of the Band 7 Midwife.
The post holder may occasionally be required to be deployed outside of their normal work setting, depending on clinical risk management and service need.
MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Abide by the Midwives Rules, Midwives Code of Practice, Code of Professional Conduct and any other guidance by the Registering body
2. Implement and participate in the development of the Kings College Hospital NHS Trust/Womens Services agreed procedures and policies.
3. To follow the Kings College Hospital NHS Trust Fire Regulations, Cardiac Arrest, Major Accident procedures.
4. Adhere to Kings procedures on the reporting of complaints, accidents, incidents and Notifiable Clinical Events.
5. Adhere to Kings procedures on the documentation, management and escalation of safe-guarding cases
6. Adhere to Kings College Hospital NHS Trust Behavioural Standards
7. To be conversant with Kings College NHS Trusts current grievance and disciplinary procedures.
8. Follow midwifery/obstetric guidelines where appropriate and liaise with medical staff in the implementation of client care, reporting and recording any deviations from the protocols.
9. Maintain a safe working environment as laid down by the Health and Safety at Work Act.
10. Participate with relevant Trust initiatives involving compliance with clinical governance requirements in relation to local/national monitored standards and quality of care.
ADMINISTRATION
1. Responsible for the reporting and the proper maintenance of equipment.
2. Responsible at times for obtaining and the safekeeping of drugs as delegated.
3. Responsible for the collection of statistics and data regarding own midwifery practice and as required by the Care Group/Trust.
PERSONNEL
1. Responsible for day-to-day management including deployment of staff within sphere of responsibility in the absence of a Band 7 Midwife.
2. Participate in the orientation and development of new staff.
3. Participate in the appraisal of trained/untrained staff as appropriate.
4. Exercise a supervisory role in enabling midwives to practice safety, effectively and efficiently, paying regard to the changing needs and expectations of mothers and their families.
5. Demonstrate awareness of the individual needs of team members and give active support and guidance, where necessary.
6. Participate in Trust, Care Group and departmental meetings and in meetings related to the ongoing review and evaluations of the team/practice/core area.
7. Exercise compassionate counselling and information giving skills. Act in an advisory and guiding role in all aspects of professional and midwifery care.
CLINICAL
1. To meet the Clinical Governance agenda in all aspects of the delivery of care.
2. Assess the needs of mothers and babies within the defined clinical area and plan and implement individualised midwifery care that is women, child and family focused.
3. Facilitate the participation of the mother and her family in decision making
4. Organise, where appropriate, midwife to client allocation within the team. Supporting junior and trainee colleagues.
5. Ensure due regard is given to customs, values and spiritual beliefs of clients.
6. Ensure accurate contemporaneous records kept are in line with registering body, recommendation and that all entries and signatures must be legible and dated.
7. Ensure midwifery practice is researched and evidence based.
8. Demonstrate competence in all aspects of intrapartum and immediate postnatal midwifery care.
9. Be competent in labour ward care in cases where women require transfer of e.g. theatre, I/V drug administration, cannulation and topping up of epidurals, breast feeding support, homebirths / water births.
EDUCATIONAL
1. To have an ongoing knowledge of government policies, health and social policies related to women and their families.
2. Act as an effective role model.
3. Recognise issues relating to health education and take maximum advantage of teaching opportunities.
4. Share in structured education of learners and trained staff
5. Take responsibility for own educational needs in line with registering body requirements and maintain personal records of professional development.
6. Take maximum advantage of teaching opportunities and supervise students until they are competent to perform care unsupervised.
7. Facilitate the achievement of learning objectives identified by the midwifery education leads and particularly by the students themselves.
8. Identify and report any shortcomings in a students performance to the appropriate supervisor/link lecturer and assist the student to achieve a good standard of practice and involvement.
9. Write clear objective reports on students progress as soon as they finish their allocation to the team/practice/clinical area and liaise with lecturers, supervisors of midwives and consultants as required.
10. Liaise with other teaching staff where appropriate.
Person SpecificationPerson Specification
Experience & Qualifications/Registration
Essential
Desirable
Experience & Qualifications/Registration
Essential
Desirable
Additional informationDisclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Princess Royal University Hospital
Farnborough Common
Orpington
BR6 8ND
Employer's website
https://www.kch.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Princess Royal University Hospital
Farnborough Common
Orpington
BR6 8ND
Employer's website
https://www.kch.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.
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