Midwife Practitioner - High Risk Specialist Team (Tower)
- NHS
- Full Time
- South Bank
- 44806.00 - 53134.00 a year
Job Description
Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced midwife who wishes to further develop and broaden their knowledge and skills. You will enjoy providing woman centred care as a vital part of a truly multidisciplinary team.
Tower team midwives specialise in caring for women with severe mental health conditions, drug and alcohol dependency, sickle cell disease and those diagnosed with a fetal anomaly during their pregnancy.
The team provide a caseload model of care that encompasses the recognition of additional medical and/or social complexities while respecting the importance of an individualised, holistic experience of pregnancy, birth and postnatal care.
You will gain valuable experience in conditions outlined above as well as gaining experience in team midwifery working alongside all disciplines in decision making. The position is a permanent position. The shift pattern includes a mixture of days and nights, however there are no on call duties required.
**You must have a full driving licence as the team conduct postnatal visits for women in GSTT area, however a pool car is provided***
Closing date: 6th April 2025
Interview date: 16th April 2025
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated midwife that can incorporate kindness and compassion these couples need when facing very challenging pregnancies, labour and postnatal outcomes.
The team consists of 7 midwives who also work shifts on the labour ward to provide intrapartum care. Tower Team work extensively with the wider multidisciplinary teams and have supportive networks such as midwifery psychological support and PMA reflective sessions.
You will have the opportunity to participate and lead on antenatal education. You will be able to liaise with the wider multidisciplinary team, including obstetric medicine, neonatology, fetal cardiology specialists, perinatal mental health and safeguarding teams including social services.
You will be able to provide competent individualised and personalised intrapartum care on the labour ward, using physiological CTG and supporting the wider multidisciplinary team.
We look forward to receiving your application form and working with you in the future.
About us
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.
Job responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities
The post holder will:
- Work in accordance with the NMC rules and code of conduct for midwives.
- Maintain and develop their professional knowledge and competence in accordance within the NMC recommendations.
- Work with the Trust policies and protocols and enable all members of the practice to carry out care within these guidelines.
- Maintain good standards of care within their designated practice and assist in the implementation of recommendations from Government and professional bodies in relation to maternity care.
- Work with the MPL in the monitoring of standards of care.
- Maintain efficient and effective communication and working relationships with other professional groups and staff working within the Trust.
- Utilise the full skills of a midwife (both integral and extended) in the provision of care to women and their families.
- In liaison with the MPL ensure that midwifery practice is in keeping with current research findings and is appropriate for each individual woman for whom care is being provided.
- Assume responsibility for the safe custody and administration of drugs in accordance with the Policies and Statutory Rules and Regulations.
- Assist the MPL with the co-ordination of the clinical activities of the practice and 'act up' when required.
- Assist with orientation programmes which familiarise new members of staff with the organisational and clinical demands of the unit and group practice.
- Supervise the work of the non-midwife, qualified or unqualified staff as well as midwifery, medical and nursing students.
- Maintain stores and equipment ensuring proper economic use.
- Report complaints, incidents and accidents to the MPL or midwifery manager and assist in their investigation and resolution.
- Ensure that working conditions are safe in accordance with the Health and Safety at Work Act.
- To be fully informed of the risk management strategy, be responsible for reporting incidents, risk assessment and development of action plans to reduce risk.
The post holder is required to follow relevant Trust policies and procedures.
Please see attached job description for full details.
Person Specification
Values and behaviours
Essential
- Meets the Trust values & behaviours
Education/Qualification
Essential
- Registered Midwife
- Have completed a preceptorship programme
Desirable
- Mentorship/SSSA
- BSc - Midwifery or Public Health
- Examination of the Newborn
- NLS
- HDU course
Experience
Essential
- Can practice as an autonomous midwife in the acute and primary care setting
- Good written skills, well presented and fully completed application
- Experience of working with women with mental health conditions or complex medical conditions
Desirable
- Confident in teaching and assessing student midwives
- Able to act up for the Band 7
- Demonstrate forward planning, problem recognition, pre-emption and resolution
- Develops action plans and initiatives to improve the service
Skills
Essential
- Previous experience-worked in a variety of settings utilising all midwifery skills
- Can demonstrate a forward-thinking approach e.g. waterbirth and choice
Desirable
- Experience of taking charge of the ward
- Experience of midwifery research and audit
Disclosure 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
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
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Address
St Thomas' Hospital
Westminster Bridge Road
London
SE1 7EH
Employer's website
https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/careers/careers.aspx (Opens in a new tab)
