Our whole maternity service is exciting and innovative and due to this, we received a CQC rating of 'Good' in 2020. We also achieved the Capital Midwife Preceptorship quality mark 2021-2022- accredited with University of Greenwich

We look forward to welcoming you to help us achieve even more in the future.

Successful candidates will be supported through our excellent in house training and further support is offered in professional development to enable you to facilitate change and implement innovations and improvements for women, their families and staff.

Are you passionate about providing gold-standard care that promotes physiological birth in a low risk environment? Is providing holistic midwifery care that promotes maternal and family wellbeing important to you? If so, we would love you to join our dynamic team at the award-winning Lewisham Birth Centre.

We aim to provide women/birthing people with a safe and positive birth experience recognising this transformative time in their lives. You could help us do this! We are looking for enthusiastic team members to help us to promote safe and compassionate care, putting women / birthing people and their families at the heart of everything we do.

Main duties of the job

You will be required to provide the full remit of midwifery care for women and birthing people on the Birth Centre, primarily intrapartum care. You will have a philosophy that is client centred, promotes choice and actively uses approaches to put women and birthing people at the centre of care, ensuring they get the birth of their choice by working in partnership. The role also has opportunities to be involved in audits and the provision of antenatal education.

You will work within a small team including maternity support workers to provide care for women, birthing people and their families.

You will be expected and encouraged to teach and supervise student midwives.

You will be designated to take charge of a ward area in the absence of the person who has continuing responsibility.

You will primarily work in the birth centre but may be asked to provide assistance in all clinical areas to cover service needs and demands at times of escalation.

About us

Our whole maternity service is exciting and innovative and due to this, we received a CQC rating of 'Good' in 2020. We also achieved the Capital Midwife Preceptorship quality mark 2021-2022- accredited with University of Greenwich

We look forward to welcoming you to help us achieve even more in the future.

Successful candidates will be supported through our excellent in house training and further support is offered in professional development to enable you to facilitate change to implement innovations and improvements for women/birthing people, their families and staff.

Please read the Personal and Job specifications carefully. You should provide evidence in your application of the essential qualities required and why you would be an asset to our Midwifery Team. We test all shortlisted candidates prior to interview on Risk Assessment and Medicines Management. Invites to testing and interview will be sent to Personal e-mail addresses, please ensure one is provided on your application.

Please note this post will be shortlisted and those successful will be invited to testing.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be required to provide the full remit of midwifery care for

women on the Birth Centre, primarily intrapartum care. The post holder should have a philosophy that is women centred, promotes choice and actively uses approaches to keep birth normal.

Midwives will work within a small team including maternity support workers to provide appropriate care for women and their families.

The teaching and supervision of student midwives is expected and encouraged.

The post holder will be designated to take charge of a ward area in the absence of

the person who has continuing responsibility.

The post holder is expected to work in the birth centre but can be asked to

rotate between all clinical areas to cover service needs and demands at times

of escalation.

Short listing to be held: W/C 25.04.22

Testing to be held: Virtual TBC

Interviews to be held: Virtual TBC

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential

• oRegistered Midwife
• NMC approved Practice Assessor / commitment to complete training when appropriate

Desirable

• BSc Honours or MA/MSc (or working towards)

Experience

Essential

• Post Registration experience for at least 2 years
• Be proficient in the use of natural methods of pain relief including Hydrotherapy.
• Ability to assess and plan care for women in all aspects of midwifery care.
• Evidence of ability to take charge in the absence of their direct Line Manager.
• Knowledge of how to access emergency services in both hospital and community setting.
• Can interpret CTGs and identify features which deviate from accepted parameters of normality.
• Experienced in resuscitation of the newborn.

Desirable

• NLS Provider course
• Examination of Newborn course
• Waterbirth course

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

• Demonstrate midwifery skills, underpinned by current evidence. To include: oFetal surveillance and appropriate escalation when deviations occur. oCompetence in keeping birth normal. oCompetent in suturing & cannulation. oCompetent in the promotion of breast feeding

Desirable

• competent in delivering antenatal parent education session/committed to achieve competence within 6 months of appointment.

Employer details

Employer name

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Address

University Hospital Lewisham

Lewisham High Street

London

SE13 6LH

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