We are proud of our Maternity Service at Royal London Hospital. We are a supportive and friendly team dedicated to delivering the highest standard of care to our service users. We serve a diverse community in East London.

We are currently looking for a enthusiastic midwife to lead, facilitate and build on the current practice to enable the delivery of the Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle version 3

The successful candidate will work with midwifery, obstetric, and neonatal colleagues to lead on the continued implementation and monitoring of the Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle v3 at Royal London Hospital. You will be required to have excellent communication skills and be able to manage their own workload.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will support and work alongside the leads for the individual elements to achieve compliance with MIS (Maternity Incentive Scheme)standard 6. They will have overall responsibility for leading, facilitating and building on all the 6 elements of SBLCB v3.

Element 1: reducing smoking in pregnancy.

Element 2: Fetal growth

Element 3: Raising awareness of reduced fetal movement

Element 4: Effective fetal monitoring

Element 5: Reducing preterm birth

Element 6: Management of pre-existing diabetes

About us

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.

Job description

Job 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.

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

Although this position is a 12 months fixed-term contract, the actual contract duration will be adjusted to account for the time taken to advertise the post, complete the hiring process, and finalise pre-employment checks. This means the contract will begin when the candidate starts the role and may be slightly shorter than 12 months.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• oRegistered Midwife with current NMC registration at Band 6
• oevidence of continuing education
• oEducated to degree level
• oSSSA or equivalent

Experience

Essential

• Experience at band 6.
• Understanding of audit and how to present findings.
• Ability to demonstrate significant experience in all midwifery practice
• Sound knowledge of MIS & SBLCBv3.
• Ability to offer constructive suggestions for service improvement.
• Knowledge and understanding of information governance.
• Ability to work within set timeframes working to priorities and deadlines, whilst monitoring the quality of own and others work.
• Ability to use and maintain resources efficiently and effectively and encourage others to do so.
• Understanding and application of human factors
• Sound knowledge of the governance agenda
• Sound knowledge of current issues in maternity

Employer details

Employer name

Barts Health NHS Trust

Address

Royal London Hospital

London

E1 1FR

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

259-6538899RLH