To provide woman and babies with high quality, safe midwifery care during childbirth. The care will be evidence based and holistic in meeting women's needs in a variety of practice settings. In the absence of a Band 7 Team Leader, lead the team and manage the workload either in the community or in the unit.

Main duties of the job

Kingston Maternity Services remain committed to implementing the recommendations of The National Maternity Review- Better Births: Improving outcomes of maternity services inEngland. Continuity of Carer remains an important evidence-based way of improving outcomes and experience for women and birthing people using our services. We are continuing to role out continuity of carer models by implementing 10 geographical community-based teams. We currently have 35% of women booked on Continuity of Carer pathways and aim for this to increase in the next year. Each team will provide an integrated model of continuity achieved through midwives working both in the hospital and community settings. This will enable midwives to be highly skilled in all areas of midwifery practice. Full orientation and support will be provided, and midwives will work the majority of their time in the hospital setting with some supported community shifts.

Kingston is proud of its strong multi-disciplinary (MDT) culture. We provide a well evaluated, in-house MDT programme, and staff have the opportunity to attend external study days or enroll for academic modules at our local higher education institutes.

If you are a passionate midwife with excellent communication skills and a drive to provide high quality care to women, please apply to join our multi professional maternity team.

Please be aware that this post requires you to work a mixture of day and night shifts, weekends and bank holidays.

About us

Kingston Hospital - First Acute Trust in London to be rated Outstanding by CQC for Overall Quality and Leadership

Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a district general hospital situated in a beautiful and remarkable part of the country - close to London yet surrounded by royal parks, historic buildings and the River Thames.We are located on a single site in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey and run several outpatient clinics in neighbouring areas including Raynes Park Health Centre and Teddington Memorial Hospital.

We employ 3,300+ staff who proudly and efficiently support over 350,000 people locally through a full range of diagnostic and treatment services and we have a national reputation for innovative developments in healthcare, particularly in 'patient-focused' care, day surgery and maternity services.

Health and Wellbeing & Staff Benefits

The Trust understands that benefits go beyond just financial rewards and offers a wide range of benefits that recognise staff contribution, provide opportunities for career development and offer initiatives to promote a healthy work-life balance. -Our Health Heroes Awards 2018 - Staff Retention and Wellbeing Employer of the Year.-HPMA Vivup Award for Well Being 2019.

Trust Values

Kingston Hospital NHS Trust has four key values and we want to employ and work with people who share these values and demonstrate behaviours that support them. They are:

- Caring

- Safe

- Responsible

- Value Each Other

-Inspiring

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information and also the person specification for this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered midwife with current NMC registration
• Evidence of ongoing education

Desirable

• Master qualification

Experience

Essential

• Relevant experience as a band 6
• Experience in managing a ward or equivalent area

Desirable

• Management of people

Skills

Essential

• Ability to demonstrate leadership
• Excellent written & communication skills
• Demonstrates understanding of role boundaries
• Ability to coordinate and liaise within a multi-disciplinary team

Desirable

• Experience in clinical audit

Knowledge

Essential

• Experience in low and high risk care
• Practice evidence based care

Employer details

Employer name

Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Kingston

Galsworthy Road

Kingston

KT2 7QB

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396-6607790-SMB-GO