Job summary
Are you an experienced midwife seeking a role with a plethora of opportunities within a leading London Trust? Whether you're contemplating your next career move or just fancy a change of scenery, we want to hear from you!

We are seeking an experienced, dynamic and compassionate senior midwife to join our labour ward team as a band 7 co-ordinator. This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic midwife with strong clinical leadership, excellent communication skills and a passion for providing safe, high-quality woman centred care. You will act as a role model for multidisciplinary team, fostering a supportive culture that reflects our Trust values.

You will lead the daily operational management of the labour ward, ensuring the delivery of outstanding care to our service users. You will provide visible clinical leadership and co-ordinate all activity on the labour ward, maintaining oversight of patient safety, acuity and safe skill mix.

Working closely with obstetric, anaesthetist and neonatal team, senior midwifery leadership to deliver effective multidisciplinary care. Mentoring and supporting junior midwives, students, and new starters, fostering professional growth and confidence. Ensuring compliance with trust policies, documentation standards and national maternity safety initiatives. You will be involved with quality improvement and audit.

Main duties of the job

• Responsible for the day to day co-ordination of Labour Ward, overseeing the delivery of high quality, safe and effective care focused on improving outcomes and experiences for parents, families and carers.
• Ensure safe and effective clinical practice in ensuring own knowledge, skills and competencies are current and act as clinical expert to disseminate specialist skills and knowledge to others.
• Manage midwifery and support staff within the clinical area to maintain smooth running of the service. Enhance women/birthing people's experience of care and ensure that their needs are placed at the centre of care delivery.
• Contribute to the delivery of the organisations objectives by working to improve clinical outcomes, increase productivity, efficiency and quality in care delivery.
• The post-holder is an autonomous practitioner in normal pregnancy, birth and the post-natal period and in the care of neonates and is able to detect abnormal conditions in mother and baby, refer to other qualified health professionals appropriately and undertake emergency measures when required.

About us
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Person Specification
Education
Essential

• Degree level or equivalent experience as a registered midwife
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Mentorship/Practice Assessor qualification

Desirable

• Evidence of other professional managerial qualifications
• NLS
• Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics Qualification.

Experience
Essential

• Recent experience in an intrapartum setting
• Knowledge and experience of risk management
• Understanding complaints and conflict management

Desirable

• Evidence of previous management experience
• Evidence of initiating and implementing quality Improvement Initiatives

Skills
Essential

• Ability to lead a team
• Previous comprehensive midwifery experience including the ability to facilitate both high risk and low risk birth
• Excellence in competencies (suturing, cannulation, venepuncture, emergencies etc)
• Ability to foster a positive learning environment

Desirable

• Evidence of knowledge of recent midwifery research and clinical 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).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).