Job summary
We are excited to announce this new way of community team working Long days/Night as part of the home birth and Enhance care team working alongside Queens Birthing Centre and delivering personalised care to our birthing people according to their choice and place of birth. The geographical areas we cover are Barking, Dagenham and Redbridge. This role is being offered as long days and nights On calls in the hospital environment at night when there is no home birth but when there is a home birth you will go from hospital to attend homebirth and support by another community midwife as 2nd On Call Midwife. A flexible working opportunity with the option of having set shifts and On Call will be considered. It is the perfect opportunity to be part of this team and hold your caseload of birthing people which would include those needing additional support with access to care, language barriers and coordinate their care antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal period.
Main duties of the job
To provide antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care to women and babies during their pregnancy, birth and aftercare. Additionally, the post holder will caseload women that fall into the enhance care model which are birthing people needed additional support.
About us
We're an organisation that is getting better and better. We were the most improved Trust in England for A&E performance in 2023/24; we're no longer in special measures; and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal. Our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and that our patients are happy with.
Many of our 8,000 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and the majority are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. More than 400 of them are on apprenticeship programmes and we're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
We operate from two main sites - King George Hospital (KGH) in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two of the busiest emergency departments in London - more than 300,000 people visited our A&Es in 2023.
Patients across north east London are benefitting from two new state of the art theatres at KGH and our Community Diagnostic Centres at Barking Community Hospital and St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub will significantly increase the number of scans that can be carried out.
We're looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record next year. This will mean the records of any patient visiting one of the seven hospitals run by BHRUT and Barts Health will be accessible to the clinical teams. It'll make things easier for staff and will be better for patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Applications should be made online, however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Nadeem Arif, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5938. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential
1. Registered Midwife NMC registered
Desirable
2. Evidence of professional development NIPE course Mentorship qualification
3. Have a sound knowledge of 'The Role of the Midwife' and of 'The Midwives Rules and Standards and 'The Code'.
Skills/ Abilities
Essential
4. Competent within the designated working area in professional midwifery skills, suturing, cannulation, home births, obstetric emergencies, scrubbing in theatre and CTG interpretation
Experience/ Knowledge
Essential
5. Responsible for a range of complex midwifery problems which require assessing, analysing and investigation
Desirable
6. Experience in CoC team