Band 6
Main area: Women's Services Grade Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Shift work night and days)
Job ref: 196-NM12631
Employer: Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: St Thomas' Hospital
Town: London
Salary: £44,806 - £53,134 p.a inc HCA (pro rata for part time)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 10/03/2025 23:59
Interview date: 17/03/2025
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced midwife who wishes to further develop and broaden their knowledge and skills. You will enjoy providing woman-centred care as a vital part of a truly multidisciplinary team.
Tower team midwives specialise in caring for women with severe mental health conditions, drug and alcohol dependency, sickle cell disease and those diagnosed with a fetal anomaly during their pregnancy.
The team provides a caseload model of care that encompasses the recognition of additional medical and/or social complexities while respecting the importance of an individualised, holistic experience of pregnancy, birth and postnatal care.
You will gain valuable experience in conditions outlined above as well as gaining experience in team midwifery working alongside all disciplines in decision making. The position is a permanent position. The shift pattern includes a mixture of days and nights; however, there are no on-call duties required.
You must have a full driving licence as the team conducts postnatal visits for women in GSTT area; however, a pool car is provided.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated midwife that can incorporate kindness and compassion these couples need when facing very challenging pregnancies, labour and postnatal outcomes.
The team consists of 7 midwives who also work shifts on the labour ward to provide intrapartum care. Tower Team work extensively with the wider multidisciplinary teams and have supportive networks such as midwifery psychological support and PMA reflective sessions.
You will have the opportunity to participate and lead on antenatal education. You will be able to liaise with the wider multidisciplinary team, including obstetric medicine, neonatology, fetal cardiology specialists, perinatal mental health and safeguarding teams including social services.
You will be able to provide competent individualised and personalised intrapartum care on the labour ward, using physiological CTG and supporting the wider multidisciplinary team.
We look forward to receiving your application form and working with you in the future.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities
* Work in accordance with the NMC rules and code of conduct for midwives.
* Maintain and develop their professional knowledge and competence in accordance within the NMC recommendations.
* Work with the Trust policies and protocols and enable all members of the practice to carry out care within these guidelines.
* Maintain good standards of care within their designated practice and assist in the implementation of recommendations from Government and professional bodies in relation to maternity care.
* Work with the MPL in the monitoring of standards of care.
* Maintain efficient and effective communication and working relationships with other professional groups and staff working within the Trust.
* Utilise the full skills of a midwife (both integral and extended) in the provision of care to women and their families.
* In liaison with the MPL ensure that midwifery practice is in keeping with current research findings and is appropriate for each individual woman for whom care is being provided.
* Assume responsibility for the safe custody and administration of drugs in accordance with the Policies and Statutory Rules and Regulations.
* Assist the MPL with the co-ordination of the clinical activities of the practice and 'act up' when required.
* Assist with orientation programmes which familiarise new members of staff with the organisational and clinical demands of the unit and group practice.
* Supervise the work of the non-midwife, qualified or unqualified staff as well as midwifery, medical and nursing students.
* Maintain stores and equipment ensuring proper economic use.
* Report complaints, incidents and accidents to the MPL or midwifery manager and assist in their investigation and resolution.
* Ensure that working conditions are safe in accordance with the Health and Safety at Work Act.
* To be fully informed of the risk management strategy, be responsible for reporting incidents, risk assessment and development of action plans to reduce risk.
The post holder is required to follow relevant Trust policies and procedures.
Person specification
Values and behaviours
* Meets the Trust values & behaviours
Education/Qualification
* Registered Midwife
* Have completed a preceptorship programme
* BSc - Midwifery or Public Health
* Examination of the Newborn
* NLS
* HDU course
Experience
* Can practice as an autonomous midwife in the acute and primary care setting
* Good written skills, well presented and fully completed application
* Experience of working with women with mental health conditions or complex medical conditions
* Confident in teaching and assessing student midwives
* Able to act up for the Band 7
* Demonstrate forward planning, problem recognition, pre-emption and resolution
* Develops action plans and initiatives to improve the service
Skills
* Previous experience-worked in a variety of settings utilising all midwifery skills
* Can demonstrate a forward-thinking approach e.g. waterbirth and choice
* Experience of taking charge of the ward
* Experience of midwifery research and audit
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitably according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or studies at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation, we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work-life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking into account the individual’s personal circumstances as well as the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
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Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name: Jackie Rice
Job title: Tower Team Midwife Practice Leader
Email address: Jackie.Rice@gstt.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 07717700276
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