Consultant Midwife for Public Health developmental post

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

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Job summary

Our whole maternity service is exciting and innovative and due to this, we have received awards for our service and midwives and have maintained a CQC rating of good since 2017 with our latest report by the CQC last year awarding us outstanding for Leadership and commending us on being a dynamic, culturally astute and inclusive place to work.

Have you got at extensive post registration experience? Do you feel ready for a new challenge? This is an exciting opportunity for an aspiring Consultant Midwife to develop personally and professionally. The successfully candidate will be supported by the consultant midwives in post to facilitate and enhance Public Health choices.

Linking in to the 'Better Births' Agenda, this post will provide a unique opportunity for personal, professional, service and academic development and has been designed as a training and development post to prepare an individual for the role of Consultant Midwife.

To fulfil this varied role, you will need a flexible approach, an ability to 'think outside the box' and a willingness to not only embrace but lead on system wide changes in practice.

This post will be based at University Hospital Lewisham but requires cross site working.

Leading by example is crucial in collaborative working within the multidisciplinary team to maintain the Trusts Maternity philosophy of care.

Main duties of the job

This is a training and development post to prepare you for the role of Consultant Midwife. It provides a unique opportunity for personal, professional, service and academic development.

You will be expected to deliver clinical care within your remit.

You will work cross-site as part of the multi-disciplinary team in Maternity services, across organisational boundaries in order to develop expert practice in midwifery, with a focus on women needing complex care and public health during pregnancy, labour and postnatally.

You will support the development and implementation of public health initiatives.

You will help to develop initiatives to reduce maternal health inequalities

You will be involved in working with key stakeholders and community organisations to implementation of maternity care strategies.

You will also be involved in the leadership and development of: education, research, practice and specific service initiatives in midwifery.

About us

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
Improving the experience of staff with disability
Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
Making equalities mainstream

Date posted

14 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum plus HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

197-RF6553

Job locations

University Hospital Lewisham

London

SE13 6LH

Job description

Job responsibilities

This post includes but is not limited to :

This is a training and development post to prepare an individual for the role of Consultant Midwife. It provides a unique opportunity for personal, professional, service and academic development. The post will carry the title of Consultant Midwife - Development Post

The service and personal development aspects of the role will be dependent on the needs of the individual services and the trainee.

The focus of the training and development post will be to equip the individual to be able to undertake the role of Consultant Midwife.

The post-holder will be expected to deliver clinical care in the birth options clinic on their clinical shift.

This job description is indicative of the areas of activity and responsibility encompassed by this role. These may be refined and adjusted with the successful candidate once an appointment has been made.

See JD for full description and responsibilities

Job description

Job responsibilities

This post includes but is not limited to :

The service and personal development aspects of the role will be dependent on the needs of the individual services and the trainee.

The focus of the training and development post will be to equip the individual to be able to undertake the role of Consultant Midwife.

The post-holder will be expected to deliver clinical care in the birth options clinic on their clinical shift.

See JD for full description and responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

Full Registration with NMC and a practising midwife.
BSc/BA degree.
Evidence of post-registration education/ development in midwifery
Master's degree

Desirable

Teaching Qualification
Working towards a PHD/Doctorate

Experience

Essential

Has experience working with diverse ethnic groups
Has the ability to work with diverse cultural groups
Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team across sites and settings.
Previous experience of formal presentations to multi professional group
Evidence of publications

Desirable

Conference presentations

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

Full Registration with NMC and a practising midwife.
BSc/BA degree.
Evidence of post-registration education/ development in midwifery
Master's degree

Desirable

Teaching Qualification
Working towards a PHD/Doctorate

Experience

Essential

Has experience working with diverse ethnic groups
Has the ability to work with diverse cultural groups
Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team across sites and settings.
Previous experience of formal presentations to multi professional group
Evidence of publications

Desirable

Conference presentations

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.