Rotational Midwife

Job summary

• St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in South London, is a teaching hospital and tertiary referral centre with our maternity unit providing care to over 5000 women yearly.
• Our midwifery led Birth Centre - Carmen Birth Centre, named after one of our passionate community midwives - delivers approx. 600 babies a year.
• Our dedicated teams and specialist midwives for AN screening, Infant Feeding, NIPE, Bereavement, Governance, FGM, Maternal Medicine, Diabetes, FMU/DAU, Safeguarding and Perinatal Mental Health have a wealth of experience and are able support you to develop your knowledge in areas you feel passionate about. We offer internal opportunities for secondments in areas to support staff with their development.
• If you thrive in an energetic environment, which is rich in culture and diversity, do consider working at St George's to be the right step forward in your career.
• With us you will gain experience from working in a tertiary referral unit with opportunities for further training and experience.
• We currently have vacancies for midwives to join us as Band 6 Midwives in our Inpatient and Outpatient areas .
• You can let us knowin your application or at interview which area you would prefer to work. We know how passionate you are about midwifery care so if you are ready for a new challenge, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

• We take pride in promoting midwifery by delivering holistic woman-centred care to our diverse community.
• The enthusiastic and dynamic midwifery and obstetric teams work closely together with an embedded MDT culture to meet the specific and individual needs of women who come from a wide range of social and cultural backgrounds.
• We strive to give outstanding, safe and compassionate care throughout pregnancy and birth to all women, whether they chose to give birth at home, in our Birth Centre or on our Delivery Suite. We are working towards providing a continuity team model for all women so you will be joining us at an exciting time.
• Our outstanding maternity HDU cares for women who need more complex care and we offer training and support to all midwives interested in developing the skills to work here.
• We are very proud of our well established Fetal Monitoring team that deliver MDT training, twice weekly teaching and clinically support learning on shifts.
• You will gain a deeper understanding of fetal well-being, CTG and STAN monitoring that will expand your knowledge and help support a safe and healthy birth.
• You can develop your skills and practice across the entire maternity service and support women across the entire range of our services.
• All contracts are rotational and you will have the opportunity to gain experience in all areas of midwifery with rotations to inpatient and outpatient areas along with opportunities to join our continuity of care teams.

About us

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.