Job summary
Would you like to join our team of midwives providing midwifery care in the community setting, home birth and birth centre at Whittington Health? We have a vacancy for an experienced band 6 midwife to join our team in Islington and Haringey. The successful applicant will provide antenatal and postnatal care in the community as well as participate in the home birth service, as well as intrapartum care on the midwifery led unit.
Main duties of the job
Band 6 Midwives
Band 6: £40,448 - £47,965 per annum inclusive HCAS
Do you have a current registration to work as a midwife with an NMC PIN?
Do you have a current registration to work as a midwife with an NMC PIN?
Take this opportunity to join Whittington Health NHS midwives in our exciting innovative continuity of carer projects or for newly qualified.
We are a friendly unit where our staff are well supported through a strong practice development and PMA support systems.
Our midwives work a varied range of shifts and hours in all areas of midwifery including days, nights and weekends as well as an on call basis to support women birthing at home.
About us
Whittington Health offers many opportunities for midwives to further their career.Good team working and support is central to our staff development programmes.
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and person specification for further details.
All staff are well supported by a strong PDM team and Professional Midwifery Advocates, as well as our Senior Midwifery Team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and person specification for further details.
All staff are well supported by a strong PDM team and Professional Midwifery Advocates, as well as our Senior Midwifery Team.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife currently registered to practice
Desirable
- Mentorship and assessing or equivalent
- Minimum of 2 year experience as RM
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Must be able to practice in all areas in accordance with the Midwives rules and code of conduct
- Can practice autonomously in the acute and primary care setting
- Able to prioritise work load appropriately
- Ability to conduct relationships in such a way that conflict is minimized
- Ability to deal with challenging behaviour and circumstances
- Competent interpreting CTG and intermittent monitoring
- Has advanced clinical skills including, suturing, cannulation, maternal and neonatal resuscitation confident dealing with e.g. PPH, shoulder dystocia Eclamptic fits
Desirable
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Demonstrate accurate drug calculation
- Comprehension of current midwifery practice
- Comprehensive Knowledge of safeguarding
- Basic IT skills and a knowledge of information governance
Other
Essential
- Ability to work on calls and provide cover over 24hour 7 days a week
Desirable
- Car Driver/Clean driving licence
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Friendly, approachable
- Good team worker
- Good verbal and written skills
- Flexible
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife currently registered to practice
Desirable
- Mentorship and assessing or equivalent
- Minimum of 2 year experience as RM
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Must be able to practice in all areas in accordance with the Midwives rules and code of conduct
- Can practice autonomously in the acute and primary care setting
- Able to prioritise work load appropriately
- Ability to conduct relationships in such a way that conflict is minimized
- Ability to deal with challenging behaviour and circumstances
- Competent interpreting CTG and intermittent monitoring
- Has advanced clinical skills including, suturing, cannulation, maternal and neonatal resuscitation confident dealing with e.g. PPH, shoulder dystocia Eclamptic fits
Desirable
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Demonstrate accurate drug calculation
- Comprehension of current midwifery practice
- Comprehensive Knowledge of safeguarding
- Basic IT skills and a knowledge of information governance
Other
Essential
- Ability to work on calls and provide cover over 24hour 7 days a week
Desirable
- Car Driver/Clean driving licence
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Friendly, approachable
- Good team worker
- Good verbal and written skills
- Flexible
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.
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).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (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).
Additional information
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.
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).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (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).
