Job summary
Are you an experienced band 6 midwife who is passionate about delivering high, quality care within community midwifery settings? Then we want to hear from you! We are looking for enthusiastic, compassionate and motivated individuals who are dedicated to providing continuity of care for women and birthing people throughout their pregnancy and birthing journey in all settings, in particular, at home.
We have several opportunities available to work within one of our community teams at either Newham University Hospital, Whipps Cross Hospital or Royal London Hospital. As an autonomous community midwifery practitioner, you will be part of a supportive and experienced team providing antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care. You will have the opportunity to care for your own caseload, with a collective team on-call commitment to cover the homebirth service 24/7 across the geographical areas the 3 sites cover.
Main duties of the job
We understand and value that each of our midwives are individuals. With individual needs, motivation, and aspiration we are committed in supporting you. By working in our community teams, you will be supported by your Team Leader and Matron. Alongside this, you will also have support from our Professional Midwifery Advocates, through Restorative Clinical Supervision group and 1:1 sessions. We have a well-established Employee Wellbeing Service, training and development, and opportunities that you may choose to access as part of your personal development and extended support.
Full and part time hours, including flexible working, will be considered.
At Barts Health NHS Trust our local community is home to families from a diverse mix of ethnicity, social challenge and health needs. We provide Maternity Services to approximately 17000 women a year and support 14000 births across three hospitals in very modern up to date facilitates. We have a level 2 and 3 neonatal units situated within the trust as well as excellent facilities in Fetal and Maternal Medicine.
About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Band 6 midwife with UK professional registration with minimum 1 year experience, ideally in a homebirth or birth centre environment
Desirable
- Practice Supervisor/ Assessor
- Working towards MSc
Communication
Essential
- Ability to work as part of a multi- disciplinary team.
- Ability to communicate effectively at all levels across the department and directorate.
- Ability to communicate with patients in an empathetic manner regarding their treatment and procedures in their care.
- Can demonstrate an enthusiastic, approachable and friendly manner.
- Ability to communicate both verbal and written effectively.
- Ability to demonstrate enthusiasm towards teaching and sharing knowledge.
Desirable
- Ability to offer constructive suggestions for service improvement.
Experience
Essential
- Empower and enable staff to contribute to the delivery of high-quality personal care.
- Ability to prioritise clinical work effectively.
- Ability to participate in health promotion activities to include antenatal classes/clinics.
- Ability to identify the learning needs of others and provide support to address them.
- Ability to self-reflect, carry out tasks of own job and identify what she/he needs to learn to be able to do current job effectively.
- Ability to identify deteriorating patients and take appropriate action
- Ability to treat everyone with whom they come into contact with dignity and respect.
- Ability to record and report back accurately and fully on patient assessments undertaken and risks identified.
- Ability to work with others to produce detail plan to protect the health of Mother and Unborn child.
Desirable
- Demonstrate a greater understanding of learning needs and evidence of facilitation skills.
- Ability to identify how to manage how health safety and security can improved.
- Experience of caring for at risk / socially excluded patient
Knowledge
Essential
- Can demonstrate knowledge of current and emerging health care issues.
- Can demonstrate knowledge of health, safety and security.
- Ability to evaluate effectiveness of quality improvements and develop actions plans identifying improvements.
Desirable
- Knowledge of current and emerging NHS strategy and policy.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to deal with obstetric emergencies.
- Ability to carry out essential and appropriate midwifery care and procedures.
- Ability to analyse and interpret fetal heart rate, including intermittent auscultation and cardiotocography recordings.
- Ability to recognise own limits and work within those limits of competence.
- Ability to self-reflect on practice.
- Ability to take an active role in agreed learning activities and keep record of them.
- Ability to work within set timelines prioritising competing deadlines.
- Computer literacy - Microsoft 365 and electronic patients records.
Desirable
- Ability to monitor the quality of own and others work.
- Ability to demonstrate enthusiasm towards teaching and sharing knowledge.
- Ability to use and maintain resources efficiently and effectively and encourage others to do so.
- Ability to identify and take action when own or other's undermines equality and diversity.
- Ability to effectively carry out service evaluation tasks when requested.
Health, safety and security
Essential
- Acts in a way that is consistent with legislation, policies and procedures and abide by the Trust Health and Safety policies
- Ability to support others in maintaining health, safety and security
- Ability to identify and assess the potential risks involved in work activities and processes for self and others
- Effectively carries out tasks related to evaluating services when asked
Desirable
- Ability to offer constructive suggestions for service improvement
Specific requirements
Essential
- Ability to work flexible hours to meet service requirements including on call commitments
Desirable
Other
Essential
- Ability to store data / information safely and correctly.
- Ability to work flexible hours to meet service requirement.
- The duties outlined above are subject to changes, after consultation with postholder, to meet the needs of the service/organisation
Desirable
- Be able to drive (if community)
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Band 6 midwife with UK professional registration with minimum 1 year experience, ideally in a homebirth or birth centre environment
Desirable
- Practice Supervisor/ Assessor
- Working towards MSc
Communication
Essential
- Ability to work as part of a multi- disciplinary team.
- Ability to communicate effectively at all levels across the department and directorate.
- Ability to communicate with patients in an empathetic manner regarding their treatment and procedures in their care.
- Can demonstrate an enthusiastic, approachable and friendly manner.
- Ability to communicate both verbal and written effectively.
- Ability to demonstrate enthusiasm towards teaching and sharing knowledge.
Desirable
- Ability to offer constructive suggestions for service improvement.
Experience
Essential
- Empower and enable staff to contribute to the delivery of high-quality personal care.
- Ability to prioritise clinical work effectively.
- Ability to participate in health promotion activities to include antenatal classes/clinics.
- Ability to identify the learning needs of others and provide support to address them.
- Ability to self-reflect, carry out tasks of own job and identify what she/he needs to learn to be able to do current job effectively.
- Ability to identify deteriorating patients and take appropriate action
- Ability to treat everyone with whom they come into contact with dignity and respect.
- Ability to record and report back accurately and fully on patient assessments undertaken and risks identified.
- Ability to work with others to produce detail plan to protect the health of Mother and Unborn child.
Desirable
- Demonstrate a greater understanding of learning needs and evidence of facilitation skills.
- Ability to identify how to manage how health safety and security can improved.
- Experience of caring for at risk / socially excluded patient
Knowledge
Essential
- Can demonstrate knowledge of current and emerging health care issues.
- Can demonstrate knowledge of health, safety and security.
- Ability to evaluate effectiveness of quality improvements and develop actions plans identifying improvements.
Desirable
- Knowledge of current and emerging NHS strategy and policy.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to deal with obstetric emergencies.
- Ability to carry out essential and appropriate midwifery care and procedures.
- Ability to analyse and interpret fetal heart rate, including intermittent auscultation and cardiotocography recordings.
- Ability to recognise own limits and work within those limits of competence.
- Ability to self-reflect on practice.
- Ability to take an active role in agreed learning activities and keep record of them.
- Ability to work within set timelines prioritising competing deadlines.
- Computer literacy - Microsoft 365 and electronic patients records.
Desirable
- Ability to monitor the quality of own and others work.
- Ability to demonstrate enthusiasm towards teaching and sharing knowledge.
- Ability to use and maintain resources efficiently and effectively and encourage others to do so.
- Ability to identify and take action when own or other's undermines equality and diversity.
- Ability to effectively carry out service evaluation tasks when requested.
Health, safety and security
Essential
- Acts in a way that is consistent with legislation, policies and procedures and abide by the Trust Health and Safety policies
- Ability to support others in maintaining health, safety and security
- Ability to identify and assess the potential risks involved in work activities and processes for self and others
- Effectively carries out tasks related to evaluating services when asked
Desirable
- Ability to offer constructive suggestions for service improvement
Specific requirements
Essential
- Ability to work flexible hours to meet service requirements including on call commitments
Desirable
Other
Essential
- Ability to store data / information safely and correctly.
- Ability to work flexible hours to meet service requirement.
- The duties outlined above are subject to changes, after consultation with postholder, to meet the needs of the service/organisation
Desirable
- Be able to drive (if community)
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
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).
