Job summary
The 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.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application, please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
Main duties of the job
To provide high quality, evidence based holistic midwifery care to women requesting homebirth or a caseload model of care. To provide continuity of care to women from booking, antenatal, intrapartum and beyond. The midwife will be required to work as part of a team and participate in the on-call rota to facilitate the women's desired place of birth.
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.
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
- Midwife with UK professional registration with experience ideally in a homebirth or birth centre environment
Desirable
- Practice Supervisor/ Assessor
Experience
Desirable
- Experience of caring for at risk / socially excluded patient
Knowledge
Essential
- Can demonstrate a knowledge of current and emerging health care issues
Desirable
- Knowledge of current and emerging NHS strategy and policy
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to communicate effectively at all levels across the Department and Directorate
- The ability to communicate with patients in an empathetic manner regarding their treatment and procedures.
- Can demonstrate an enthusiastic, approachable and friendly manner
- Ability communicate effectively, both written and oral
- Understanding of own Knowledge and Skills Framework and ability to identify learning needs and interests
- Ability to self reflect, carry out tasks of own job and identify what s/he needs to learn to able to do current job better
- Ability to take an active role in agreed learning activities and keeps a record of them
- 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
- Ability to work within set timeframes working to priorities and deadlines
- Able to recognise own limits and work within those limits of competence
- Ability to treat everyone with dignity and respect
- Ability to recognise and take action when equality and diversity are undermined
- Ability to participate in health promotion activities to include antenatal classes/clinics
- Ability to prioritise clinical work effectively
- Can show a non-judgemental approach to patient care
- Ability to record and report back accurately and fully on patient assessments undertaken and risks identified
- Able to analyse, interpret and action fetal heart rate monitoring including intermittent auscultation and CTG recordings
- Ability to work with others to produce detail plan to protect the health of mother and unborn child
- Ability to carry out essential and appropriate midwifery care and procedures including dealing with obstetric emergencies and suturing
- Can prove a basic computer literacy in Windows and IT systems
- Ability to store data/ information safely and correctly
Desirable
- Ability to offer constructive suggestions for service improvement
- Ability to monitor the quality of own work
- Ability to use and maintain resources efficiently and effectively and encourage others to do so
- Experience of equal opportunity policies and procedures
- Has worked in a variety of settings using all midwifery skills
Other
Essential
- Ability to work flexible hours to meet service requirements including on call commitments
- Car driver.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Midwife with UK professional registration with experience ideally in a homebirth or birth centre environment
Desirable
- Practice Supervisor/ Assessor
Experience
Desirable
- Experience of caring for at risk / socially excluded patient
Knowledge
Essential
- Can demonstrate a knowledge of current and emerging health care issues
Desirable
- Knowledge of current and emerging NHS strategy and policy
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to communicate effectively at all levels across the Department and Directorate
- The ability to communicate with patients in an empathetic manner regarding their treatment and procedures.
- Can demonstrate an enthusiastic, approachable and friendly manner
- Ability communicate effectively, both written and oral
- Understanding of own Knowledge and Skills Framework and ability to identify learning needs and interests
- Ability to self reflect, carry out tasks of own job and identify what s/he needs to learn to able to do current job better
- Ability to take an active role in agreed learning activities and keeps a record of them
- 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
- Ability to work within set timeframes working to priorities and deadlines
- Able to recognise own limits and work within those limits of competence
- Ability to treat everyone with dignity and respect
- Ability to recognise and take action when equality and diversity are undermined
- Ability to participate in health promotion activities to include antenatal classes/clinics
- Ability to prioritise clinical work effectively
- Can show a non-judgemental approach to patient care
- Ability to record and report back accurately and fully on patient assessments undertaken and risks identified
- Able to analyse, interpret and action fetal heart rate monitoring including intermittent auscultation and CTG recordings
- Ability to work with others to produce detail plan to protect the health of mother and unborn child
- Ability to carry out essential and appropriate midwifery care and procedures including dealing with obstetric emergencies and suturing
- Can prove a basic computer literacy in Windows and IT systems
- Ability to store data/ information safely and correctly
Desirable
- Ability to offer constructive suggestions for service improvement
- Ability to monitor the quality of own work
- Ability to use and maintain resources efficiently and effectively and encourage others to do so
- Experience of equal opportunity policies and procedures
- Has worked in a variety of settings using all midwifery skills
Other
Essential
- Ability to work flexible hours to meet service requirements including on call commitments
- Car driver.
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).
