Birth Centre/Community Midwife

at  University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Community midwives work in local teams, providing an integrated service for women and their families in the area. As lead midwife at a local community clinic, you will work as part of a team to support women and babies before, during and after birth.

EACH TEAM PROVIDES:

antenatal care and support with home birthing, for women and families within Camden, Islington, Barbican and Soho
support for women within our birthing centre in the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson wing, next to University College Hospital
post-natal care, in-clinic and via home/community visits.
You will be on-call once or twice monthly for home births. A shift pattern including night and weekend working is in place at the birthing centre; this attracts a pay supplement.
You will probably already be working as a Band 6 midwife and looking to broaden your skills and experience. You will be comfortable working autonomously, as part of a well-supported team. Applications are also accepted from midwives currently working at Band 5 who have completed their preceptorship.
As the role offers the opportunity for clinical rotation into all areas of our maternity service, you will be looking to maintain and develop your wider clinical skills.
As lead midwife at a local community clinic, you will work as part of a team to support women and babies before, during and after birth.
You will be on-call once or twice monthly for home births. A shift pattern including night and weekend working is in place at the birthing centre; this attracts a pay supplement.
To work according to the NMC Code and relevant professional guidelines as a midwife with facilitation for a defined group of women and their babies with minimal supervision in the Maternity Care setting.
The assessment of care and health education needs of women and their babies
To maintain accountability for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluation programmes of care within the necessary framework
To develop leadership skills and experience in the management of the ward/department.
To promote and participate in the implementation of the UCLH Nursing Midwifery strategy:
Reviewing midwifery practice and implementing appropriate changes based on research/best practice.
Developing and implementing Audit, Quality and Risk Management initiatives.
To participate in training programmes as appropriate and to teach and act as a facilitator/preceptor to midwifery or non-midwifery staff.
To promote and maintain effective communication.
Create a supportive blame-free environment for staff and women
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
At UCLH, we have a real ‘One Team’ ethos, and our values – safety, kindness, teamwork and improving, are central to the way we work. This is supported by our staff, who voted us as the #1 NHS Acute Trust to work for in the whole of England.
Whether working at the birthing centre or within the community, you will be fully supported by the senior maternity team. We pride itself on our commitment to the health and wellbeing of our staff: we are ‘one team’.
Alongside the opportunities for learning and development afforded by this wide-ranging role, UCLH’s size and resources enable it to offer staff unparalleled education and development opportunities. These include academic and clinical courses ranging from personal development to clinical excellence and leadership skills.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
For more information regarding the main responsibilities of the role, please refer to the attached Job Description

Please refer the Job description for details