Midwife Maternity and Early Years Liaison (Camden)

at  University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

We are looking for a senior midwife to serve as the primary source of expert and high-quality professional advice from a midwifery perspective, to support and facilitate joint work across maternity and early years in Camden.
As the maternity and early years liaison midwife, you will work in partnership with the family hubs and start for life delivery leads, ensuring there is a collaborative approach to developing a smooth transition from maternity services to early years services, further strengthening early intervention and prevention.
You will lead on co production, exploring ways to further develop this area of work, with the start for life co-design strategy, ensuring families’ experiences are central to influencing service development across maternity and early years.

The postholder will work with maternity representatives from UCLH and The Royal Free hospital to ensure that there is a shared focus held by all partners on the following objectives:

• Promoting optimal health during pregnancies
• Reducing Inequalities
• Supporting Positive Mental Health for Parents, Carers and Infants
• Building a positive parent-child relationship from early pregnancy
• Ensuring that children have a safe and nurturing home environment

The position is offered on a fixed term 12 month contract and at 37.5 hours per week. For more information, please contact Director of Midwifery Lyndsey Smith Lyndsey.smith3@nhs.net
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.
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 the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*

UCLH top trust to work at in England – for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

• In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the second year in a row.

UCLH top trust to work at in England – for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work

Please refer the Job description for details