Job Description
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Private Maternity Unit at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. The Kensington Wing is looking for individuals to join our dedicated private maternity team providing exceptional patient care and delivering an above and beyond patient experience whilst embracing the Trust values.
If you are an experienced and motivated midwife with a passion for exceeding expectation whilst championing a personalised approach to care, we would love to hear from you. You will have demonstrable clinical competencies, and bring an outstanding "can do" attitude which has the patient experience at the heart of everything you do. You will be able to establish your credibility with multiple stakeholders including consultants and midwives and enjoy being part of a high performing team. The Kensington Wing team prides itself on being family-friendly, compassionate and a place to nurture and grow its staff members to reach their full potential.
You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills. You will be able to motivate and engage others to ensure services support the Trust’s values, whilst demonstrating a pioneering approach to challenge convention and traditional ways of working to provide the best care possible for our families.
Working in private maternity maintains NHS length of service and pension contributions, as you are employed by the Trust.
On the Kensington Wing, you will provide care to women and their families under three different packages of care:
1. Consultant-led care
Supporting women during labour, birth and in the postnatal period when they have opted for Consultant-led care. Care is provided in close collaboration with the named consultant and wider MDT.
2. Midwifery-led care team
This team cares exclusively for women choosing private midwifery-led care. This team provides continuity from booking, right through to postnatal discharge to the Health visitor with a unique and highly esteemed package of care.
3. Amenity care
Providing postnatal care to families who have opted for care on the Kensington Wing following birth in our NHS service.
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provide services from two main hospitals, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East.
We have nearly 7,000 members of staff that are PROUD to Care for nearly one million people. Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including full maternity, emergency and children’s, in addition to a range of community-based services across London, such as award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.
We’re one of the best performing Trusts in the country. We’re also one of the top trusts to work for – our staff says they’re engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.
Our Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as ‘Good’ in all five of the main domains of safe, effective, caring, responsive and well-led, giving an us overall rating of ‘Good’. We’ve also been awarded an ‘Outstanding’ rating for ‘use of resources’ by an NHS Improvement inspection.
As a private maternity service, we work seamlessly with our NHS colleagues to promote excellence in care and a positive working environment for our staff. We work as one service to support one another, whilst sharing learning and development opportunities, supporting staff to be the very best they can be.
Professional
- Maintain and develop up-to-date evidence based professional knowledge and competence in accordance with NMC legislation and recommendations. Promote and role model positive professional behaviour.
- To abide by the NMC Midwives Rules and Standards (2012). As a Registered Midwife, you are personally accountable for development of your practice.
- Maintain and develop high standards of research-based midwifery care.
- Implement Trust policies and protocols utilising significant discretion to work within a set of defined parameters and ensure that all care is carried out within the agreed standard and policy. Participate in up-dating and revising of policies and guidelines as appropriate.
- Liaise and maintain effective working relationships with hospital and community midwifery based staff as well as other professional groups. Liaise effectively with the Supervisor of Midwives and demonstrate an understanding of the role of the Supervisor of Midwives.
- Have awareness of the pressure and workload on professional colleagues and manage the existing resources as required on a daily basis.
- Actively promoting the implementation of service developments and quality initiatives to enhance service provision.
- The post holder is aware and identifies concerns relating to child protection (Children’s Act, 1989) liaising with the Named Midwife for Child Protection and the multidisciplinary team.
- To show regard and respect for different ethnic, cultural and religious beliefs within the provision of all aspects of midwifery care.
Clinical
- Act as an autonomous practitioner in all areas of normal midwifery practice as guided by the Midwives Rules and Standards (2012). This role encompasses the care given during the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal period.
- The post holder is responsible for assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the total care to women/mothers and babies over a 24 hour period.
- Act as a role model providing preceptorship for newly qualified midwives.
- Give advice, care and support to women who lose or terminate their pregnancies for whatever reason and provide support and guidance for midwives who are less experienced in this aspect of midwifery care.
- Maintain competence in, manage and co-ordinate emergency procedures which require knowledge and expertise whilst awaiting medical assistance.
- Record and report all adverse clinical risks utilising the appropriate incident reporting system and forms.
Education
- Participate in the setting, maintaining and reviewing of standards of midwifery practice. Participate in the teaching and orientation of learners and new members of staff.
- To provide the effective mentoring/associate mentoring and assessment of student midwives and ensure that appropriate records and reports on student progress are available to the relevant University.
- Disseminate professional and clinical knowledge to colleagues. Encourage and develop innovation in practice.
- Ensure that appropriate health education is provided for women and their families making full use of available resources. Introducing new developments and practices as necessary.
- Participate in Trust mandatory training programmes, including MOMS.
- Play an active role in the planning and provision of parent education and information programmes.
Please see attached job description and person specification to this advert for further details.