Job summary
- Main area
- Maternity
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 10 months (10 months)
- Hours
- Part time - 15 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-WCCS-1719
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Queen Charlotte's Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £54,320 - £60,981 pa inclusive pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/11/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 21/11/2024
Employer heading
Diabetic Team Midwife
Band 7
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
Are you a dynamic and innovative midwife who would like to join our specialist service at Imperial. This role is fixed term position
This unique role is to cover 2 days diabetic midwifery service
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced midwife to enhance their skills working collaboratively within a unique specialised services of Diabetic Medicine, C and the multidisciplinary team across health care settings to optimise their involvement with complex care pathways and improve health outcomes for diabetic women/birthing people.
You will be responsible for the providing support and reassurance to the women/birthing people who are referred this to this service.
You will require to keep data on outcomes and participate in ongoing or new audits and be involved in any QI projects related to the service
You will support individualised women/birthing people centred care on who have either pre-existing diabetes or diagnosed in pregnancy.
It is essential that you have an understanding of the Maternity National Drivers that relate to this service.
Main duties of the job
To work as a prime care provider in all aspects of midwifery care. Providing continuity of midwifery care within continuity of care team. To work flexibly within the team to provide 24 hour cover for antenatal/postnatal wards and delivery suite. This will require internal rotation between areas and day/night duty.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Detailed job description and main 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 overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education/ qualifications
Essential criteria
- Midwifery degree or equivalent
- Mentorship or full SSSA preparation
- Registered Midwife (on NMC register)
Desirable criteria
- Diabetic experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Completed 3 year post registration clinical experience working as an RM in the UK
- Completed preceptorship course if applicable
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with pregnant women with complex medical/social needs
- Experience in diabetes in pregnancy
Skills/knowledge/ abilities
Essential criteria
- Able to manage difficult situations effectively.
- The ability to be flexible
- Excellent clinical decision making skills
- Knowledge of obstetric Emergency skills and drills and the ability to perform in an emergency situation
Desirable criteria
- Involvement in quality improvement projects
- FSRH letter of competency for contraceptive implant insertion
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Marie Hall
- Job title
- Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
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