Bank Registered Midwife in London

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.8 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.

We encourage all our staff to have a healthy work/life balance. In doing so, you can apply for flexible working from the beginning of your employment. We offer a range of options which are designed to suit different circumstances and priorities in line with service requirements.

The post holder will be responsible for the provision of autonomous, evidence-based, women centred midwifery care, whilst working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team, other agencies, representatives and service users. The post holder will provide support to other midwives within the service. The post holder will deliver high quality safe midwifery care, ensuring consistently high standards of practice and clinical excellence which comply with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) code of professional conduct.

Clinical:

• Plan and implement individualised midwifery care that is women, pregnant person, child and family centred.
• Facilitate the participation of service users and their families in all decision making, ensuring informed choice dialogue.
• Ensure all risk assessments and referrals are completed and actioned and documented.
• Follow midwifery/obstetric guidelines where appropriate and liaise with the multidisciplinary team in the implementation of patient care, reporting and recording any deviations from the protocols.
• Ensure all clinical records comply with Trust and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure midwifery practice is evidence based and be competent across all areas of midwifery skills.
• Participate in continuous professional development, including mandatory training and online learning.

Administration:

• Be responsible for the reporting and the proper maintenance of equipment.
• Be responsible for the proper and economical use of storage and supplies in the department and report any anticipated deficiencies in stock.

Personnel:

• Responsible for day-to-day management of your own workload.
• Demonstrate awareness of the individual needs of team members and give active support and guidance, where necessary.
• Exercise compassionate counselling and information giving skills.
• Act in accordance with professional standards across all aspects of midwifery care.

• Current NMC Registered Midwife
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Experience of working in all clinical areas
• Up-to-date evidence based practice and knowledge of national and local developments in maternity care
• Knowledge of relevant professional rules and codes of practice

IMPORTANT: Check your email account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you. If you delete the job from any of your accounts, you may be prevented from accessing further communications. To enquire about your application or inform us of any changes in your circumstances, please contact the named person on this advert. Please provide email addresses for referees where possible. Please review the documentation on our recruitment microsite, particularly the Trust’s criminal records checking policy. All staff have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and for ensuring they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role. Please note that the closing date is given as a guide. On occasion, we might close a vacancy early due to a high number of applications being received. You are advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.