Fetal Medicine/Multiple Pregancy Team Leader London

Job summary

We are excited to announce an opportunity to join our dedicated Fetal Medicine/Multiple Team as a Band 7 Team leader. If you are passionate about fetal wellbeing during pregnancy including multiple pregnancies and want to be part of clinical leadership, co-ordination between QCCH and SMH, supporting service improvement, flexible working pattern and ensuring high standards of care to women and families, we invite you to express your interest in this vital role.

We are looking for a motivated and experienced midwife who will play a crucial role in understanding how a specialized care is provided to expectant mothers and their babies. You will have the chance to work alongside a multidisciplinary team, enhancing your skills and knowledge in advanced fetal medicine including ANNB results.

Main duties of the job

• As clinical leader, promote teamwork within a multi-professional environment, demonstrating critical analysis and decision making skills, leading the delivery of a clinically excellent, highquality service influencing and facilitating change within the units and where appropriate the organisation.


• Be visible in the clinical area and act as a professional resource for both staff and women. Be able to act decisively whilst maintaining a meticulous approach to standards of care.


• Ensure a culture of continuous quality improvement through the use of audit, client feedback and reflection on practice by self and other members of the team.


• Ensure a continuous improvement approach within the team. Ensure the compliance of clinical quality indicators. Be committed to "making a difference".


• Responsible for promoting a safe and clean environment for staff, women and visitors by ensuring compliance with legislation, policies and protocols e.g. health and safety, healthcare associated infection, risk management and critical incident reporting and analysis, assessingand managing actual and potential risks to health and well-being.


• Provides midwifery care to women in the antenatal and postnatal period, including management of emergencies and appropriate referral if indicated. Lead the multiples team and support the team to be present for intrapartum care.

About us

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.

Environmental sustainabilityClimate change and poor air quality is a health emergency that harms people\'s health and wellbeing and widens health inequalities. The Trust is also committed to reducing its impact on the environment by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2045. All our employees have a role to play, and we have an active green network that supports staff to act in ways that ensures that our services are efficient, sustainable and reduce our impact on the environment www.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/our-strategy/green-plan.

Person Specification

Education/ qualifications

• Registered midwife


• Mentorship qualification


• Practice signoff mentor


• Degree level

Desirable

• Counselling course


• Master degree or working towards

Experience

Essential

• 3 to 4 years\' experience as a band 6 midwife


• Knowledge and experience of risk management


• Understanding of complaints management.

Desirable

• Evidence of initiating and Implementing change processes.

Skills/knowledge/ abilities

Essential

• Ability to practice clinically within a fully integrated maternity service.


• fully integrated maternity service. Excellent communication skills, verbal and written.


• Ability to motivate and lead a team


• Organisational skills Flexible and adaptability


• IT skills including clinical systems, outlook and email, and Microsoft office

Desirable

• Fetal medicine experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).