Community Midwife

Full-time/Part-time - Community Midwives, school hours will be considered. We will also consider duel role community/hospital based (2 days per week community + 2 days/nights labour ward or maternity inpatients) We are looking for motivated, forward thinking midwives to join our progressive team at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital. We are at the forefront of bringing continuity of care and carer to all women who access our service. We have been working with our sector lead in the Better Birth project from the outset. Rated "OUTSTANDING" at our last CQC inspection we pride ourselves on giving excellent care to families who access our services. As a Community Midwife you will be bringing continuity of care and carer to our local families. Working independently and within a team of community midwives with a geographical area, supporting home birth and community you will have the most rewarding work experiences. Working within a team of midwives to provide 24 hour provision of a high quality, effective midwifery services, providing expert clinical midwifery advice to women in your care. Giving high quality continuity of care for low risk, uncomplicated pregnancies, in partnership with women, plan and implement individualised midwifery led care packages. 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 arePROUD to Carefor 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. Our facilities are some of the best in the country. We have been investing significant Capital year on year in our estate. We have recently completed a £30m expansion of our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster and are planning an ambitious £60m development of an Ambulatory Diagnostics Centre at West Middlesex. - Be an autonomous practitioner providing clinical leadership and expertise in all aspects of midwifery practice, which includes providing direct care to all women and families. - Work autonomously with a community team giving high quality antenatal, labour and postnatal care to women in a dedicated team. - Facilitate the development of all staff including junior medical staff, students and support workers through teaching and empowerment. - Assess, develop, implement and evaluate the highest standards of care based on evidence based practice. - Promote the physiological labour and birth process supporting both women and staff to achieve this. - Ensure good communications between staff, women and their families, providing an immediate and effective response in dealing with issues such as bereavement support, anxiety or complaints. - Liaise effectively with other department and other agencies as required ensuring efficient services for women. Professional - To observe NMC rules and guidance, ensuring these are adhered to by all staff. To foster and develop a working environment within which midwives can work as autonomous practitioners, accountable for their practice and in accordance with the NMC Rules and Code of Practice (2015). - To development trust policies and protocols pertaining to midwifery practice and maternity care. - Implement Trust and local policies and contribute to any proposed changes to midwifery working practices or procedures. - To monitor and maintain good standards of care within maternity services to implement recommendations from government or professional bodies in relation to maternity care. - To develop and maintain efficient and effective communication and working relationships with other professional groups and colleagues. Clinical - As a community midwife for a team of women low risk pregnancies, in partnership with women, plan and implement individualised midwifery-led care packages, continually assessing, analysing and determining appropriate courses of action. Lead and coordinate the provision of high-quality evidence-based midwifery care and advice throughout the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal period, in a variety of settings including hospital, community and home. - To act as an advocate for women and in partnership with