Job summary
- Main area
- Maternity
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- 5 months (Till 31/03/2027 with possible extension Although this position is a 5 months fixed-term contract, the actual contract duration will be adjusted to account for the time taken to advertise the post, complete the hiring process, and finalise pre-employment checks. This means the contract will begin when the candidate starts the role and may be slightly shorter than 5 months.)
- Hours
- Part time - 15 hours per week
- Job ref
- 259-8339867NUH
- Employer
- Barts Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Newham University Hospital
- Town
- Plaistow
- Salary
- £45,953 - £54,254 per annum inc (Pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/11/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Close Relative Marriage Midwife
Band 6
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.
Job overview
The Close Relative Marriage Midwife will work as part of a dynamic team to deliver high-quality care by supporting managers and staff across the maternity service. As set out in Culturally competent genetic services and close relative marriage: Funding criteria for areas of high need available on NHS England’s Future NHS Collaboration Platform, Maternity Local Transformation Hub equity and equality pages).
The Close Relative Marriage Midwife will proactively work with women from Pakistani and other ethnic groups to encourage a greater level of genetic testing/awareness /literacy among families where consanguineous related genetic disorders are present and improve access to genetic services for families thereby enable informed reproductive decision-making.
Main duties of the job
• Ensure that provision of genetic information is available to all women practicing close relative marriage with a family history of a genetic disorder to enable empowered and timely decision making.
• Ensure timely referrals to the genetic service to ensure women have the opportunity to understand their risks and the options available to them in a pregnancy.
• Empower women to make informed choices in a culturally sensitive way.
• Initiate sensitive, appropriate conversations with families affected with autosomal recessive disorders linked to close relative marriage.
• Establish the role within the midwifery team and be a point of contact and/or referral for other midwives.
Working for our organisation
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the role, please refer to the Job Description (JD), as it provides a comprehensive outline of the key duties, responsibilities, and expectations associated with the position.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Clinician with current NMC midwifery registration
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
- Further training or significant experience in project management, financial management or supporting change management processes. Certificates/portfolio of evidence Ongoing personal/professional development
- Certificates/portfolio of evidence
- Ongoing personal/professional development
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of genetic training/ experience in field of genetics
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Subject matter expertise across a number of key areas, including an understanding of both genomics/genetics and midwifery
- Aware of cultural and social influences on health and importance of respecting diversity and differences
- Specialist knowledge in a relevant subject to post graduate level
- Understanding of research and its application to practice Standard-setting and quality assurance
- Importance of cost containment and resource management
- Clinical supervision and reflective practice
Desirable criteria
- Comprehensive knowledge of project management and/or health information systems development.
- Workforce development knowledge and experience.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Project.
- Current nursing practice developments and NHS reforms
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience and understanding of evaluating and measuring the performance of health services.
- Experience in communications and stakeholder management
- Previous experience in similar role in public sector.
- A good understanding of the health and social care environment and roles and responsibilities within it.
- Formal teaching to group of staff Post-registration experience
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Evidence of expanded clinical skills – e.g. IV drug administration, cannulation, phlebotomy etc.
- Clear communicator with excellent writing, report writing and presentation skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts concisely and accurately for diverse audiences.
- Evidence of success in effective project and programmed management
- Skills for communication on complex matters and difficult situations, requiring persuasion and influence
- Skills for nurturing key relationships and maintaining networks.
- Ability to analyse and interpret information, prempt and evaluate issues, and recommend and appropriate course of action to address the issues.
- Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands.
- Strategic thinking – ability to anticipate.
- Attention to detail combined with the ability to extract key messages from complex analysis.
- Independent thinker with demonstrated good judgement, problem -solving and analytical skills
- Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action.
- Skills for supporting project management.
- Previous experience in project management and planning.
- Ability to engender trust and confidence and demonstrate integrity in the provision of advice and support
- Skills for managing projects ensuring they meet financial targets.
- Skills for manipulating information.
- Intermediate keyboard skills.
- Clinical expertise, able to work on own initiative ad sound decision-making
- Works effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Understanding of own knowledge and skills
- Awareness of own limitations, realism in own abilities
- Ability to work without supervision.
- Able to work on own initiative, organising and prioritising own and others workloads to changing and often tight deadlines.
- An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust.
Other
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel across sites where required
- Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do.
- Able to make a connection between their work and the benefit to patients and the public.
- Consistently thinks about how their work can help and support clinicians and frontline staff deliver better outcomes for patients.
- Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others
- Consistently looks to improve what they do, looks for successful tried and tested ways of working, and also seeks out innovation
- Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of equality of opportunity and diversity.
Desirable criteria
- Fluent in Urdu
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mary Dwase
- Job title
- Inpatient Areas & High Risk Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07795826105
- Additional information
N/A
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