Job summary
- Main area
- Midwifery
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent: pro rata per annum
- Hours
- Part time - 34.5 hours per week (Days, Nights, Weekends and Bank Holidays)
- Job ref
- 343-7121381-UB-RB-Y
- Employer
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Helier Hospital
- Town
- Carshalton
- Salary
- £42,939 - £50,697 pro rata pa inc hcas
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Integrated Team Midwife
Band 6
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.
Job overview
Join Our Team of Dedicated Midwives at St Helier!
Are you passionate about providing exceptional care and a positive experience for women? We are seeking an innovative and flexible Midwife that will work within our well-established integrated team at St Helier hospital. Our approach to providing Continuity of Care (CoC) includes working both in the acute and community setting, and providing birth centre cover.
Why join us?
- Ongoing Development: Access to extensive in-house training and professional growth opportunities
- Collaborative Environment: Work in a warm, welcoming, and supportive team
- Shape the Future: Be at the forefront of midwifery service improvements and help drive sustainable, quality changes in care
This is a fantastic opportunity to advance your career and enhance your midwifery skills in a nurturing and innovative setting. If you share our commitment to excellence in midwifery care, we would love to hear from you. Apply now and make a difference!
**This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. **
Main duties of the job
Working within our Infinity Team, you will be responsible for delivering comprehensive and exceptional midwifery care in both hospital and community environments for mothers, babies, and families during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postnatal phase.
Clinical duties include:
- Fundamentally required to undertake all clinical activities that are required of a midwife.
- Give total midwifery care in acute and primary health care setting. This will involve a flexible rota.
- Responsible for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care in accordance with best practice
- Advocate for women and support them in their choices surrounding pregnancy and birth, whilst empowering them and promoting birth as a normal, physiological process.
- Ensure all care is delivered in line with current evidence based practice.
Working for our organisation
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Our Epsom & St Helier maternity team provides a dynamic and forward-thinking environment, offering comprehensive and high-quality care to women and their families. We are committed to promoting woman-centred care, having a well-rounded team providing care to a diverse population.
High Volume of Care: Caring for approximately 4,300 women annually across our two sites.
Comprehensive Service Offering: Includes assisted conception, community services, obstetric-led labour wards, co-located birth centres, specialist midwifery teams, and our home birth team.
Positive Feedback: Women and families consistently report positive experiences, highlighting the quality of care provided. The 2024 Maternity Benchmark survey demonstrated ESTH performed above average, particularly in postnatal care.
Benefits include: Onsite nursery (STH), Cycle and car share schemes, and London HCAs.
For detailed Job Description, please see attached supplementary information attached.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Midwife with valid NMC Pin
- Mentorship qualification/SSSA equivalent
- Completed Preceptorship Programme
Desirable criteria
- Further education in Midwifery
- NLS accreditation
- Examination of the Newborn qualification/NIPE
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of post-registration professional development and acquisition of clinical competencies
- Relevant experience across a broad range of maternity settings
Desirable criteria
- Post qualification community experience
- Experience working in a Continuity of Carer team
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Excellent clinical midwifery skills and knowledge
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Willingness to undertake training on appointment for any relevant skills required
- Awareness of broader Maternity service issues (National reports etc)
Desirable criteria
- Undertaken training in supplementary midwifery skills (eg. theatre scrubbing, biomechanics training, aromatherapy etc)
- Experience using digital maternity systems (Badger/CERNER etc)
Person Specification and Values
Essential criteria
- Team player with collegial working style
- Flexible, responsive approach to work
- Confident working assertively with MDT
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
Email: [email protected]. Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Fiona McGuiness
- Job title
- Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02082962479
- Additional information
Please note prospective interview date of 7th May 2025. This date is subject to change once shortlisting is complete. Candidates for interview will be given at least 1 week's notice of confirmed interview date.
Unfortunately due to the nature of this position we are unable to offer virtual interviews.
For any additional enquiries, please contact [email protected] (recruitment leads)
0208 296 2212
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