Midwife Band 6

We are pleased to support experienced midwives stepping into a Band 6 role at Croydon Hospital, where you will play a key part in delivering high-quality, safe and compassionate maternity care. This role offers the opportunity to further develop your clinical expertise while taking on leadership, coordination and mentoring responsibilities within a supportive and dynamic maternity team.

As a Band 6 midwife at Croydon, you will work autonomously and collaboratively to provide evidence-based care to women, birthing people, babies and their families across the maternity pathway. You will also support the coordination of clinical areas and contribute to the smooth running of the service, effective communication and timely decision-making.

You will work across a range of clinical settings, including:

• Antenatal care
• Intrapartum care
• Postnatal care (ward and community)

In addition, you will support and mentor junior staff and students, contribute to service development, and promote a culture of continuous learning, safety and excellence in maternity care.

Job summary

We are pleased to support experienced midwives stepping into a Band 6 role at Croydon Hospital, where you will play a key part in delivering high-quality, safe and compassionate maternity care. This role offers the opportunity to further develop your clinical expertise while taking on leadership, coordination and mentoring responsibilities within a supportive and dynamic maternity team.

As a Band 6 midwife at Croydon, you will work autonomously and collaboratively to provide evidence-based care to women, birthing people, babies and their families across the maternity pathway. You will also support the coordination of clinical areas and contribute to the smooth running of the service, effective communication and timely decision-making.

You will work across a range of clinical settings, including:

• Antenatal care
• Intrapartum care
• Postnatal care (ward and community)

In addition, you will support and mentor junior staff and students, contribute to service development, and promote a culture of continuous learning, safety and excellence in maternity care.

Job description Job responsibilities

The Band 6 Rotational Midwife will provide high-quality, evidence-based, woman-centred care throughout the maternity pathway, working across all maternity clinical areas including Labour Ward, Maternity Triage, Birth Centre, Antenatal and Postnatal Wards, Day Assessment Unit and Community Services where appropriate.

The post holder will practise autonomously within the NMC Code, providing safe care for women and babies with both low- and high-risk pregnancies, recognising deviations from normal and escalating concerns appropriately.

Key responsibilities include:

• Delivering compassionate, safe and evidence-based midwifery care throughout pregnancy, labour, birth and the postnatal period.
• Assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating individualised care, promoting informed choice and personalised care.
• Recognising and responding promptly to obstetric and neonatal emergencies, participating in emergency drills and multidisciplinary training.
• Supporting, supervising and acting as a role model for Band 5 Midwives, Student Midwives and Maternity Support Workers.
• Acting as a Practice Supervisor and/or Practice Assessor in accordance with NMC standards.
• Maintaining accurate electronic patient records and ensuring timely documentation.
• Participating in clinical audit, incident reporting, quality improvement initiatives and implementation of learning to enhance patient safety.
• Promoting public health initiatives including infant feeding, smoking cessation, perinatal mental health, safeguarding, vaccination and healthy lifestyle advice.
• Maintaining competence through mandatory training and continuous professional development, including CTG interpretation, PROMPT, Newborn Life Support and safeguarding.
• Working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team and external agencies to deliver seamless, high-quality maternity care.

The post holder will demonstrate the Trust's values of Professionalism, Compassion, Respect and Safety, ensuring women, babies and families receive safe, high-quality care at all times.

Person Specification Education/Qualifications Essential

• Registered Midwife
• Evidence of professional development.

Desirable

• Relevant Degree
• Assessor/mentorship course or equivalent
• Documented evidence of further studies: personal portfolio

Knowledge and Understanding Essential

• Awareness and understanding of current national and local midwifery issues
• Ability to make appropriate clinical decisions in the light of research evidence, informed choice and individual circumstances
• Understanding child protection
• Awareness of risk management

Desirable

• Understand systems of team approach in midwifery
• Understanding change process

Skills and Abilities Essential

• Effective communicator both written and verbal
• Practice as an autonomous midwife in the acute and primary care setting
• Ability to think logically, prioritise and use initiative
• Demonstrate good organisation skills
• Significant experience post qualification

Desirable

• Motivated to develop clinical skills
• NVQ Mentor/Assessor Training
• Examination and assessment of the newborn

Experience Essential

• Worked in a variety of settings utilising all midwifery skills
• Demonstrate an understanding of midwifery research based care
• Ability to deal with problems logically as they arise

Desirable

• Understanding of Children's Act
• Has been involved in midwifery related research
• Appreciation of counselling skills
• More than 12 months experience post midwifery qualification

Other Essential

• Motivated and can work proactively.
• Calm, pleasant personality.
• Can deal with staff/patient in a sensitive manner

Desirable

• Labour Ward Forum, Audit, Quality Assurance, Clinical Governance, Curriculum & Management

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.

UK Registration

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

Employer details Employer name

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust

Address

Croydon University Hospital

530 London Road

Thornton Heath

CR7 7YE

United Kingdom

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£45,953 to £54,254 a yearpro rata, per annum inc HCAS