midwife London, England
NHS
Full Time
London, England
39769 - 32720 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
- A newly qualified midwife who is able to work autonomously in the provision of care during the normal child birthing process
- A newly qualified midwife prepared to undertake the preceptorship course which is designed to support and develop key additional competencies for newly qualified midwives
- Interacts with medical staff and other members of the multi-disciplinary team when deviations from the norm occur to promote a healthy outcome for mother and infant
- To be responsible for the assessment, planning and implementation of evaluation of midwifery care needs of the individual in hospital and community settings
- To provide holistic women-centered/birthing people care, individualised to the needs of the mother/birthing person and her family
- Examining women/birthing people, monitoring of observations and reporting of abnormal findings to medical staff or midwife in charge
- Provide care in labour, perform normal vaginal births, asses mother/birthing person and baby post delivery
- Identify and report any changes from the ‘norm’ or emergency situations to senior midwife or medical practitioner
- To assist the medical staff with medical procedures when required
- Participate in instrumental deliveries and assisting at operative deliveries
- Assist experienced practitioners in neonatal resuscitation following delivery
- Caring for clients with medical complications who require increased dependency on health professionals during the antenatal, labour or postnatal period
- To provide midwifery expertise and advice, working as an autonomous practitioner accountable to the senior midwife
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
