Job overview
King's College NHS Foundation Trust, Denmark Hill site is delighted to offer an exciting opportunity to join our maternity services as a Band 7 Midwife on our Labour Ward / Triage Area.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and passionate team leader to join our maternity workforce. We are looking for an experienced midwife with excellent communication and decision making skills, experience in both low risk and high risk clinical care and a positive, influential approach to leadership.
You will be working closely with the multidisciplinary team to ensure the highest standards of care and safety for the women, birthing people and families. As a team leader you will be responsible for co-ordinating the labour ward, as well as managing your team and leading on service improvements.
We offer post-registration education and development that enables our midwives to become confident practitioners and leaders within maternity services.
Apply today to become part of our compassionate team who strive to give the very best care to our diverse community every day.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will have management responsibility for the core services provided in a hospital setting. This will include management of resources, audit and quality monitoring, data collection, clinical leadership and deployment of staff. The post holder will work to create an environment where the patient is central to all decision making and the delivery of high quality compassionate care is everyone’s priority.
You will be an expert resource to the multi-disciplinary team, to support them in delivery of high quality patient focused care, ensuring that all staff work in a professional manner and all registered staff are working as accountable practitioners.
You will be expected to demonstrate effective clinical leadership and role modelling, be able to inspire, motivate and empower others. This will require the post-holder to be highly visible and have an accessible approach to women, their families and staff.
This is a senior midwifery role within the organisation and there is an expectation that the post-holder will fully participate in the clinical and professional leadership of the department including co-ordination of the labour ward, Triage with a knowledge of BSOTS and maternity services.
Working for our organisation
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of £1 billion, million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level.
We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.
King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.