Maternal Medicine MidwifeNHS

Job summary

As a Band 6 Maternal Medicine Midwife, you will play a crucial role in providing high-quality, personalized care to women with complex medical needs throughout their maternity journey. You will work as part of a continuity of care model, ensuring consistent, individualized support from antenatal through to postnatal stages, with a focus on women who have underlying medical conditions or complex obstetric needs.

You will collaborate closely with obstetricians, physicians, and other multidisciplinary teams to deliver safe, evidence-based care, monitoring maternal and fetal health, and ensuring timely interventions when necessary. Your role will also include educating and supporting women and their families, empowering them to make informed decisions about their care. You will be expected to provide leadership and guidance to junior staff and students, maintaining high standards of practice in line with national guidelines and local policies.

This position requires excellent clinical judgment, advanced communication skills, and a compassionate, woman-centred approach, as well as the ability to manage your own caseload effectively within the continuity model.

Main duties of the job

Provide holistic care for women with medical complexities, offering continuity throughout the maternity pathway.

Assess, plan, and implement individualized care plans, coordinating with multidisciplinary teams.

Monitor maternal and fetal well-being, ensuring the timely escalation of concerns.

Offer emotional and educational support to women and their families.

Support and mentor junior midwives and students.

Adhere to national guidelines, local policies, and professional standards in maternity care.

This role is ideal for a dedicated and compassionate midwife looking to specialize in obstetric medicine within a continuity of care framework.

Job description

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Provide high quality, evidence-based care and advice to women throughout the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal periods from within the hospital site.

Act as an advocate for women and birthing people, whilst safeguarding her/their wider family and social group where appropriate.

Have an in depth understanding of barriers which may impact or inhibit women and birthing people from accessing timely and regular antenatal care. Act as a care navigator to ensure timely access to the appropriate pathway is achieved.

Have sound knowledge of both uncomplicated and complex pathways, physiological birth initiatives, safeguarding issues and their management.

Advocate for women and support them in their choices surrounding pregnancy and birth, whilst empowering them.

Provide evidence-based education to women and facilitate Parent Education initiatives.

Provide and perform accurate assessments and procedures during antenatal appointments, labour care (including supporting water birth, perineal suturing, cannulation and intravenous administration of drugs) and in the postnatal period.

Support womens choices regarding feeding their infant, whilst encouraging and promoting UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiatives.

Promote and maintain a safe therapeutic environment for women, birthing people, their families and staff, according to national and local infection control guidelines, Health and Safety legislation and Trust policies and objectives.

Maintain a good understanding and process for implementation of Maternity escalation policy and procedures as required.

About us

Our Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites--Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital--along with award-winning clinics across North West London.

Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5m, providing full clinical services including maternity, A&E and children's services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health care. The CQC rates us Good in safety, effectiveness, care and responsiveness, and Outstanding in leadership and resource use.

We continually invest in our facilities, including a £30m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and an £80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Mid.

We are delivering sustainable healthcare through our Green Plan. In line with Greener NHS ambitions, we aim for net zero carbon emissions by 2045. Achieving this requires collective effort. We encourage staff to reduce their impact on carbon, waste and pollution wherever possible. Every action counts to create a healthier, more sustainable future.

We are committed to equal opportunities and believe diversity drives innovation and excellence. We welcome applications from the global majority, veterans and underrepresented communities, valuing the perspectives they bring.