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Staff Midwife

Employer
HCA Healthcare UK
Location
Great Portland Street, London
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
21 Nov 2021

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Sector
Midwifery
Hours
Full Time, Part Time

Job Details

Location: The Portland Hospital for Women & Children -Great Portland Street, London

Hours: F/T & P/T positions available (Long days/nights/Weekends)

Salary: competitive and dependent on skills & Experience + Benefits (pension, health cover, flexible benefits and excellent career development)

Opportunity has arisen for a Staff Midwife to join the team @ The Portland Hospital on a Full time or Part time permanent contract

As the Staff Midwife, you will be responsible and accountable for the provision of high quality care within the maternity setting. You will work within the midwifery team to provide antenatal, intranatal and postnatal care to all women during their in-patient stay and work alongside Obstetric Consultants colleagues to support Consultant Led Care within the maternity service.


Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Demonstrate good clinical practice at all times in the provision of antenatal, intranatal and postnatal care
  • Provide midwifery advice to support and facilitate high quality, individualised care to women and their families without supervision, in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team
  • Work with the ward sister in the management of the clinical area. This will involve dealing with complex situations and having to take appropriate action in emergency or unforeseen situations
  • Provide care throughout the maternity unit as required to meet the needs of service
  • Establish effective communication and working relationships with both internal and external customers and health care professionals
  • Work autonomously within guidelines and the sphere of professional practice


Skills & Experience:

  • Demonstrable knowledge and experience in a Midwifery setting.
  • NMC Registered Midwife
  • Basic Adult and Newborn Life Support
  • Teaching and mentoring experience
  • Competent at cannulation

 

HCA Healthcare UK – The World’s largest private healthcare group; providing award winning primary, acute and complex care.

As the only fully private maternity hospital in the UK, delivering over 1,600 babies a year, we place great importance on providing safe and high quality care for expectant mothers. Both consultant-led and midwife-led maternity care is available, and our aim is to provide you with all the support you need during pregnancy, childbirth and beyond. Women’s health issues are treated by a team of 40 consultants, supported by nurses, physiotherapists and counsellors, with an emphasis on privacy and dignity.

If you wish to find out more about this opportunity, please apply for this role and a member of the team will be in contact shortly.

Company

HCA Healthcare Over 50 years of creating a healthier tomorrow.   

Today HCA is the largest private healthcare provider in the world, and the largest provider of privately funded healthcare in the U.K. A world-class network of over 30 facilities in London, Manchester, Wilmslow, Glasgow and Prestatyn, with its latest venture opening in Birmingham in 2024.  Uniquely we also partner with the NHS to provide care within large NHS teaching hospitals. No other U.K. provider can match our global scale, breadth and depth of knowledge and expertise. We treat 27 million people each year across our global network, and many of our hospitals are rated ‘Outstanding’ by the CQC. Covering virtually all aspects of medicine from prevention and diagnosis through to treatment and aftercare in both our Primary and Secondary Care Divisions. Cardiac and Cancer Care, Paediatrics, Orthopaedics, Rehabilitation, Urgent Care, GP and Health screening to Obstetrics, IVF and Maternity care, to name a few.   

We can promise by joining the HCA family, you will learn from experts in every department, and your opportunities will be endless. You will be empowered to achieve more in your career and will be provided with outstanding rewards and development support to match the level of care we are famed for.  

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