About this role
Job summary
Kingston Hospital is looking for caring, enthusiastic, and talented midwives to join our team. We have opportunities forsenior midwives (Band 6) to join our Maternity Team.
Kingston Maternity is a friendly, welcoming and supportive unit, and a popular choice for our local population, caring for around 5200 birthing people per annum. We are proud to support a full range of birth options including our established birth centre and home birth teams. Our service is funded to a ratio of 1 midwife to 22.3 women, enabling high quality, midwifery focused care to be provided. The birth centre team are skilled in aromatherapy, and biomechanics and the rooms have birthing couches and pools. We promote a philosophy of holistic, woman-centred care in all birthing areas.
Main duties of the job
Maintain a high standard of woman focused care in accordance with Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust policies and procedures across all clinical areas as required.
Provide assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of maternity care for women ensuring accurate documentation is kept.
Maintain a safe and clean working environment.
Communicate with women and their partners to ensure they have access to appropriate information.
Promote and maintain positive relationships between all staff involved in the care of the woman.
Act in accordance with the Nursing and midwifery Council Code of Conduct
Undertake duties on different wards/departments as and when required by service demands.
Education and Training
Kingston is proud of its strong multi-disciplinary (MDT) culture. We provide a well evaluated, in-house MDT programme and staff have the opportunity to attend external study days or enrol for academic modules at our local higher education institutes.
If you are a passionate midwife with excellent communication skills and a drive to provide high quality care to women please apply to join our multi professional maternity team.
This role requires candidates to work Nights, weekends, Bank Holidays and other unsocial hours.
About us
Kingston and Richmond Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a district general hospital situated in a beautiful and remarkable part of the country - close to London yet surrounded by royal parks, historic buildings and the River Thames.
The most recent National Maternity Survey has rated Kingston as one of the top 5 best performing maternity services within London. The CQC rated Kingston Hospital's Maternity Service as 'good' in 2022 and the Trust 'outstanding' in 2019, with staff positive about the hospital and the services they were able to offer women and their families. Leadership is strong and well respected and there is a culture of learning and a desire to improve the service.
Trust Values
Compassionate Inclusive Collaborative Inspiring
Job description Job responsibilities
To provide woman and babies with high quality, safe midwifery care during childbirth. The care will be evidence based and holistic in meeting womens needs in a variety of practice settings.
"Our mission is to create an anti-racist, supportive, and inclusive environment where every team member feels safe, valued, and empowered. We are dedicated to dismantling barriers through a zero-tolerance approach to discrimination, addressing and challenging racism to foster a culture of accountability and respect. Through collaboration and compassionate leadership, we strive to create a safe and equitable space that positively impacts the wellbeing and development of our team, and the communities we serve."
Our Aim: Diversity should be celebrated and acknowledged in all aspects of our work. We will achieve this by promoting continuous learning, encouraging open dialogue, and providing resources for personal and professional growth. By recognising and celebrating each others cultural differences, we will cultivate mutual respect and understanding.
Please see the job description and person specification form for more details:
This role requires candidates to work Nights, weekends, Bank Holidays and other unsocial hours.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Registered Midwife with NMC registration Commitment to professional development and evidence of CPD
Experience Essential
Previous NHS experience Experience of working in all areas of maternity services
Knowledge Essential
Demonstrate understanding of Trust values and Kingston Hospital Knowledge of statutory regulations governing midwifery
Skills Essential
Demonstrates understanding of role boundaries and able to recognise when to escalate Demonstrates a family centred approach to care provision Ability to coordinate and liaise within a multi-disciplinary team Excellent interpersonal skills along with excellent written and verbal communication skills
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 see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust
Address Maternity Unit
Galsworthy Road
Kingston Upon Thames
KT2 7QB
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.kingstonandrichmond.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)