Hdu Midwife - London, United Kingdom - Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

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London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Description

A two bedded obstetric high dependency unit is operational within the delivery suite to provide care for women at Level 1, 2 and 3.

We frequently carry out invasive monitoring and are also one of the very few obstetric high dependency units that provide respiratory support by means of Optiflo and CPAP.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for midwives who are interested in midwifery high dependency to join and work within a dedicated obstetric high dependency unit at Queen Charlotte's Hospital as a prime care provider in all aspects of midwifery care, specifically within Maternity HDU care.

This is an excellent opportunity for midwives who are enthusiastic, motivated and interested in this area of midwifery and wish to enhance their skills and knowledge to provide higher levels of care to sick obstetric women.

You will be working in a friendly and supportive environment with the opportunity for further education.

You will be part of the delivery suite team and therefore will have on occasions the opportunity to maintain normal midwifery, theatre and recovery skills.

Support and training will be provided in the form of study days, one to one teaching and in-house workshops by a multi-disciplinary team and lead midwife for HDU.

Midwives must have enthusiasm and interest in this area of midwifery and have had experience in caring for the sick obstetric woman or the critical ill adult patient.

This post will require rotation between day/night duty.

Maintain own professional development and a high standard of clinical care within the maternity service

Work in partnership with women and their families, GP, obstetrician and other agencies to ensure optimum care

Assess, plan, implement and evaluate the care of mothers and babies in accordance with the Trust's policies and guidelines

Strive for continuity of care and informed client choice within the limitations of the service

Facilitate the learning of midwifery skills through supervision, teaching and support

Actively promote and encourage a healthy lifestyle, advising and arranging support for women as required

Strive to enhance the quality of care through evidence

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme.

Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We encourage staff to have the Covid vaccination to protect themselves, patients, other colleagues as well as the wider community.

Please note it is an operational requirement to comply with infection prevention and control procedures within the Trust such as lateral flow testing, handwashing and the wearing of masks, according to the procedures in place at any time or location.

As part of our continued response to Covid19 we are still conducting the majority of our interviews virtually.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.