Birth Centre Midwife

At Kings College NHS Foundation Trust on the Princess Royal University Hospital site in Orpington, we are delighted to offer a very exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Midwife to join our Oasis Birth Centre team.

We are looking for autonomous, motivated and enthusiastic midwives to join our amazing team, with a passion for facilitating physiological labour and birth, and promoting women centred, safe care.

If you have excellent communication and decision making skills, experience in providing low risk care and you are looking to be part of a core team, you are who we are looking for! You will work closely with the wider multi-disciplinary team to ensure the highest standards of care and safety for women, pregnant people and families.

We offer post-registration education and development that enables our midwives to become confident practitioners who provide low-risk care to birthing people on our birth centre unit.

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

You will need to have completed a preceptorship programme and achieved midwifery competencies such as cannulation, suturing and have passed the Newborn Life Support course.

Practice as an experienced, registered midwife who will be the lead professional for women and their families on the birth centre

Provide effective, safe and individualised women-centred care to women and their families from the stages of early labour until the postnatal discharge

To maintain a professional standard that enhances the unit environment and promotes the well-being of patients and colleagues

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1 billion, 1.5 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.