Maternal Medicine Midwife - Advanced Clinical Practitioner inLondon inLondon PUBLISHED 20 MAY 2024

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London.
Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to introduce two advanced clinical practice midwifery posts in maternal medicine into Southwest London Maternal Medicine Network, working as a fixed term 1 year contract.

The post forms part of our maternal medicine midwifery workforce strategy, which is in response to the national agenda that requires the development of midwifery clinical expertise within maternal medicine services in England.

These successful post holder will have their working week equally divided between two SWL NHS hospital sites, with 80% of these ACP midwifery post holder role's time being clinical.Their roles will have a twofold focus. The post holder will be expected to work in collaboration with the local maternal medicine consultants, developing and running specialist midwifery led clinics for women with complex pregnancy.

Secondly, the post holder will be expected to use their clinical expertise to act as role models and mentors, to facilitate the development of the knowledge and clinical expertise of the local maternal medicine midwifery teams. These roles will have an immediate effect on the provision of maternity care for women with complex pregnancies and the development of future midwifery expertise locally.

The successful candidate will be expected to have fulfilled the requirements of the JD specification.

Secondment applications welcome.

Main duties of the job

The Advanced Clinical Practitioners will have a coordinating Education Supervisor and may have a number of Associate Workplace Supervisors, who support specified aspects of the practitioner's specialty or area-specific knowledge and skills development, in relation to the four pillars of advanced clinical practice (clinical expertise, leadership and management, education and research).

For further guidance, see Workplace Supervision for Advanced Clinical Practice: An integrated multi-professional approach for practitioner development. Health Education England (HEE) 2022.

Please note: Proposed interview date on 14th June 2024

About us

This post is hosted by St Georges Hospital, but managed by SWL ICB

Their main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.

The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.

We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the Trust, being Excellent, Kind, Responsible & Respectful, and behave in a way that reflect these.

Job description

Job responsibilities


Essential:
Qualifications and training
  • NMC Registered Midwife.
  • MSc level in Advanced Clinical Practice or shortly to complete.
  • Independent or supplementary non-medical prescriber course or commitment to undertake module.
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.

Job description
Job responsibilities


Essential:
Qualifications and training
  • NMC Registered Midwife.
  • MSc level in Advanced Clinical Practice or shortly to complete.
  • Independent or supplementary non-medical prescriber course or commitment to undertake module.
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications and training

Essential

  • NMC Registered Midwife
  • MSc level in Advanced Clinical Practice or working towards
  • Independent or supplementary non-medical prescriber or commitment to undertaking the module
Desirable

  • Completed portfolio of supervised practice in specialty
  • Relevant NHS leadership qualification or working towards
  • A registered nurse with acute nursing experience
  • Studied at level 7 in a specialty course
Experience

Essential

  • Extensive post midwifery registration
  • Considerable clinical experience and knowledge in high risk/ complex pregnancy/maternal medicine
  • Demonstration of experience in all four pillars of advanced clinical practice (clinical expertise, leadership and management, research, education)
  • Participation in audit and research
Desirable

  • Experience as clinical Leader
  • Experience in an autonomous practice role
  • Previous experience in an advanced practice role
  • Experience of service development
Skills

Essential

  • Advanced clinical assessment and history taking skills
  • Highly developed diagnostic reasoning skills
  • Demonstrates leadership skills
  • Professionally credible
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Excellent time management and organisational skills
  • Protocol and guideline development
  • Ability to use spreadsheets, presentation and work processing software
Desirable

  • Able to chair, co-ordinate and facilitate meetings
Knowledge

Essential

  • Understanding of clinical governance and risk assessment
  • Up to date knowledge of evidence-based guidelines and policies
Personal Attributes

Essential

  • High level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude
  • Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty and integrity in undertaking the role
Person Specification
Qualifications and training

Essential

  • NMC Registered Midwife
  • MSc level in Advanced Clinical Practice or working towards
  • Independent or supplementary non-medical prescriber or commitment to undertaking the module
Desirable

  • Completed portfolio of supervised practice in specialty
  • Relevant NHS leadership qualification or working towards
  • A registered nurse with acute nursing experience
  • Studied at level 7 in a specialty course
Experience

Essential

  • Extensive post midwifery registration
  • Considerable clinical experience and knowledge in high risk/ complex pregnancy/maternal medicine
  • Demonstration of experience in all four pillars of advanced clinical practice (clinical expertise, leadership and management, research, education)
  • Participation in audit and research
Desirable

  • Experience as clinical Leader
  • Experience in an autonomous practice role
  • Previous experience in an advanced practice role
  • Experience of service development
Skills

Essential

  • Advanced clinical assessment and history taking skills
  • Highly developed diagnostic reasoning skills
  • Demonstrates leadership skills
  • Professionally credible
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Excellent time management and organisational skills
  • Protocol and guideline development
  • Ability to use spreadsheets, presentation and work processing software
Desirable

  • Able to chair, co-ordinate and facilitate meetings
Knowledge

Essential

  • Understanding of clinical governance and risk assessment
  • Up to date knowledge of evidence-based guidelines and policies
Personal Attributes

Essential

  • High level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude
  • Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty and integrity in undertaking the role
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

Additional information
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

St George's Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address

St George's Hospital

Blackshaw Road

London

SW17 0QT

Employer's website
Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to introduce two advanced clinical practice midwifery posts in maternal medicine into Southwest London Maternal Medicine Network, working as a fixed term 1 year contract.

The post forms part of our maternal medicine midwifery workforce strategy, which is in response to the national agenda that requires the development of midwifery clinical expertise within maternal medicine services in England.

These successful post holder will have their working week equally divided between two SWL NHS hospital sites, with 80% of these ACP midwifery post holder role's time being clinical.Their roles will have a twofold focus. The post holder will be expected to work in collaboration with the local maternal medicine consultants, developing and running specialist midwifery led clinics for women with complex pregnancy.

Secondly, the post holder will be expected to use their clinical expertise to act as role models and mentors, to facilitate the development of the knowledge and clinical expertise of the local maternal medicine midwifery teams. These roles will have an immediate effect on the provision of maternity care for women with complex pregnancies and the development of future midwifery expertise locally.

The successful candidate will be expected to have fulfilled the requirements of the JD specification.

Secondment applications welcome.

Main duties of the job

The Advanced Clinical Practitioners will have a coordinating Education Supervisor and may have a number of Associate Workplace Supervisors, who support specified aspects of the practitioner's specialty or area-specific knowledge and skills development, in relation to the four pillars of advanced clinical practice (clinical expertise, leadership and management, education and research).

For further guidance, see Workplace Supervision for Advanced Clinical Practice: An integrated multi-professional approach for practitioner development. Health Education England (HEE) 2022.

Please note: Proposed interview date on 14th June 2024

About us

This post is hosted by St Georges Hospital, but managed by SWL ICB

Their main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.

The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.

We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the Trust, being Excellent, Kind, Responsible & Respectful, and behave in a way that reflect these.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Essential:
Qualifications and training
  • NMC Registered Midwife.
  • MSc level in Advanced Clinical Practice or shortly to complete.
  • Independent or supplementary non-medical prescriber course or commitment to undertake module.
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Essential:
Qualifications and training
  • NMC Registered Midwife.
  • MSc level in Advanced Clinical Practice or shortly to complete.
  • Independent or supplementary non-medical prescriber course or commitment to undertake module.
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications and training

Essential

  • NMC Registered Midwife
  • MSc level in Advanced Clinical Practice or working towards
  • Independent or supplementary non-medical prescriber or commitment to undertaking the module
Desirable

  • Completed portfolio of supervised practice in specialty
  • Relevant NHS leadership qualification or working towards
  • A registered nurse with acute nursing experience
  • Studied at level 7 in a specialty course
Experience

Essential

  • Extensive post midwifery registration
  • Considerable clinical experience and knowledge in high risk/ complex pregnancy/maternal medicine
  • Demonstration of experience in all four pillars of advanced clinical practice (clinical expertise, leadership and management, research, education)
  • Participation in audit and research
Desirable

  • Experience as clinical Leader
  • Experience in an autonomous practice role
  • Previous experience in an advanced practice role
  • Experience of service development
Skills

Essential

  • Advanced clinical assessment and history taking skills
  • Highly developed diagnostic reasoning skills
  • Demonstrates leadership skills
  • Professionally credible
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Excellent time management and organisational skills
  • Protocol and guideline development
  • Ability to use spreadsheets, presentation and work processing software
Desirable

  • Able to chair, co-ordinate and facilitate meetings
Knowledge

Essential

  • Understanding of clinical governance and risk assessment
  • Up to date knowledge of evidence-based guidelines and policies
Personal Attributes

Essential

  • High level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude
  • Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty and integrity in undertaking the role
Person Specification
Qualifications and training

Essential

  • NMC Registered Midwife
  • MSc level in Advanced Clinical Practice or working towards
  • Independent or supplementary non-medical prescriber or commitment to undertaking the module
Desirable

  • Completed portfolio of supervised practice in specialty
  • Relevant NHS leadership qualification or working towards
  • A registered nurse with acute nursing experience
  • Studied at level 7 in a specialty course
Experience

Essential

  • Extensive post midwifery registration
  • Considerable clinical experience and knowledge in high risk/ complex pregnancy/maternal medicine
  • Demonstration of experience in all four pillars of advanced clinical practice (clinical expertise, leadership and management, research, education)
  • Participation in audit and research
Desirable

  • Experience as clinical Leader
  • Experience in an autonomous practice role
  • Previous experience in an advanced practice role
  • Experience of service development
Skills

Essential

  • Advanced clinical assessment and history taking skills
  • Highly developed diagnostic reasoning skills
  • Demonstrates leadership skills
  • Professionally credible
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Excellent time management and organisational skills
  • Protocol and guideline development
  • Ability to use spreadsheets, presentation and work processing software
Desirable

  • Able to chair, co-ordinate and facilitate meetings
Knowledge

Essential

  • Understanding of clinical governance and risk assessment
  • Up to date knowledge of evidence-based guidelines and policies
Personal Attributes

Essential

  • High level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude
  • Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty and integrity in undertaking the role
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

Additional information
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

St George's Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address

St George's Hospital

Blackshaw Road

London

SW17 0QT

Employer's website


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