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Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
21 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Personal qualities
Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s Values and Behaviours
- Personal qualities
Able to work to deadlines and under pressure.
- Personal qualities
Flexible to meet the needs of the service
- Personal qualities
Able to act as an effective role model
- Personal qualities
Strong sense of commitment to openness, honesty and integrity in undertaking the role.
- Personal qualities
Able to demonstrate a commitment and understanding of the importance of treating all individuals with dignity and respect appropriate to their individual needs.
- Skills and abilities
Good time management and ability to prioritise and manage own workload
- Skills and abilities
Strong evidence of excellent communication, interpersonal and negotiating skills
- Skills and abilities
Proficient digital skills, including presentations.
- Skills and abilities
Ability to manage difficult situations effectively
- Skills and abilities
Ability to produce clear and concise reports.
- Knowledge and Experience
Broad range of clinical midwifery experience acquired through significant practice in a variety of settings.
- Knowledge and Experience
Good knowledge of Preterm Birth
- Knowledge and Experience
Clinically sound experience and knowledge.
- Knowledge and Experience
Awareness of National and local health policy relating to maternity and wider safety ambitions.
- Knowledge and Experience
Knowledge of CQC Essential Standard, the Maternity Improvement Scheme (MIS) and Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle V3
- Knowledge and Experience
Experience of working in partnership with a multi-disciplinary team
- Education and qualifications
Registered Midwife
- Education and qualifications
First level degree in related healthcare discipline or substantial experiential equivalence
- Education and qualifications
Professional training/learning which demonstrates highly developed professional knowledge / continuing professional development
- Education and qualifications
SSSA Practice Assessor/ Mentorship qualification
Desirable
5 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills and abilities
Sonography qualification/ working towards
- Knowledge and Experience
Experience of risk management and quality assurance
- Education and qualifications
Master’s degree or equivalent level of experience in a highly specialised role
- Education and qualifications
Professional Midwifery Advocate (PMA)
- Education and qualifications
Leadership Qualification or experience
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced midwife to join our Fetal Medicine Unit team as the Preterm Birth Specialist midwife. Only midwives with 3 years post preceptorship experience will be considered. You must have completed a UK preceptorship.
Main duties of the job
The role requires you to:
- ensure that the preterm birth service is offered and delivered appropriately to the cohort of women/birthing people who are at risk of preterm birth.
- Provide clinical midwifery care to women/birthing people at risk of preterm birth. Triage referrals and ensure the allocation of women/birthing persons on to the appropriate care pathways, this may involve autonomous review of some women/birthing people who meet the criteria for review of cervical length images performed and facilitating the appropriate follow up care, including discharge for women/birthing people with measurements within normal limits.
- Provide appropriate counselling and able to cope with highly distressing or emotional circumstances e.g. on diagnosis of a high risk of having a preterm labour and birth. Guide and support junior staff in this situation. Support the clinical teams and work clinically as required during periods of increased activity. Be visible and accessible in the clinical area to support the multidisciplinary team in undertaking their role. This includes reviewing women/birthing people on the antenatal, labour and postnatal wards and liaising with the relevant professional in the multiprofessional team.
- Act as a resource for colleagues and provide expert knowledge.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and person specification for further details. This is a secondment until 31st March 2027.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Preterm Birth Specialist Midwife with Whittington Health NHS Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Midwife role. The advertised salary is £58,133 - £65,261 pro rata per annum inclusive of HCAS. The contract type is 8 months (Secondment until 31.3.2027). The application deadline is 08 Sep 2026.
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