Antenatal Clinic Midwife

Job summary

We are looking for a dedicated Band 6 Midwife to join the River Team within the Antenatal Clinic at St Thomas' Hospital.

At St Thomas', we are one of the pioneering Trusts for caseload midwifery, with well-established teams in place for over 24 years. We continue to work towards improving continuity of care across the community and wider maternity service.

We are a friendly and supportive team and would like to welcome midwives with a keen interest in antenatal care. The role involves providing care for both low- and high-risk pregnancies, including routine antenatal appointments and specialist clinics such as Twin Pregnancy, Fetal Blood Sampling, Anti-D and Safeguarding clinics. The post holder will also support the delivery of antenatal classes.

Training and support will be provided for specialist areas where required.

Working pattern is Monday to Friday, 09:00-17:00, with Saturday working up to twice per month.

The Antenatal Clinic Midwife will provide safe, high‑quality, evidence‑based antenatal care to women and birthing people attending routine and specialist maternity clinics.

• Providing routine antenatal care, assessments and follow‑up appointments.
• Supporting and/or running specialist antenatal clinics, including Fetal Blood Sampling, Anti‑D, Twin and Safeguarding clinics.
• Providing antenatal education and classes to women, birthing people and their families.
• Identifying and escalating any clinical or safeguarding concerns appropriately.
• Working closely with obstetricians, specialist midwives, maternity support workers and the wider multidisciplinary team.
• Maintaining accurate clinical documentation and ensuring care is delivered in line with Trust policies, guidelines and professional standards.
• Supporting the safe and effective running of the Antenatal Clinic and contributing to a positive patient experience.
• Participating in audit, service improvement, mandatory training and professional development.

Training and support will be provided for specialist clinics and any additional skills required for the role.

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with along history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark. We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world‑class clinical services, teaching and research.

We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.

We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.

As the only NHS Trust in London with womens and specialist childrens services on one site we have unique opportunities to provide excellent, high‑quality, integrated care for mothers, babies and children.

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