Home, community, hospital

Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust offers a range of fantastic opportunities to grow your career across both hospital and community settings in south London. Whether you're looking to build new skills or take your experience to the next level, we are uniquely placed to provide the right environment to support your professional development. With colleagues working in people’s homes, in community clinics, and in our two hospitals, we have an outstanding breadth of knowledge and experience to draw from.

Our commitment to exceptional care is reflected in being the first trust of our kind in London to achieve an ‘Outstanding’ rating from the CQC for both overall quality and leadership. We exist to provide the best possible care for our patients and we do that by giving our colleagues what they need to be their best at work. We have won numerous awards from the HSJ and Nursing Times for the way we support our colleagues across all our services.

We are proud to be recognised for our outstanding cancer care, children's services, pioneering surgical teams, and exceptional rehabilitation services. Our maternity services have been rated the "Best in London" by women surveyed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), with parents travelling to Kingston to take advantage of our considerable experience and expertise.

Our Trust values

These words are important reminders, but it’s our behaviours that tell people who we are. We expect all colleagues to bring our values to life in their work.

Job overview

Kingston  Birth Centre is an extremely popular choice for  women with a straightforward pregnancy.  Amongst the South  West London  Trusts, our Birth Centre remains open, with consistently high birth numbers and excellent feedback as a testament to our excellent midwifery care and facilities. 

The post holder will be responsible for providing clinical excellence and managerial leadership for the Birth Centre within Kingston  & Richmond Maternity Services. To provide women and babies with a high quality, safe midwifery care, throughout the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal period.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be a highly visible champion of midwifery lead care through demonstration of excellent clinical knowledge and practice.

 The role of the Birth Centre Team Lead is to support the Matron for Birth Centre and Consultant Midwife to ensure women are provided with personalised care. They must act as a leader and effective role model to staff, promoting healthy outcomes from women and babies within Kingston Maternity Services.

 The care will be evidenced based and holistic in meeting women’s individual needs and the midwife will be expected to work autonomously within the guidelines and sphere of professional practice.

 The post holder will regularly audit achievements and initiate projects to improve the service provided on the Birth Centre.

Kingston is proud of its strong multi-disciplinary (MDT) culture. We provide a well evaluated, in-house MDT programme, and staff have the opportunity to attend external study days or enrol for academic modules at our local higher education institutes.  

If you are a passionate midwife with excellent communication skills and a drive to provide high quality care to women, please apply to join our multi professional maternity team.  

Please be aware that this post requires you to work a mixture of day and night shifts, weekends and bank holidays.  

You will be required to travel, therefore a valid driving license and access to a vehicle would be desirable.

Working for our organisation

Development and staff wellbeing

Your growth and personal happiness matters to us.  After all, we can't expect the best from you if we don't invest in your development and nurture your wellbeing.  From the moment you join us,  we're committed to fostering your professional and personal development with a supportive, empowering environment.  Whether you're just starting your career or looking to advance further, we provide you with the tools and opportunities you need to succeed.  We actively support colleagues to take part in research, quality improvement and innovation, whatever their role or level in the organisation.

To support your wellbeing, we offer an extensive range of resources, including on-site staff nursery at Kingston Hospital, wellbeing practitioners, regular wellbeing classes, dedicated staff physiotherapist, comprehensive occupational health services, 24/7 employee assistance programme,  and a range of other support and activities. 

We also take every opportunity to thank and recognise the work our teams do, through weekly "shoutouts" and patient feedback, monthly and staff awards.

Our Trust values

These words are important reminders, but it's our behaviours that tell people who we are.  We expect all colleagues to bring values to life in their work.

• Compassionate
• Inclusive
• Collaborative
• Inspiring