Preceptorship Midwife

• To provide holistic women-centered/birthing people care, individualised to the needs of the mother/birthing person and her family
• Examining women/birthing people, monitoring of observations and reporting of abnormal findings to medical staff or midwife in charge
• Provide care in labour, perform normal vaginal births, asses mother/birthing person and baby post delivery
• Identify and report any changes from the 'norm' or emergency situations to senior midwife or medical practitioner
• To assist the medical staff with medical procedures when required
• Participate in instrumental deliveries and assisting at operative deliveries
• Assist experienced practitioners in neonatal resuscitation following delivery
• Caring for clients with medical complications who require increased dependency on health professionals during the antenatal, labour or postnatal period
• To provide midwifery expertise and advice, working as an autonomous practitioner accountable to the senior midwife

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

Essential

• Understanding of the role of midwife as defined by the NMC
• An understanding of the NMC Code of Practice and Midwives Rules
• An understanding of confidentiality issues
• An interest in improving the standards of care
• An understanding of all aspects of evidence-based midwifery practice

Essential

• Ability to function as a member of a multidisciplinary team
• Good written skills
• Good organisational skills
• Team player
• Excellent time management skills