Job summary
Lead the Way in Safer Maternity Care
Are you passionate about improving maternity care and ensuring the highest standards of fetal monitoring and safe birth outcomes? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for a Fetal Monitoring Specialist Midwife to lead and support the implementation of the Saving Babies Lives Bundle Version 3 (SBLv3) within our maternity services.
What We're Looking For: - An experiencedmidwife with expertise in CTG interpretation and a strong background in fetal monitoring training.
- Proven ability to develop and deliver training programs, ensuring compliance with national standards.
- A team player who can work autonomously, manage priorities, and collaborate effectively with the multidisciplinary team.
- Passionate about improving maternity services and committed to achieving better birth outcomes.
Why Join Us? - Be at the forefront ofenhancing maternity safety and fetal monitoring.
- Work within a supportive and innovative team.
- Opportunities for professional development and leadership in maternity education.
This is an exciting opportunity to make a real impact on maternity care and ensure safer births. If you are ready to take on this leadership role, we'd love to hear from you!
Apply today and help us deliver safer maternity services for all.
Main duties of the job
About the Role
As a key member of the multidisciplinary team, you will take a lead role in promoting safe intrapartum care, improving standards in fetal heart rate interpretation, escalation, and management. Working alongside the Fetal Wellbeing Midwife, education teams and obstetricians, you will ensure that midwives and medical staff receive high-quality training in cardiotocography (CTG) interpretation and competency assessments to support better birth outcomes.
- Lead training and education in fetal monitoring, ensuring staff compliance with annual competency assessments.
- Facilitate CTG workshops and competency tests, supporting midwives and obstetricians to enhance their clinical decision-making.
- Support the implementation of GROW 2.0 within the maternity unit and collaborate with the Audit and Guideline Midwife to ensure compliance with the Maternity Incentive Scheme.
- Act as a role model in clinical practice, providing expert advice on evidence-based fetal wellbeing monitoring.
- Maintain staff competency records and ensure learning needs are met.
About us
We are committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in our workforce and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, with a special focus on welcoming individuals from disabled, Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities, as well as those from our local area.
In line with our dedication to employee support, we offer a variety of benefits. For more information, please see the attached staff benefits leaflet.
We strive to create a supportive and inclusive workplace where employees feel valued and empowered to excel in their roles. Join us and become part of a team dedicated to making a positive difference in our community.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for a full list of duties and responsibilities or alternatively give us a call to speak to the team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for a full list of duties and responsibilities or alternatively give us a call to speak to the team.
Person Specification
Education/Knowledge and Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife
- Degree in Midwifery
- Mentorship qualification
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Completion of specialist fetal monitoring masterclass
- Teaching qualification or willing to work towards PG cert
- Masters Degree, working towards or relevant experience
Experience
Essential
- Proficient and in-depth understanding of fetal monitoring interpretation and multidisciplinary training and education
- Demonstrable experience in developing self, others and changing practice
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the national policies, 3 Year Delivery Plan for Maternity and Neonatal Services, Core Competency Framework v2, Saving Babies Lives v3
- Demonstrate understanding of governance and risk processes in maternity
Desirable
- Proven leadership and management skills
- Participation in national fetal monitoring projects and awareness of national work streams
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Act as a role model demonstrating exemplary skills in fetal monitoring
- Flexible, highly motivated and supportive of others
- Ability to develop excellent working relationships with all staff within the organisation and external partners
- Strong organisational and planning skills
- Willing to develop new skills including completing appropriate training as required
- Ability to undertake a wide range of work procedures without direct supervision
- Ability to adapt written and verbal communication skills to the audience
- Ability to undertake a wide range of work procedures without direct supervision
- Ability to analyse data and produce required reports and information
Personal Development
Essential
- Willing to develop new skills including completing appropriate training as required
- Working with midwives and obstetricians to improve knowledge and skills relating to fetal monitoring
Desirable
- Experience managing and coordinating services to maintain safety and escalate as appropriate
Communication
Essential
- Excellent communication skills and ability to be responsive to highly emotive conversations
- Recognising when staff may require further debriefing following adverse events
Specific Requirements
Essential
- Able to perform the duties of the post with reasonable aids and adaptation following an assessment from the staff health and wellbeing team
Person Specification
Education/Knowledge and Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife
- Degree in Midwifery
- Mentorship qualification
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Completion of specialist fetal monitoring masterclass
- Teaching qualification or willing to work towards PG cert
- Masters Degree, working towards or relevant experience
Experience
Essential
- Proficient and in-depth understanding of fetal monitoring interpretation and multidisciplinary training and education
- Demonstrable experience in developing self, others and changing practice
- Ability to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the national policies, 3 Year Delivery Plan for Maternity and Neonatal Services, Core Competency Framework v2, Saving Babies Lives v3
- Demonstrate understanding of governance and risk processes in maternity
Desirable
- Proven leadership and management skills
- Participation in national fetal monitoring projects and awareness of national work streams
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Act as a role model demonstrating exemplary skills in fetal monitoring
- Flexible, highly motivated and supportive of others
- Ability to develop excellent working relationships with all staff within the organisation and external partners
- Strong organisational and planning skills
- Willing to develop new skills including completing appropriate training as required
- Ability to undertake a wide range of work procedures without direct supervision
- Ability to adapt written and verbal communication skills to the audience
- Ability to undertake a wide range of work procedures without direct supervision
- Ability to analyse data and produce required reports and information
Personal Development
Essential
- Willing to develop new skills including completing appropriate training as required
- Working with midwives and obstetricians to improve knowledge and skills relating to fetal monitoring
Desirable
- Experience managing and coordinating services to maintain safety and escalate as appropriate
Communication
Essential
- Excellent communication skills and ability to be responsive to highly emotive conversations
- Recognising when staff may require further debriefing following adverse events
Specific Requirements
Essential
- Able to perform the duties of the post with reasonable aids and adaptation following an assessment from the staff health and wellbeing team
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
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Pan-site Peterborough and Hinchingbrooke
Peterborough City Hospital, Edith Cavell Campus, Bretton Gate,
Peterborough
PE3 9GZ
Employer's website
https://www.nwangliaft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
