Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Fetal Surveillance Midwife Sonographer

The closing date is 01 October 2025

Job summary

Maternity Cover Secondment / Fixed Term until 31.08.26

Responsible for providing holistic women centred midwifery care and promoting midwife led care in partnership with other health professionals. Works independently as a midwife sonographer performing and reporting on third trimester ultrasound scans, informing birthing people of the findings and collaborating to provide follow on care. Act as a lead professional for other midwives and as part of a wide multi-disciplinary team with regard to third trimester ultrasound scanning and growth restriction. Promote and maintain professional standards ensuring midwifery and sonography practices are evidence based. Supervise and facilitate training and practical skills of trainee midwife sonographers and members of the obstetric team who have undergone or are undertaking a formal ultrasound course. To engage with audit and disseminate the findings to the wider MDT. Participate in guideline development, quality improvement projects and service development.

Main duties of the job

People/Management Excellence

Co-ordinating an off-duty rota to ensure a self-sufficient midwife-led Growth scan clinic based on clinical workload

Undertake appraisals

Peer review scan quality assurance as per BMUS guidance for whole sonography team

Maintain regular service quality audit and implement results

Report data to the management and the wider team

Undertake quality improvement projects where necessary in order to improve the service

About us

**Please submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications**

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered a Group Model with neighbouring Northampton General Hospital NHSTrust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.

Our Excellence Values

Compassion
Accountability
Respect
Integrity
Courage

We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone's full potential.

The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups. We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.

We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Silver Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme.

We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.

Date posted

17 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year pro rata/per annum

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

264-7415049-FAM

Job locations

Kettering General Hospital

Rothwell Road

Kettering

NN16 8UZ

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the Shortlisting Criteria section of the document.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Education, Training & Qualifications

Essential

Registered Midwife
Postgraduate qualification at Level 7 in third trimester Ultrasound
Clinical expertise in midwifery practice with evidence of professional development or education
Experience in third trimester ultrasound practice
Previous experience of mentorship of students
Experience in audit/ ultrasound quality assurance/ rota coordination

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Contemporaneous knowledge of maternity policy and strategy and wider issues affecting maternity services
Good technical knowledge of ultrasound and screening for fetal growth restriction

Person Specification

Education, Training & Qualifications

Essential

Registered Midwife
Postgraduate qualification at Level 7 in third trimester Ultrasound
Clinical expertise in midwifery practice with evidence of professional development or education
Experience in third trimester ultrasound practice
Previous experience of mentorship of students
Experience in audit/ ultrasound quality assurance/ rota coordination

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Contemporaneous knowledge of maternity policy and strategy and wider issues affecting maternity services
Good technical knowledge of ultrasound and screening for fetal growth restriction

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).