Job summary
As a Fetal Wellbeing Lead, the post holder will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering an effective service supporting managers and colleagues to meet the objectives of the national maternity transformation programme, SVBLv3. Ockenden IEAs and Maternity Incentive scheme to deliver the local transformation plan to achieve better outcomes for women and babies. for women and babies. The NHS Long Term Plan has reiterated the NHS's commitment to reducing stillbirth, maternal mortality, neonatal mortality, serious brain injury and pre-term births. An important component of the transformation workstream is effective fetal monitoring during labour and this is part of the national Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle. The role supports the organisation in driving transformation as well as value for money in planning and delivering a high-quality service. The role is designed to build a combination of subject matter expertise and technical skills to develop strong service delivery ensuring effective fetal monitoring during labour. It aims to build on the current practice of achieving healthy birth outcomes for babies who are born in our maternity unit.
Main duties of the job
Act as a positive role model through the provision of effective professional leadership for relevant clinical areas and demonstration of competent and accountable clinical practice.
Act as an advisor/educator and role model to less experienced members of MDT to ensure appropriate care is planned, implemented and evaluated
To provide on a regular basis positive feedback to colleagues and identify and disseminate learning from good outcomes.
To partake in the regional Maternity Clinical Network Electronic Fetal Monitoring Group, acting as a conduit for information sharing between the Trust and the region.
Using effective clinical leadership skills, promote a supportive collaborative team working environment that inspires colleagues to encompass all the Trust values, aims and objectives to meet the Trust's vision.
Communicate complex data effectively to CMG meetings and clinical teams to ensure engagement in shared learning from audit findings.
Facilitate effective communication within the multi-disciplinary team, engaging all members with the roll out of new fetal monitoring guidance and competency assessments.
Represent UHL at regional and National fetal monitoring forums and work Collaboratory
Promote and market the activities of the service both internally and externally (where appropriate) contributing to the sharing of good practice ideas/learning and teaching. Actively engages with external partner organisations where appropriate to role.
About us
We are one of the biggest and busiest NHS trusts in the country, incorporating the General, Glenfield and Royal Infirmary hospitals. We have our very own Children's Hospital and run one of the country's leading heart centres.
Our team is made up of more than 17,000 staff providing a range of services primarily for the one million residents of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
We work with partners at the University of Leicester and De Montfort University providing world-class teaching to nurture and develop the next generation of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals, many of whom go on to spend their working lives with us.
Our purpose is to provide 'Caring at its best' and our staff have helped us create a set of values that embody who we are and what we're here to do. They are:
We focus on what matters most
We treat others how we would like to be treated
We are passionate and creative in our work
We do what we say we are going to do
We are one team and we are best when we work together
Our patients are at the heart of all we do and we believe that 'Caring at its best' is not just about the treatments and services we provide, but about giving our patients the best possible experience.
About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust: (leicestershospitals.nhs.uk)
The detailed job description and main responsibilities are included as an attachment to this advert.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Service Delivery & Development
- To drive delivery of a range of quality initiatives linked to Element 4 of the Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle
- To improve clinical decision making by implementing and help embedding the EBC learn and support tool kit
- To lead and facilitate a programme aimed at equipping Midwives and Obstetricians to increase the knowledge and competence in identifying fetal wellbeing, potential fetal compromise and actual fetal compromise in all clinical settings
- To ensure staff assess fetal wellbeing in the context of a womans health, pregnancy, gestation and stage of labour
- To develop staff awareness in recognising factors that could contribute to misinterpretation of Cardiotocographs (CTGs) and impaired clinical decision making
- To ensure that there are robust systems in place to monitor training, specifically the requirement that all staff who care for women in labour undertake annual training and competency assessment on Cardiotocograph (CTG) interpretation
- To work in partnership with the education team to create and implement the competency resource to support midwives in undertaking intelligent intermittent auscultation of the fetal heart in low risk women in line with guidance
- To ensure staff can intelligently auscultate the fetal heart in labour in the midwifery led unit and at home, and increase confidence of staff in auscultating the fetal heart intermittently
- To support staff to enhance their skills in reducing risk within their clinical practice, with a focus on human factors
- To act as a role model demonstrating clinical leadership and midwifery expertise
- To have a leadership role in supporting the development of a safety culture within the context of resource constraints and multiple conflicting priorities
- To support staff to develop reflective practice skills and to apply this
Governance
Ensure that robust systems are in place for effective monitoring of performance against national and local indicators and any other reporting requirements. The post holder will be expected to be familiar with all local and NICE/FIGO guidance relevant to the speciality.
To maintain an accurate and effective record keeping system, collecting statistical data and writing reports on a regular basis, and presenting to appropriate forums within and external to Trust.
Demonstrate a high level of commitment to and enthusiasm for research, evidence based practice, audit and education in the clinical area.
Teach and assist others to develop professionally, reaching their full potential with fetal monitoring.
Encourage professional accountability in others.
Be proactive in the risk assessment, management, clinical incident reporting and management of complaints.
Undertake clinical and associated audits as appropriate for the given area.
Responsible for managing staff performance and competence within area of responsibility following Trust policies and procedures and to identify and manage poor performance.
Assist with the management of complaints for own speciality, review services and assist with Serious Incident (SIs) root cause analysis (RCAs) in conjunction with senior team if required
Patient/Customer Service
Promote a culture that supports and enables self-management.
Be involved with personal care Plans around fetal monitoring
Responsible for ensuring that consistently high standards of customer service are delivered
Recognise when the situation exceeds scope of practice and seek appropriate senior support in a timely and effective manner, acting at all times in the best interests of the patient.
To act as a champion for patients and their interests, considering patient feedback in development policy and encouraging involvement of the patients and/or public in decision making to improve the quality of the service
To ensure patient experiences are monitored to facilitate shared learning from comments, concerns, compliments and complaints (4Cs), particularly where the experience is linked to fetal monitoring in labour
Research
Prepare reports and audits as required for your speciality and feedback at relevant senior meetings eg Quality and Safety meetings, CMG board, LMNS meetings.
To participate in any research projects conducted in the clinical area as appropriate
To actively promote research within the speciality, ensuring UHL is involved at the forefront of advances in Obstetrics and Midwifery.
Education
- To facilitate fetal monitoring training as part of the mandatory training day alongside the education team
- To further develop the current training offer through creativity and innovation to improve learning
To work with the Education Team to deliver the practice elements of a comprehensive training and competency testing package to give assurance that all staff responsible for fetal assessment and wellbeing are competent
GENERAL
This job description indicates the main functions and responsibilities of the post. It is not intended to be a complete list. You may be required to undertake other duties from time to time as we may reasonably require.
You will be required to maintain compliance with all statutory and mandatory training requirements.
The link to the Trusts policies and procedures is:
https://secure.library.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk/PAGL/SitePages/Home.aspx
Job description
Job responsibilities
Service Delivery & Development
- To drive delivery of a range of quality initiatives linked to Element 4 of the Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle
- To improve clinical decision making by implementing and help embedding the EBC learn and support tool kit
- To lead and facilitate a programme aimed at equipping Midwives and Obstetricians to increase the knowledge and competence in identifying fetal wellbeing, potential fetal compromise and actual fetal compromise in all clinical settings
- To ensure staff assess fetal wellbeing in the context of a womans health, pregnancy, gestation and stage of labour
- To develop staff awareness in recognising factors that could contribute to misinterpretation of Cardiotocographs (CTGs) and impaired clinical decision making
- To ensure that there are robust systems in place to monitor training, specifically the requirement that all staff who care for women in labour undertake annual training and competency assessment on Cardiotocograph (CTG) interpretation
- To work in partnership with the education team to create and implement the competency resource to support midwives in undertaking intelligent intermittent auscultation of the fetal heart in low risk women in line with guidance
- To ensure staff can intelligently auscultate the fetal heart in labour in the midwifery led unit and at home, and increase confidence of staff in auscultating the fetal heart intermittently
- To support staff to enhance their skills in reducing risk within their clinical practice, with a focus on human factors
- To act as a role model demonstrating clinical leadership and midwifery expertise
- To have a leadership role in supporting the development of a safety culture within the context of resource constraints and multiple conflicting priorities
- To support staff to develop reflective practice skills and to apply this
Governance
Ensure that robust systems are in place for effective monitoring of performance against national and local indicators and any other reporting requirements. The post holder will be expected to be familiar with all local and NICE/FIGO guidance relevant to the speciality.
To maintain an accurate and effective record keeping system, collecting statistical data and writing reports on a regular basis, and presenting to appropriate forums within and external to Trust.
Demonstrate a high level of commitment to and enthusiasm for research, evidence based practice, audit and education in the clinical area.
Teach and assist others to develop professionally, reaching their full potential with fetal monitoring.
Encourage professional accountability in others.
Be proactive in the risk assessment, management, clinical incident reporting and management of complaints.
Undertake clinical and associated audits as appropriate for the given area.
Responsible for managing staff performance and competence within area of responsibility following Trust policies and procedures and to identify and manage poor performance.
Assist with the management of complaints for own speciality, review services and assist with Serious Incident (SIs) root cause analysis (RCAs) in conjunction with senior team if required
Patient/Customer Service
Promote a culture that supports and enables self-management.
Be involved with personal care Plans around fetal monitoring
Responsible for ensuring that consistently high standards of customer service are delivered
Recognise when the situation exceeds scope of practice and seek appropriate senior support in a timely and effective manner, acting at all times in the best interests of the patient.
To act as a champion for patients and their interests, considering patient feedback in development policy and encouraging involvement of the patients and/or public in decision making to improve the quality of the service
To ensure patient experiences are monitored to facilitate shared learning from comments, concerns, compliments and complaints (4Cs), particularly where the experience is linked to fetal monitoring in labour
Research
Prepare reports and audits as required for your speciality and feedback at relevant senior meetings eg Quality and Safety meetings, CMG board, LMNS meetings.
To participate in any research projects conducted in the clinical area as appropriate
To actively promote research within the speciality, ensuring UHL is involved at the forefront of advances in Obstetrics and Midwifery.
Education
- To facilitate fetal monitoring training as part of the mandatory training day alongside the education team
- To further develop the current training offer through creativity and innovation to improve learning
To work with the Education Team to deliver the practice elements of a comprehensive training and competency testing package to give assurance that all staff responsible for fetal assessment and wellbeing are competent
GENERAL
This job description indicates the main functions and responsibilities of the post. It is not intended to be a complete list. You may be required to undertake other duties from time to time as we may reasonably require.
You will be required to maintain compliance with all statutory and mandatory training requirements.
The link to the Trusts policies and procedures is:
https://secure.library.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk/PAGL/SitePages/Home.aspx
Person Specification
Professional development
Essential
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
Desirable
- Audit experience
- Project management experience
Leadership & Education
Essential
- Experience in teaching/presenting skills
Desirable
Education and Training
Essential
- Post Registration Experience at band 6 level
- NMC Registration
Desirable
Clinical Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Recent working clincial experience in fetal monitoring
- Demonstrates knowledge of national drivers fetal monitoring
Desirable
Person Specification
Professional development
Essential
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
Desirable
- Audit experience
- Project management experience
Leadership & Education
Essential
- Experience in teaching/presenting skills
Desirable
Education and Training
Essential
- Post Registration Experience at band 6 level
- NMC Registration
Desirable
Clinical Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Recent working clincial experience in fetal monitoring
- Demonstrates knowledge of national drivers fetal monitoring
Desirable
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.
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).
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
