Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join our screening team and be responsible for supporting the fetal medicine aspect of the service.
You will be working closely with our Fetal medicine consultants and the screening team, providing a level of continuity of care in conjunction with the obstetric team. This role is hospital based.
The post holder will be responsible for providing and co-ordinating the care of women who screen positive for chromosome abnormalities and fetal abnormalities within the fetal anomaly screening programme (FASP) and where the risk for fetal abnormalities is increased due to ultrasound findings, maternal infection, genetic risk or previous incidence of abnormality.
Main duties of the job
Duties and responsibilities:
- To promote midwifery practice and developments within the clinical care settings and enhance the service offered to women and their families in line with best practice and national standards
- To counsel and provide support and information to parents of the unborn fetus with a suspected abnormality, including links with relevant support organisations where appropriate. She/he will provide a link between the woman, maternity services and specialist Fetal Medicine Unit services.
- To work closely with the Fetal Medicine Consultants and team and provide assistance with clinical procedures where appropriate.
- To participate when required in information giving and counselling women and their partners in the antenatal period regarding fetal abnormality, and advice on services available and treatment options
- To liaise with the multidisciplinary team and external specialist team where required to coordinate care for women with on-going pregnancies affected by fetal abnormalities, ensuring appropriate care plans are in place for the birth and neonatal follow up
- To co-ordinate the care of pregnant women diagnosed with fetal abnormalities
About us
North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system - consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS's, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level.
The North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust serves the boroughs of Enfield, Haringey and also draws patients from Barnet and Waltham Forest and beyond, this is a catchment area of around one million residents and covers a highly diverse population with affluent wards as well as areas of complex deprivation and serious health need.
The maternity unit opened in November 2013 has some of the best facilities in the UK including:
- a modern eight-bed, midwife-led birth centre with four birthing pools
- a 14-bed consultant-led unit with senior consultant obstetric cover
- two dedicated operating theatres with recovery suites and high dependency care facilities
- a modern neonatal unit with 28 neonatal cots
- a modern maternity day unit
- a dedicated 24/7 maternity triage area
- a spacious outpatient area for antenatal gynaecological and scanning appointments
- 31 bedded ward for inpatient antenatal and postnatal mothers and babies
- An innovational and dedicated 4 bedded ward for the management of early pregnancy loss.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical responsibilities
- Be responsible for receiving, correlating and recording all abnormal results relating to Fetal Medicine and action accordingly, including follow up of results that are equivocal or missing, recalling patients and explaining screen positive results and providing the necessary support and counselling
- Identify abnormalities in testing results and refer to the multidisciplinary team or other agencies as appropriate
Responsibility for patients
- Ensure own up to date professional knowledge of FASP and fetal medicine related care in antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care in accordance with sound evidence based research and national standards
- Collect and collate information regarding the fetal anomaly screening programme and supply data as requested by the National Screening Committee. Collate data for audit purposes both locally and nationally.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current NMC Registered Midwife
- First Degree or equivalent advanced study.
- Mentorship course
- Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
Please see attached job description and person specification to this advert for further details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical responsibilities
- Be responsible for receiving, correlating and recording all abnormal results relating to Fetal Medicine and action accordingly, including follow up of results that are equivocal or missing, recalling patients and explaining screen positive results and providing the necessary support and counselling
- Identify abnormalities in testing results and refer to the multidisciplinary team or other agencies as appropriate
Responsibility for patients
- Ensure own up to date professional knowledge of FASP and fetal medicine related care in antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care in accordance with sound evidence based research and national standards
- Collect and collate information regarding the fetal anomaly screening programme and supply data as requested by the National Screening Committee. Collate data for audit purposes both locally and nationally.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current NMC Registered Midwife
- First Degree or equivalent advanced study.
- Mentorship course
- Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
Please see attached job description and person specification to this advert for further details.
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife
- First degree or equivalent advanced study
- Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
- Mentorship Course
Desirable
- Counselling qualification
- Leadership Course
- Master or willingness to work towards achieving
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Good organisational and leadership skill
- Ability to initiate, evaluate and sustain change
- Excellent all round midwifery skill
- Sound knowledge of Midwifery Practice
- Good It skills
- Good understanding of risk management
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
- Excellent IT skills
- Ability to contribute proactively to a multidisciplinary team
- Demonstrates skills in IT systems and use of word, exceel and power point
- Sensitive to the diverse needs of women
- Good presentation skills
Personal qualities
Essential
- Meet the requirements of the role with any reasonable adjustments
- Evidence of recent personal development activity
- Demonstrates ability to work as part of the multidisciplinary team
- Effective role model
Values
Essential
- Demonstrate ability to meet the Trust values
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife
- First degree or equivalent advanced study
- Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
- Mentorship Course
Desirable
- Counselling qualification
- Leadership Course
- Master or willingness to work towards achieving
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Good organisational and leadership skill
- Ability to initiate, evaluate and sustain change
- Excellent all round midwifery skill
- Sound knowledge of Midwifery Practice
- Good It skills
- Good understanding of risk management
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
- Excellent IT skills
- Ability to contribute proactively to a multidisciplinary team
- Demonstrates skills in IT systems and use of word, exceel and power point
- Sensitive to the diverse needs of women
- Good presentation skills
Personal qualities
Essential
- Meet the requirements of the role with any reasonable adjustments
- Evidence of recent personal development activity
- Demonstrates ability to work as part of the multidisciplinary team
- Effective role model
Values
Essential
- Demonstrate ability to meet the Trust values
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).
