Fetal Monitoring Specialist Midwife

Job responsibilities

• Act as an advocate for women and their families, making appropriate referrals when necessary.

• Promote normality while providing antenatal and intrapartum care that is evidence-based and delivered in an appropriate setting.

• Liaise with multidisciplinary teams and external organisations to ensure effective, collaborative care.

• Lead and support the introduction of new initiatives related to fetal monitoring, ensuring staff assess fetal well-being in the context of the womans individual risk, including her health, pregnancy, gestation, and stage of labour.

• Develop midwives competence in performing intermittent fetal heart auscultation for low-risk women in line with NICE guidelines.

• Support staff in enhancing their clinical skills to reduce risk and improve patient safety.

• Provide midwifery expertise and ensure all staff, including midwives and obstetricians in training, are supported in their practice.

• Communicate sensitive and complex information effectively, supporting the womans care pathway.

• Identify and refer women and babies at high risk to appropriate services.

• Assist the Directorate Management Team in using information from all relevant sources to inform service improvement and enhance womens care

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Midwife
• Evidence of teaching and assessing experience
• Evidence of ongoing further professional and personal development

Desirable

• Masters level study
• Leadership course
• Fetal monitoring masterclass attendance
• Teaching qualification/Mentorship/N97

Experience

Essential

• Suitable Post-Registration experience within relevant speciality at band 6 or above
• Extensive clinical experience in intrapartum area
• In depth specialist knowledge

Desirable

• Previous experience in practice development and facilitating learning
• Audit and risk management experience
• Human Factors training/attendance

Knowledge

Essential

• In depth knowledge of CTG interpretation, including intelligent intermittent auscultation
• In depth knowledge of Fetal monitoring in relation to Saving Babies' Lives Care Bundle

Skills

Essential

• Leadership skills, effective written and verbal communication
• Coaching approach to developing colleagues' knowledge and skills
• Ability to manage own workload and delegate
• Presentation and teaching skills
• Report writing skills

Desirable

• Leadership course/change management course
• Audit or research experience
• Coaching experience/qualification

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).