Job summary
Following a successful bid for additional funding to further raise the profile of fetal monitoring within ELHT, an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, motivated and committed midwife with strong clinical leadership and facilitation skills has arisen. The successful applicant will work 15 hours per week (0.4WTE), with our existing Fetal Monitoring Lead continuing in post working 22.5 hours per week (0.6WTE).
Main duties of the job
The Fetal Monitoring Leads will continue to improve the standard of risk assessment and fetal monitoring in line with element 4 of the Saving Babies' Lives 3 Care Bundle. The Fetal Monitoring Leads will be part of the Maternity Training Team and will work closely with all members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure that care provided to women and their babies is both safe and effective.
Education and training is a fundamental element of this post and the role will include creating learning opportunities, maintaining communication between multidisciplinary teams, developing collaborative relationships and delivering set objectives. The successful applicant will be a highly visible champion providing professional leadership for safe and effective fetal heart rate interpretation through demonstration of expert clinical knowledge and practice with maternity staff and obstetricians. The culture of continuous learning associated with measurement for improvement will provide assurance that all staff undertaking fetal monitoring are competent to provide safe care.
About us
Thank you for considering East Lancashire Hospital NHS Trust as your choice of employer. The aim of East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust is to provide safe, personal and effective care for patients who access our services. Within East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, we are proud of our forward-thinking maternity service, which provides care in over 6000 births per year, with four different birth locations and the provision of services across the East Lancashire footprint. We are currently in progress with a variety of ongoing exciting quality improvement projects in line with the Maternity Transformation Programme.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The principle is that the Fetal Monitoring Lead supports staff working within Maternity services to provide high quality risk assessments and accurate fetal monitoring and CTG interpretation. Implementing and monitoring the guidance as set out in Saving Babies Lives v3 care bundle section 4. This role contributes to building and sustaining a safety culture within maternity services and encouraging all staff to be committed to continuous improvement.
If you feel you have the qualities required for this post and are driven towards training midwives and obstetricians to increase their knowledge, competence and clinical decision-making skills in fetal wellbeing and fetal compromise in all clinical settings, then we look forward to hearing from you.
The post is a band 7 permanent position for 15 hours per week over two days, usually office hours, Monday to Friday. Additional clinical hours are available across the maternity service for applicants wishing to work more than 15 hours per week.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The principle is that the Fetal Monitoring Lead supports staff working within Maternity services to provide high quality risk assessments and accurate fetal monitoring and CTG interpretation. Implementing and monitoring the guidance as set out in Saving Babies Lives v3 care bundle section 4. This role contributes to building and sustaining a safety culture within maternity services and encouraging all staff to be committed to continuous improvement.
If you feel you have the qualities required for this post and are driven towards training midwives and obstetricians to increase their knowledge, competence and clinical decision-making skills in fetal wellbeing and fetal compromise in all clinical settings, then we look forward to hearing from you.
The post is a band 7 permanent position for 15 hours per week over two days, usually office hours, Monday to Friday. Additional clinical hours are available across the maternity service for applicants wishing to work more than 15 hours per week.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife current NMC Registration
- Degree in Midwifery
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Evidence of professional development in Fetal monitoring.
- Evidence of Multidisciplinary team collaboration/ participation in driving the saving babies lives care bundles
Experience
Essential
- Experience in all aspects of midwifery
- Experience as a band 6 , usually 2 years
- Central birth suite experience
Desirable
- Experience of data collection and compilation of statistics
- Experience of undertaking clinical audit
- Experience in policy/ standard operating procedure writing
Knowledge skills and Competencies
Essential
- A sound knowledge of professional policies and procedures
- Experience in all aspects of midwifery
- Demonstrate evidence of teaching within clinical practice
- Evidence of sound knowledge base in relation to midwifery practice and national guidance and recommendations
- Ability to solve complex problems and establish priorities
- Effective written and verbal communications
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Facilitation skills
- Ability to demonstrate expert clinical practice in fetal monitoring interpretation
- Self- motivated and ability to use own initiative
- Excellent time management skills
- Effective written and verbal communications.
- Excellent presentation skills.
- Excellent leadership skills
- Knowledge of clinical audit evidence based practice and research.
Personal attributes
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively with multidisciplinary agencies
- Positive attitude to change and inspires confidence
- Acts as a role model incorporating Trust values
- Highly motivated and able to motivate others
- Able to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary setting
- Able to motivate others through change and negotiate new ways of working across organisational boundaries
- Evidence of well-developed leadership and transformational skills
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife current NMC Registration
- Degree in Midwifery
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Evidence of professional development in Fetal monitoring.
- Evidence of Multidisciplinary team collaboration/ participation in driving the saving babies lives care bundles
Experience
Essential
- Experience in all aspects of midwifery
- Experience as a band 6 , usually 2 years
- Central birth suite experience
Desirable
- Experience of data collection and compilation of statistics
- Experience of undertaking clinical audit
- Experience in policy/ standard operating procedure writing
Knowledge skills and Competencies
Essential
- A sound knowledge of professional policies and procedures
- Experience in all aspects of midwifery
- Demonstrate evidence of teaching within clinical practice
- Evidence of sound knowledge base in relation to midwifery practice and national guidance and recommendations
- Ability to solve complex problems and establish priorities
- Effective written and verbal communications
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Facilitation skills
- Ability to demonstrate expert clinical practice in fetal monitoring interpretation
- Self- motivated and ability to use own initiative
- Excellent time management skills
- Effective written and verbal communications.
- Excellent presentation skills.
- Excellent leadership skills
- Knowledge of clinical audit evidence based practice and research.
Personal attributes
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively with multidisciplinary agencies
- Positive attitude to change and inspires confidence
- Acts as a role model incorporating Trust values
- Highly motivated and able to motivate others
- Able to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary setting
- Able to motivate others through change and negotiate new ways of working across organisational boundaries
- Evidence of well-developed leadership and transformational skills
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).
