Job summary
Are you an experienced midwife keen to influence the future delivery of safe, compassionate and effective maternity care? If so, we want to hear from you.
We are seeking a dedicated and motivated midwife to work as part of the maternity service training and development team as the lead midwife for fetal monitoring. The successful post holder will work alongside the obstetric lead consultant for fetal monitoring to lead in the delivery of fetal heart monitoring training and audit within the maternity service.
The Fetal monitoring lead midwife will work with the service development midwife to monitor element four of the Saving Babies Lives care bundle undertaking regular audit. The post holder will also be responsible for delivering a curriculum of fetal monitoring education to the multidisciplinary team.
You will assume the role of fetal monitoring lead, improving standards of fetal heart monitoring, interpretation, escalation, education and appropriate management of care within the service in all settings.
You will be required to act as a role model demonstrating clinical leadership and midwifery expertise at all times.
Main duties of the job
You will havecontinuing responsibility for ensuring that there is an ongoing programme of education for clinical staff within maternity services and that this education is delivered in a suitable style to ensure that staff provide up to date clinical care.
In addition, as fetal monitoring lead you areresponsible for consolidating existing knowledge and skills, improving standards of fetal heart rate monitoring, interpretation, escalation and appropriate management of care. Supporting and working with the maternity team, you will ensure that colleagues engaged in fetal wellbeing monitoring are adequately supported through clinical supervision to develop a programme to facilitate the implementation of clinically based teaching to support improved birth outcomes.
you will develop and expand midwives' competence in undertaking intermittent fetal heart auscultation. They will support staff in enhancing their fetal monitoring skills aiming to work towards reducing, identifying and escalating risk within clinical practice and work with the maternity team in the development of a safety culture within the context of resource constraints and multiple conflicting priorities in relation to fetal monitoring.
About us
Offering 4 places of birth, we are committed to delivery of safe and high quality maternity care for women and families.
The maternity service at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals is proud to be able to offer 4 places of birth including birth at home, in a free standing birth centre, in an alongside birth centre and in an obstetric delivery suite.
With a home birth rate of over 3% and 3 established continuity teams personalised care is high on our agenda for all women and families. The service has been identified as one of three North West Regional maternal medicine centres and the team are working towards an establishing this service to support women who experience more complex pregnancy .
We have 10000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.
You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done. You'll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.
You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around clinical care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will have continuing responsibility for ensuring that there is an ongoing programme of education for clinical staff within maternity services and that this education is delivered in a suitable style to ensure that staff provide up to date clinical care.
In addition as fetal monitoring lead you will beresponsible for consolidating existing knowledge and skills, improving standards of fetal heart rate monitoring, interpretation, escalation and appropriate management of care. Supporting and working with the maternity team, you will ensure that colleagues engaged in fetal wellbeing monitoring are adequately supported through clinical supervision to develop a programme to facilitate the implementation of clinically based teaching to support improved birth outcomes.
You will be responsible for developing staff awareness in recognising pathophysiological factors that could contribute to misinterpretation of the fetal heart pattern. This will be relevant when using both intermittent auscultation and electronic fetal heart rate monitoring (CTG).
You will develop and expand midwives competence in undertaking intermittent fetal heart auscultation. Ensuring all staff can auscultate the fetal heart reflective in the documentation using either a pinnard or handheld doppler sonicaid.
You will support staff in enhancing their fetal monitoring skills aiming to work towards reducing, identifying and escalating risk within clinical practice and work with the maternity team in the development of a safety culture within the context of resource constraints and multiple conflicting priorities in relation to fetal monitoring.
To review current fetal monitoring training packages and educational resources, in partnership with the consultant midwife, the education team, the clinical midwifery managers, midwifery matrons, obstetricians and across the LMS, and develop creative ways of learning.
To facilitate learning and maintain oversight of incidents and the pertinent themes and trends, there is a requirement to lead on cases of adverse outcome involving poor FHR interpretation and practice. In addition Local Maternity System (LMS) and national networking with external units to learn about and keep abreast of developments in the field, and to track and introduce best practice are essential components. This will also include both constructive and positive feedback and identify and disseminate learning from good outcomes
To work in collaboration with, and support the delivery suite coordinators, the senior midwives on the antenatal ward and community and the midwifery led birthing unit, and obstetricians, to ensure safe birth outcomes
Act as a role model demonstrating clinical leadership and midwifery expertise.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will have continuing responsibility for ensuring that there is an ongoing programme of education for clinical staff within maternity services and that this education is delivered in a suitable style to ensure that staff provide up to date clinical care.
In addition as fetal monitoring lead you will beresponsible for consolidating existing knowledge and skills, improving standards of fetal heart rate monitoring, interpretation, escalation and appropriate management of care. Supporting and working with the maternity team, you will ensure that colleagues engaged in fetal wellbeing monitoring are adequately supported through clinical supervision to develop a programme to facilitate the implementation of clinically based teaching to support improved birth outcomes.
You will be responsible for developing staff awareness in recognising pathophysiological factors that could contribute to misinterpretation of the fetal heart pattern. This will be relevant when using both intermittent auscultation and electronic fetal heart rate monitoring (CTG).
You will develop and expand midwives competence in undertaking intermittent fetal heart auscultation. Ensuring all staff can auscultate the fetal heart reflective in the documentation using either a pinnard or handheld doppler sonicaid.
You will support staff in enhancing their fetal monitoring skills aiming to work towards reducing, identifying and escalating risk within clinical practice and work with the maternity team in the development of a safety culture within the context of resource constraints and multiple conflicting priorities in relation to fetal monitoring.
To review current fetal monitoring training packages and educational resources, in partnership with the consultant midwife, the education team, the clinical midwifery managers, midwifery matrons, obstetricians and across the LMS, and develop creative ways of learning.
To facilitate learning and maintain oversight of incidents and the pertinent themes and trends, there is a requirement to lead on cases of adverse outcome involving poor FHR interpretation and practice. In addition Local Maternity System (LMS) and national networking with external units to learn about and keep abreast of developments in the field, and to track and introduce best practice are essential components. This will also include both constructive and positive feedback and identify and disseminate learning from good outcomes
To work in collaboration with, and support the delivery suite coordinators, the senior midwives on the antenatal ward and community and the midwifery led birthing unit, and obstetricians, to ensure safe birth outcomes
Act as a role model demonstrating clinical leadership and midwifery expertise.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- NMC Registered Midwife
- Degree
- PROMPT trainer or willing to be a cascade trainer within the local maternity system.
- Has comprehensive knowledge of current practice in Midwifery relating to fetal monitoring
Desirable
- Leadership training/qualification
- PROMPT Cascade Trainer
- Evidence of working at band 7 level
- Experience of working within the learning environment
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Ability to utilise audit and research findings in order to improve care
- Ability to solve complex problems and establish priorities.
- Evidence of sound knowledge base in relation to midwifery practice and national guidance and recommendations
- Knowledge of risk management and clinical governance and the relevance to practice
- Knowledge of relevant policies and procedures
- Knowledge of ethical issues
- Experience of mentorship and ability to identify learning and development needs
Desirable
- Evidence of multi-agency working
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- NMC Registered Midwife
- Degree
- PROMPT trainer or willing to be a cascade trainer within the local maternity system.
- Has comprehensive knowledge of current practice in Midwifery relating to fetal monitoring
Desirable
- Leadership training/qualification
- PROMPT Cascade Trainer
- Evidence of working at band 7 level
- Experience of working within the learning environment
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Ability to utilise audit and research findings in order to improve care
- Ability to solve complex problems and establish priorities.
- Evidence of sound knowledge base in relation to midwifery practice and national guidance and recommendations
- Knowledge of risk management and clinical governance and the relevance to practice
- Knowledge of relevant policies and procedures
- Knowledge of ethical issues
- Experience of mentorship and ability to identify learning and development needs
Desirable
- Evidence of multi-agency working
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).
