Job summary
Job Title: Fetal Monitoring Specialist Midwife
Hours per week: Part time - 22.5 hours per week
Perm/Fixed Term: Permanent
Salary: £43,742-£50,056 per annum
Please note if you commence in post prior to October 2024, you will be paid in line with 2023/2024 agenda for change pay scales.
Closing Date: 23rd September 2024
Interview Date: 9th October 2024
This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly.
All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.
A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.
#JoinTeamEliot
This post may close early due to high numbers of applicationsso you are advised to apply promptly.
All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.
A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.
#JoinTeamEliot
Main duties of the job
Act as a clinical role model for effective clinical leadership enabling and facilitating others to take forward initiatives around fetal monitoring.
Work collaboratively with other professional groups to maximise development opportunities and inter - professional learning opportunities
Maximise opportunities to share good practices and innovations with colleagues locally and nationally
Contribute to the development of a learning organisation, alerting the appropriate parties to resource issues which may affect this
Identify own training and professional development needs to maintain clinical credibility
Influence and nurture positive attitudes and behaviours within the teams and wider multidisciplinary team
About us
Here at George Eliot our vision to'excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
Effective Open Communication
excellence and safety in everything we do
Challenge but support
Expect respect and dignity
Local health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, in house training and development, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Ensure that all midwives and obstetricians providing antenatal care whether on Drayton Ward.
Antenatal Clinic, Delivery Suite, triage, Maternity Assessment Unit and Community undertake the competency test in assessing fetal wellbeing.
Provide teaching and support for staff who need to repeat the competency test.
Lead weekly CTG workshops, maintaining attendance registers to ensure compliance for midwives and medical staff. Disseminate learning which emerges from workshops.
Take a lead role with the Delivery Suite Obstetric Consultant in developing an audit form for reviewing (on a daily basis) all emergency births i.e.. instrumental and caesarean sections in the previous 24hours to include review of CTGs. Use findings of such cases for reflective practice sessions.
Please note that this list is not exhaustive, full details are in the attached job description.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Ensure that all midwives and obstetricians providing antenatal care whether on Drayton Ward.
Antenatal Clinic, Delivery Suite, triage, Maternity Assessment Unit and Community undertake the competency test in assessing fetal wellbeing.
Provide teaching and support for staff who need to repeat the competency test.
Lead weekly CTG workshops, maintaining attendance registers to ensure compliance for midwives and medical staff. Disseminate learning which emerges from workshops.
Take a lead role with the Delivery Suite Obstetric Consultant in developing an audit form for reviewing (on a daily basis) all emergency births i.e.. instrumental and caesarean sections in the previous 24hours to include review of CTGs. Use findings of such cases for reflective practice sessions.
Please note that this list is not exhaustive, full details are in the attached job description.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience as Band 6/band7
- Audit and risk management experience.
- Previous experience in managing/leading change in practice
- Proficient and broad understanding of CTG interpretation and multidisciplinary training and education.
Desirable
- Previous Experience in report writing.
Qualification and Professional training
Essential
- Registered Midwife - BSc or Degree in Midwifery.
- ENB 997 or equivalent/mentorship qualification evidence of continuing professional development.
- Fetal monitoring masterclass attendance (physiological CTG interpretation)
Desirable
- Masters level study or willing to work towards
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Proven Leadership skills
- Effective communication skills both verbal and written
- Recent labour ward experience
- Able to manage conflict
- Able to prioritise workload and delegate
Desirable
- Leadership course (accredited or nationally recognised)
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Team builder and team player
- Reliable/approachable
- Confident/assertive
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience as Band 6/band7
- Audit and risk management experience.
- Previous experience in managing/leading change in practice
- Proficient and broad understanding of CTG interpretation and multidisciplinary training and education.
Desirable
- Previous Experience in report writing.
Qualification and Professional training
Essential
- Registered Midwife - BSc or Degree in Midwifery.
- ENB 997 or equivalent/mentorship qualification evidence of continuing professional development.
- Fetal monitoring masterclass attendance (physiological CTG interpretation)
Desirable
- Masters level study or willing to work towards
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Proven Leadership skills
- Effective communication skills both verbal and written
- Recent labour ward experience
- Able to manage conflict
- Able to prioritise workload and delegate
Desirable
- Leadership course (accredited or nationally recognised)
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Team builder and team player
- Reliable/approachable
- Confident/assertive
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).
