University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)

Fetal Monitoring Midwife

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Job summary

An opportunity has arisen for a Fetal Monitoring Midwife. The Fetal Monitoring Midwife will be a highly motivated, experienced clinical midwife who focuses on the provision of leadership and clinical advice to support and promote excellence in safe, evidenced based practice.

We have part-time hours available on 3 of our 4 sites - Royal Sussex County at Brighton, St Richards Hospital at Chichester and Worthing Hospital.

The post holder will provide ongoing clinical and training support to our maternity team in fetal surveillance including fetal growth and fetal heart rate monitoring. You will work closely with the Obstetric lead for fetal monitoring, and the clinical governance team to support ongoing improvement in services, driving change within practice.

Applications are welcome from NMC registrants who are highly motivated, organised and passionate about providing safe, quality evidence-based care to the Women/birthing people who use our Maternity services.

We are proud to offer the opportunity to work in a progressive environment where we are committed to an ambitious transformation of our maternity services.

We are continually developing roles based on the service need with a view to improving safety and experience throughout the maternity journey and have several specialist roles.

For further information on joining our Maternity team at UHSussex please view www.uhsussex.nhs.uk/maternity-jobs

Main duties of the job

The post holder will lead and facilitate the departments approved programme aimed at equipping midwives to increase their knowledge and competence in both intermittent auscultation and cardiotocography training.
Ensure that midwives and obstetricians are compliant in their yearly training and assessments of competency in fetal heart rate monitoring to demonstrate knowledge and competence in both the assessment of fetal wellbeing and identification of potential fetal compromise.
Ensure that midwives are supported in their development of clinical decision making in cases such as actual fetal compromise in all clinical settings.
Work in collaboration with the Matron for labour ward, midwifery practice development team, labour ward coordinators, and obstetricians, to develop the departments comprehensive training and competency assessment package to give assurance that all staff responsible for foetal assessment and wellbeing are competent
Ensure that all midwives and obstetricians providing antenatal care whether in the antenatal ward, clinic, day assessment unit and or triage undertake the competency test in assessing fetal wellbeing.

About us

Join us at UHSussex, every day is different, you can be the change, better never stops

At UHSussex we're proud to be at the heart of the NHS. As one of the UK's largest acute Trusts, we're a leading example of the excellence, the ambition and the values that have embodied the NHS for over 70 years.

Improving lives: We are a vibrant and inclusive organisation, with hardworking, talented and dedicated individuals, who work together towards a common goal, to always put our Patient First. Our mission is summed up by our 'where better never stops' motto and no matter the role at UHSussex, you will play a part in driving us forwards and in improving the lives of patients across Sussex. We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We're here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our wellbeing programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.

Build a career with us: As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.

Date posted

15 August 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

279-5569151-AUG23

Job locations

Royal Sussex County Hospital, Worthing Hospital and St Richard's Hospital

Brighton, Worthing and Chichester

BN11 2DH

Job description

Job responsibilities

Provide a visible, accessible and authoritative presence, acting as a professional role model by providing leadership and support within the midwifery and multidisciplinary teams.
Provide specialist advice and support on fetal monitoring matters to all health care professionals and in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary / multi-agency teams, facilitate development of the service in line with Better Births, Saving Babies Lives (SBL) and the 10 Year Long Term Plan recommendations within the hospital and community settings.
Managerial and professional accountability for the effective delivery of care for women/people in accordance with national; regional and local guidelines.
Ensure midwives and obstetricians contribute to the achievement of the Divisions and Trusts objectives and strategic planning.
Promote the highest standards of audited research based clinical care, maintaining standards in accordance with UK law, NMC, Trust and EU guidelines.
Work with colleagues to produce an Annual Report, providing statistics and recommendations for development of care. Contribute to maintenance of the database for CNST maternity incentive scheme safety action 8.
Undertake all such reasonable other duties as may be required as part of the role.
People who work together should train together therefore Fetal Monitoring Midwife also contributes to the obstetricians training eg. Trust induction, MDT STAM day 4

Please refer to the job description for further details.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Provide a visible, accessible and authoritative presence, acting as a professional role model by providing leadership and support within the midwifery and multidisciplinary teams.
Provide specialist advice and support on fetal monitoring matters to all health care professionals and in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary / multi-agency teams, facilitate development of the service in line with Better Births, Saving Babies Lives (SBL) and the 10 Year Long Term Plan recommendations within the hospital and community settings.
Managerial and professional accountability for the effective delivery of care for women/people in accordance with national; regional and local guidelines.
Ensure midwives and obstetricians contribute to the achievement of the Divisions and Trusts objectives and strategic planning.
Promote the highest standards of audited research based clinical care, maintaining standards in accordance with UK law, NMC, Trust and EU guidelines.
Work with colleagues to produce an Annual Report, providing statistics and recommendations for development of care. Contribute to maintenance of the database for CNST maternity incentive scheme safety action 8.
Undertake all such reasonable other duties as may be required as part of the role.
People who work together should train together therefore Fetal Monitoring Midwife also contributes to the obstetricians training eg. Trust induction, MDT STAM day 4

Please refer to the job description for further details.

Person Specification

Essential

Degree or equivalent
Sign off mentor
Confident and competent in providing antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal midwifery care. Demonstrates expert knowledge of CTG interpretation
Completed the Supervisor of Midwives preparation module Or have an interest in completing the longer professional midwifery advocate (PMA) course Advanced life support in Obstetrics (ALSO)
NLS

Desirable

Master's Degree
Evidence of participation in research and audit
Teaching Experience

Person Specification

Essential

Degree or equivalent
Sign off mentor
Confident and competent in providing antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal midwifery care. Demonstrates expert knowledge of CTG interpretation
Completed the Supervisor of Midwives preparation module Or have an interest in completing the longer professional midwifery advocate (PMA) course Advanced life support in Obstetrics (ALSO)
NLS

Desirable

Master's Degree
Evidence of participation in research and audit
Teaching Experience

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.

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

UK Registration

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

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)

Address

Royal Sussex County Hospital, Worthing Hospital and St Richard's Hospital

Brighton, Worthing and Chichester

BN11 2DH

Employer's website

https://www.uhsussex.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)

Address

Royal Sussex County Hospital, Worthing Hospital and St Richard's Hospital

Brighton, Worthing and Chichester

BN11 2DH

Employer's website

https://www.uhsussex.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)