Job summary
Are you an experienced Midwife and Obstetric Sonographer within the field of Fetal Medicine?
Are you a clinical expert in practice, research, education and leadership in Fetal Medicine and Obstetric Ultrasound?
Are you an enthusiastic and dynamic individual committed to delivering safe, high-quality care as part of a team?
Yes? Then we want to hear from you!
The Fetal Medicine Service at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals is the tertiary referral centre for the North East and North Cumbria, and as part of a multi-disciplinary team you will provide leadership and midwifery direction to inform the future evolution of the Service.
This is a new role and therefore provides an exciting opportunity to influence and introduce equitable and effective care pathways locally, regionally and nationally whilst championing the role of the Midwife.
- Interview Date Friday 21 November 2025
- 37 Hours 30 Minutes/Week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy
NO AGENCIES PLEASE
Main duties of the job
You will provide expert practice, advice and consultancy for patients, carers and colleagues, within the area of Fetal Medicine both locally and nationally. You will lead practice and service developments, ensuring the maintenance of clinical excellence, underpinned by evidence based practice. To do this you will undertake complex audit projects, using research methodology designs to evaluate inter-professional systems, which aim to maintain quality in line with local and national guidelines, and will work towards the initiation of research.
You will act as role model both clinically and professionally to represent the Fetal Medicine Service and wider Perinatal Service to influence the development of the profession locally and nationally and will deliver and shape the development of multi-professional education and training locally and nationally.
About us
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:
o Freeman Hospitalo Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)o Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)o Newcastle Dental Hospitalo Newcastle Fertility Centreo Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbriao Northern Genetics Serviceo Cramlington Manor Walks
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be a clinical expert in Fetal Medicine and Obsteric Ultrasound and will provide leadership and midwifery direction to inform the future evolution of Fetal Medicine and any relevant Specialist Commissioned Services in Newcastle and across the North East and North Cumbria. The post holder will fulfil the four domains of the NMAHP Consultant function:
1. Advanced and expert level practice within the field of Fetal Medicine.2. Leadership and consultancy.3. Development and provision of education and training4. Service development, evaluation, research and audit.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be a clinical expert in Fetal Medicine and Obsteric Ultrasound and will provide leadership and midwifery direction to inform the future evolution of Fetal Medicine and any relevant Specialist Commissioned Services in Newcastle and across the North East and North Cumbria. The post holder will fulfil the four domains of the NMAHP Consultant function:
1. Advanced and expert level practice within the field of Fetal Medicine.2. Leadership and consultancy.3. Development and provision of education and training4. Service development, evaluation, research and audit.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- oRegistered Midwife
- oCurrent NMC registration
- oPossession of a Master's Degree or established on pathway and able to provide evidence of academic achievement at this level
- oEvidence of specialist education related to area of clinical expertise
Desirable
- oPossession of or working towards a Doctorate
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- oEvidence of Supervision and assessment in practice
- oKnowledge and understanding of relevant NHS policy or project specific policy context
- oHas understanding / experience of adult / child safeguarding
- oHighly developed advanced specialist in field and applies theory to practice
- oHas expert knowledge in practice, research, education, and leadership in specialist area and within the field of your profession
- oExtensive experience of clinical work in specialist area
- oAudit / research experience
- oExtensive clinical and leadership experience in the specialist field
- oExperience of contributing to the development of your profession at a regional / national level
Desirable
- oExperience / evidence of professional leadership in relation to their service at a regional and/or national level
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- oGood IT skills
- oEffective report writing skills
- oEffective organisation and time management skills
- oAbility to prioritise a complex workload and work in a rapidly changing environment
- oActs autonomously and independently within appropriate organisational boundaries and achieve results and outcomes based on own decision making
- oIs able to assimilate risk / benefits and rationalise decision based on extensive knowledge, skills & experience
- oCurrent driving licence if relevant to role
- o Moving and handling patients and objects in line with Trust guidelines using appropriate aids
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- oRegistered Midwife
- oCurrent NMC registration
- oPossession of a Master's Degree or established on pathway and able to provide evidence of academic achievement at this level
- oEvidence of specialist education related to area of clinical expertise
Desirable
- oPossession of or working towards a Doctorate
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- oEvidence of Supervision and assessment in practice
- oKnowledge and understanding of relevant NHS policy or project specific policy context
- oHas understanding / experience of adult / child safeguarding
- oHighly developed advanced specialist in field and applies theory to practice
- oHas expert knowledge in practice, research, education, and leadership in specialist area and within the field of your profession
- oExtensive experience of clinical work in specialist area
- oAudit / research experience
- oExtensive clinical and leadership experience in the specialist field
- oExperience of contributing to the development of your profession at a regional / national level
Desirable
- oExperience / evidence of professional leadership in relation to their service at a regional and/or national level
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- oGood IT skills
- oEffective report writing skills
- oEffective organisation and time management skills
- oAbility to prioritise a complex workload and work in a rapidly changing environment
- oActs autonomously and independently within appropriate organisational boundaries and achieve results and outcomes based on own decision making
- oIs able to assimilate risk / benefits and rationalise decision based on extensive knowledge, skills & experience
- oCurrent driving licence if relevant to role
- o Moving and handling patients and objects in line with Trust guidelines using appropriate aids
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).
