Job summary
Thank you for considering East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust as your choice of employer. The Trust is in an area that has great transport access to London & the continent but is also set in beautiful countryside with easy access to many great Kentish beaches and towns.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed Midwife with strong clinical leadership and facilitation skills, who will lead on improving the standard of risk assessment and fetal monitoring in line with element 4 of the Saving Babies' Lives 2 Care Bundle and safety action 8 of CNST.
You will be joining a well-established team dedicated to the ongoing promotion of women centred personalised care in line with Better Births.
If you feel you have these qualities and want to join our teams at a very exciting time we look forward to hearing from you.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be a highly visible champion for safe and effective fetal heart rate interpretation through demonstration of expert clinical knowledge and practice. Education and training of maternity staff is a fundamental element of this post. The role will support our physiological approach to fetal monitoring applied to intelligent intermittent auscultation and continuous electronic fetal monitoring.
The Fetal Monitoring Midwife will be a member of our Maternity Faculty for Multiprofessional Education. They will be mentored by a consultant obstetrician and midwife with advanced expert skills in fetal monitoring and work in partnership with the Labour Suite Lead Midwives and Consultants in ensuring that care provided to mother's and babies is both safe and effective.
About us
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with fivehospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.
Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates on a Skilled Worker Visa applying for roles Band 5 and abo
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in Documents to download.
If you have further queries please dont hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in Documents to download.
If you have further queries please dont hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.
Person Specification
Qualifications and training
Essential
- Registered Midwife
- SSA/Mentorship sign off
Desirable
Clinical skills and experience
Essential
- Midwifery care with a minimum of three years at band 6
- All round Midwifery clinical experience / can demonstrate credible midwifery knowledge
- Excellent presentation skills
- Excellent IT skills
- Ability to collaborate effectively with internal and external partners
- Experience of fetal physiology
- Intelligent Intermittent Auscultation; use of twin fetal monitoring
- Up to date knowledge base relating to midwifery clinical evidence based practice
- Baseline knowledge of issues affecting the service, Trust and wider NHS
Desirable
- Evidence of further fetal monitoring studies
- Understanding of implications of CNST
Personal/professional attributes
Essential
- Excellent communication skills and ability to be responsive to highly emotive conversations.
- Flexible, highly motivated and supportive of others.
- Ability to develop excellent working relationships with all staff.
- Strong organisational and planning skills.
- Willing to develop new skills including completing appropriate training as required.
- Willingness to share knowledge and skills to contribute to the professional development of others.
- Resilient and able to maintain personal effectiveness and work well under pressure
Other requirements
Essential
- Innovative, self- motivated, enthusiastic.
- Adaptable in managing workloads, requiring an immediate response.
- Manage own wellbeing and wellbeing of the team to support high levels of personal and team resilience.
Person Specification
Qualifications and training
Essential
- Registered Midwife
- SSA/Mentorship sign off
Desirable
Clinical skills and experience
Essential
- Midwifery care with a minimum of three years at band 6
- All round Midwifery clinical experience / can demonstrate credible midwifery knowledge
- Excellent presentation skills
- Excellent IT skills
- Ability to collaborate effectively with internal and external partners
- Experience of fetal physiology
- Intelligent Intermittent Auscultation; use of twin fetal monitoring
- Up to date knowledge base relating to midwifery clinical evidence based practice
- Baseline knowledge of issues affecting the service, Trust and wider NHS
Desirable
- Evidence of further fetal monitoring studies
- Understanding of implications of CNST
Personal/professional attributes
Essential
- Excellent communication skills and ability to be responsive to highly emotive conversations.
- Flexible, highly motivated and supportive of others.
- Ability to develop excellent working relationships with all staff.
- Strong organisational and planning skills.
- Willing to develop new skills including completing appropriate training as required.
- Willingness to share knowledge and skills to contribute to the professional development of others.
- Resilient and able to maintain personal effectiveness and work well under pressure
Other requirements
Essential
- Innovative, self- motivated, enthusiastic.
- Adaptable in managing workloads, requiring an immediate response.
- Manage own wellbeing and wellbeing of the team to support high levels of personal and team resilience.
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).
