Fetal Medicine Midwife

Job overview

We are seeking a dynamic and enthusiastic professional to join our maternity education team.

The role involves cross site working across both Basingstoke and Winchester acute sites and can include an element of home working upon request.

The successful candidate should be experienced in both fetal monitoring, including physiological CTG interpretation, and teaching and coaching all members of maternity and obstetric staff. The role includes continuing our current training programme and implementing all aspects of element 4 of Saving Babies Lives element 4.

We can offer a number of development opportunities for an existing band 7 looking for a change or an experienced band 6 midwife.

Happy to talk flexible working.

Main duties of the job

• Raise the profile of fetal wellbeing monitoring both in Electronic fetal monitoring (EFM) and Intermittent auscultation (IA) and ensure that colleagues engaged in fetal wellbeing monitoring are adequately supported.
• Maintain visibility cross site as the fetal monitoring expert to embed element 4 of Saving Babies Lives care bundle (version 3)
• Be responsible for improving the practice of monitoring fetal wellbeing and consolidating existing knowledge of monitoring fetal wellbeing
• Interface with external units and agencies to learn about and keep abreast of developments in the field, and to track and introduce best practice and share the learning across the Trust and within SHIP.
• Be responsible for co-ordinating the implementation of actions and provision of evidence to support service improvement and compliance with organisational standards
• Work collaboratively with the Practice Development Team and the Quality, Safety and Risk Management Team within the Maternity Service.
• Support the Practice Development Team in planning and delivery of the fetal monitoring teaching and learning agenda.
• Attend weekly review meetings with line manager and provide 3 monthly projective action plans
• Provide monthly and quarterly performance reports to the Director of midwifery in the desired time frame and quarterly updates for governance meetings

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the job Description and Person Specification document attached.

For questions or more information please contact Thali Rouse on ext 25585

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.