# Fetal Wellbeing Midwife

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- **Town:** London
- **Region:** London
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Midwife
- **Grade:** Band 7
- **Salary:** £58,133 - £65,261 pa inclusive
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-27T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-13T16:13:05.443Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Imperial_College_Healthcare_NHS_Trust/Midwifery/Midwifery-v8152245
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8152245?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.imperial.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Are you an experienced qualified midwife, seeking to enhance and develop your career within a leading London Trust? If the answer is yes then we would love to hear from you!

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a motivated and dynamic experienced midwife to join the education team at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust as a Fetal Wellbeing Midwife.

You will work alongside the Obstetric Lead for Fetal Wellbeing and the Professional Development Midwives to develop and implement a programme of education and annual competency assessment for all clinical staff that meets the requirements of the Maternity and perinatal Incentive Scheme that aligns to Saving Babies' Lives Care Bundle and the Core Competency Framework.

The role builds on current fetal surveillance practice. You will provide support to our maternity team in fetal surveillance, including fetal growth and fetal heart rate monitoring to inspire and develop confidence, and create a positive learning environment that leads to improved patient outcomes.

### Main duties of the job

- To act as a role model demonstrating clinical leadership and midwifery expertise in relation to reducing perinatal mortality in line with the Saving Babies’ Lives Care Bundle.
- To promote effective team working, review, plan, implement and maintain elements 2, 3 and 4 of the Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle whilst engaging teams in a consistent approach to improve patient experience and outcomes.
- To work autonomously whilst managing and prioritising their own workload.
- Be responsible for ensuring that all staff are confident and competent at undertaking fundal height measurements and supporting them if problems arise and making appropriate referrals for senior review.
- Work together with the obstetric and midwifery teams to ensure all staff are trained in the use of any agreed fetal surveillance system and that audits are performed to ensure compliance is achieved.
- Work closely with the Patient Safety and Bereavement Teams to ensure that the rates of stillbirth and neonatal brain injury are improving.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience in working in all aspects of clinical midwifery with recent labour ward experience
- Experience in both hospital and community settings
- Experience of presenting information within a group setting using PowerPoint or report format.
- Experience of change management/implementation of practice change.

### Education / Qualifications

**Essential**

- Registered Midwife
- Midwifery degree or equivalent experience
- SSSA / Mentoring Qualification
- Fetal Monitoring Masterclass attendance

**Desirable**

- Counselling certificate/diploma
- Education at Master’s degree level or evidence of working Level 7 or above in specialism

### Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities

**Essential**

- Ability to deal with and resolve conflict.
- Able to plan and delegate roles to others as appropriate.
- Demonstrable leadership qualities.

## Documents

- [job description (pdf, 281.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10452059)
- [our strategy 2023-25 (pdf, 230.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=427)
- [functional requirements form (pdf, 360.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10452060)

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