Fetal Wellbeing Specialist Midwife

The post holder be responsible for personal and professional development of all staff and learners within Maternity team in relation to fetal wellbeing, specifically cardiotocographs (CTGs) and Intelligent Intermittent Auscultation.

Lead and facilitate a programme aimed at equipping both midwives and obstetricians to increase their knowledge and competence in identifying fetal well-being, potential fetal compromise and actual fetal compromise in all clinical settings and to improve timely clinical decision making.

Play a pivotal role in education provision within the department. The Fetal Wellbeing Specialist will be a proficient, approachable role model in addition to an expert clinician, with a proven track record of clinical achievement.

Main duties of the job

To continue embedding and developing the current competency assessment for fetal monitoring, to assess and improve the knowledge and skills of all staff providing intrapartum and antenatal care across all maternity settings

To ensure that all midwives and obstetricians providing antenatal and intrapartum care undertake the competency assessment in assessing fetal wellbeing

Identify learning needs of staff in relation to Fetal Wellbeing. Responsible for addressing identified learning needs through the development of an action plan.

Work clinically with staff in order to facilitate the acquisition and enhancement of clinical skills and assist in the achievement of appropriate levels of competence.

About us

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Job responsibilities

Providing direct clinical expertise, advice and support to staff within the clinical area in relation to fetal wellbeing.

In collaboration with other Practice Development Midwives integrate theory and practice and sustain effective partnerships with Higher Education Institutions (HEIs).

Act as a resource for others requiring clinical knowledge and experience, offering advice and support to staff and others in the multi-professional team in clinical decision-making.

Develop management and leadership skills abilities under the direction of the Maternity Matrons and the Lead Practice Development Midwife and produce a strategy for problem solving.

Project Lead the safe implementation of a Centralised CTG system in collaboration with the Intrapartum Lead Consultant Obstetrician, the Fetal Wellbeing Consultant Obstetrician, Maternity Matrons, and Lead Practice Development Midwife. To include staff training, guideline development and implementation.

Person Specification Education/qualification

• Currently a Registered Midwife, currently registered to practice
• Minimum of 3 years post preceptorship experience
• Evidence of recent Fetal Monitoring Training
• Post Graduate Certificate in Education
• Master's degree in Midwifery or suitable subject or working towards

Skills & Abilities

• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Proven teaching and assessing skills using innovative delivery methods
• Ability to manage and prioritize own workload meetings
• Experience in data collection and analysis

Knowledge and Experience

• Comprehensive of current midwifery practice
• Able to think creatively, analyse and solve problems
• Evidence of experience in teaching members of professional team
• Confidence to work assertively and proactively within multidisciplinary team

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.

£56,276 to £63,176 a yearPer Annum (Pro Rata) Including HCAS