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Job Summary
Are you looking to work in an award-winning, well-supported, friendly, dynamic, culturally astute and inclusive environment that puts women / birthing people at the centre of a high standard of care? The latest CQC report rates us as good, maintaining our good rating since 2017 and has now awarded us outstanding for leadership.
If you have experience in fetal wellbeing, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a midwife on the Queen Elizabeth site for a 12-month secondment.
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust launched the 'Sign Up To Safety' (SUTS) project in September 2015, aiming to reduce term admissions to the neonatal unit, reduce numbers of babies born with hypoxia and low Apgars, and brain injury (i.e., reduction in HIE cases), and implement a pathophysiological approach to monitoring fetal wellbeing in the intrapartum period.
To date, the project team members have authored Antepartum and Fetal Monitoring in Labour Guidelines, developed and implemented a fetal monitoring competency assessment tool which all staff undertake yearly, established and continue to deliver a training package for midwives and doctors, and provide on-the-floor training and support for staff regarding fetal monitoring.
Main Duties of the Job
As a Fetal Wellbeing Midwife, you will:
1. Work clinically by supporting and teaching on the shop floor.
2. Present past cases and lessons learnt from these at CTG workshops.
3. Collect data and review histories from admissions to the neonatal unit.
4. Teach and train staff in the pathophysiology of fetal surveillance.
5. Support and manage staff that fail their competency assessment and those involved in clinical incidents.
6. Help produce the weekly "Tip of the Week" Newsletter.
7. Raise the level of skill in using fetal stethoscopes and dopplers.
8. Ensure staff can intelligently auscultate the fetal heart in labour at the midwifery led unit and at home.
9. Act as a role model demonstrating clinical leadership and midwifery expertise.
10. Compliment the role of the Delivery Suite Coordinator in ensuring that care provided is safe and of a high standard.
11. Work with the intrapartum lead Consultants, birth centre leads, community leads, and the Consultant Midwives to develop a comprehensive training and competency testing package.
About Us
Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivating a culture of engagement.
Person Specification
Qualifications And Training
* Registered Midwife
* BSc or equivalent level study
* Practice Assessor
* Recognised Management qualification/working towards this
Experience
* Significant labour ward experience at Band 6 level
* Demonstrates ability to challenge practice/behaviour when required
* Experience of evidence-based practice/research
* Can advocate for women and their families to support choice and control in childbirth
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
Employer Details
Employer Name: Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
Address: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Stadium Road, London, SE18 4QH
Employer's Website: Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust
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