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East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
About
We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. We also provide some specialist services for a wider population, including renal services in Medway and Maidstone and a cardiac service for all of Kent based at William Harvey Hospital, Ashford.
Our Vision and Values
We have a national and international reputation for delivering high quality specialist care, particularly in cancer, kidney disease, stroke and vascular services. We value and pursue excellence in research and innovation. Our Trust has been ranked first in Kent for clinical research studies, as well as consistently recruiting high numbers of patients into research trials.
As a teaching Trust we play a vital role in the education and training of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals, working closely with local universities and Kings College University in London.
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.
Job Overview
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 mothers and babies is both safe and effective.
Key Details
Location: Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital, Margate, Kent, CT9 4AN
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum
Main area: Women's & Children's Care Group - Midwifery
Qualifications and Training
* Registered Midwife
* SSA/Mentorship sign off
Clinical Skills and Experience
* 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
Personal/Professional Attributes
* 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.
Other Requirements
* 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.
For further details or informal visits, please contact Rebecca DuCane, Matron for Education and Quality at [email protected] or call 07974584244.
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