An exciting opportunity exists for you to join County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust as our Specialist Midwife for Fetal Monitoring and Wellbeing.
This is an opportunity for an ambitious practitioner who is ready to progress in their career. This post will require an experienced and talented midwifery practitioner who will continue the strong clinical leadership and education of our midwifery and obstetric team in fetal monitoring and wellbeing. The postholder will work within the team, across the Family Health Care Group (including other Care Groups as appropriate) and with external stakeholders to help deliver cohesive, comprehensive and integrated services within maternity care.
You will need to be an inspiring, enthusiastic and knowledgeable teacher, as the Lead Midwife for fetal monitoring will coordinate and deliver on training provision to ensure that all staff providing antepartum and intrapartum care across County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust Maternity Services are competent and skilled in fetal monitoring.
Main duties of the job
There will be a strong focus on workplace learning through supporting the multi-professional team to ensure they can accurately and confidently interpret fetal monitoring. This workplace-based learning would take place in all clinical settings.
You will be responsible for supporting the team in the achievement of excellent, safe, and efficient care through fetal monitoring and wellbeing knowledge. Your influence will have a positive impact on the quality of care provision within the maternity service.
The post holder will provide innovative professional leadership, advice and guidance to midwifery staff and obstetric staff, ensuring the professional contributions of midwives are maximised in order to achieve the Trust's strategic goals whilst ensuring professional standards are maintained. The post holder will work with a high level of autonomy in order to support and influence the service including implementation of national initiatives and appropriate models of care around fetal monitoring and wellbeing.
Job responsibilities
The role will involve working with the Senior Clinical teams across the service, including practice development and patient safety and governance, to embed the knowledge and skills staff gain from our fetal monitoring training course and competency framework, into the workplace.
This culture of continuous learning, associated with continuous measurement for improvement, will provide assurance that all staff undertaking fetal monitoring are competent to provide safe care.
The role requires clinical expertise and facilitation skills, to enable the standards of risk assessment and fetal monitoring in line with elements 3 and 4 of the Saving Babies' Lives Care Bundle (SBLCBv3 July, 2023).
You will be working closely with the senior midwifery team and multidisciplinary team in taking forward and shaping the future of midwifery practice in the light of the local, national and professional agenda.
The main duties and responsibilities of the Lead Midwife for Fetal Monitoring Role include:
* To lead on improving the awareness of reduced fetal movements, in accordance with element 3 of the SBLCBv3 (July 2023)
* To lead on improving the standard of intrapartum risk assessment and fetal monitoring, in accordance with element 4 of the SBLCBv3 (July, 2023)
* To lead on incident reviews within the patient safety incident response framework (PSIRF), where CTG interpretation and decision making may have contributed to a poor outcome.
* To identify the development and training needs around fetal monitoring within designated clinical areas according to individual needs and service requirements
* To facilitate an education programme aimed at equipping midwives, obstetricians and trainees to increase their knowledge and competence in identifying fetal well-being, potential fetal compromise and actual fetal compromise in all clinical settings and improve clinical decision making
* To engage in the regional development of physiological CTG interpretation to take a lead role in the clinical teaching of this at Trust level
* To develop staff's awareness in recognising factors that could contribute to misinterpretation of cardiotocography (CTG) and impaired clinical decision making
* Ensure staff are holistically assessing fetal well-being in the context of the woman's health, pregnancy, gestation and stage of labour
* Develop midwives' competence and confidence in undertaking intelligent intermittent auscultation of the fetal heart in low-risk women as per the Trust and national guidance.
* Review and support with current training packages and educational resources
* Be innovative in approach to teaching methods and learning experiences
* Participate in curriculum development and joint professional development activities with other agencies to maximise learning opportunities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Professional/clinical knowledge acquired through midwifery training to degree/ diploma level and preceptorship plus further study and training course at/or working toward Masters level equivalent
* PP126/127 or equivalent
* Registered Practice Assessor
* Extensive experience at Band 6
Desirable
* Leadership Qualification
* Education at Masters level
* CTG Masterclass
Experience
Essential
* Excellent interpersonal skills
* Mentorship skills
* Extended scope of practice skills
* Counselling & appraisal skills
* Time Management Skills
* Practical skills required include: advanced level fetal monitoring interpretation
* Must be able to demonstrate the English language proficiency level required for this post
* Ability to communicate with staff at all levels
* Ability to communicate with MDT and ability to work as member of a team
* High level of personal motivation
* Must be flexible to meet the needs of the service
Desirable
* Leadership course / experience
* Management course / experience
Special Requirements
Essential
* Ability to travel independently across sites to fulfil the requirements of the post
Statutory Registration
Essential
* UK Registered NMC Midwife with Current active PIN
Special Skills & knowledge
Essential
* Thorough understanding of contemporary midwifery issues
* Evidence of service improvement
* Evidence of introduction and maintaining effective clinical governance strategy
* Knowledge of primary care
* Evidence of innovation in practice
* IT skills
Employer details
Employer name
County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Darlington Memorial Hospital NHS Trust
Hollyhurst Road
Darlington
County Durham
DL3 6HX
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