Specialist Midwife for Fetal monitoring

Job description

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.

Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.

We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.

Job overview

The Foetal Monitoring Lead Midwife will provide specialist leadership and oversight of foetal surveillance across maternity services, promoting safe, evidence-based and consistent practice. The postholder will work collaboratively with Maternity Matrons, Obstetric Consultants, Education and Governance teams to strengthen CTG practice, staff education and competency, clinical audit, incident learning and continuous quality improvement.

The role will support a strong safety culture, reduce variation in foetal monitoring practice and contribute to improved outcomes for women, babies and families.

Key focus: leadership, education, assurance, governance and continuous improvement in foetal surveillance.

Main duties of the job

Main Duties

Provide clinical leadership and expert advice on foetal monitoring and surveillance.

Lead CTG education, competency assessment and multidisciplinary learning.

Undertake audit and monitoring of compliance with foetal surveillance standards.

Work closely with Maternity Matrons, Obstetric Consultants, Education and Governance teams.

Support incident review, learning and quality improvement relating to foetal monitoring.

Promote safe, consistent, evidence-based practice to improve outcomes for mothers and babies.

Working for our organisation

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.

We look forward to your application.

Please be aware that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a suitable number of applications.

Unfortunately, there is no Visa Sponsorship available for this role. Whilst we are able to employ candidates on a graduate Visa, we are unable to offer sponsorship once the graduate visa expires. - for some roles - i.e. roles for band 2 to 4, inclusive.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Midwife

Desirable criteria

• Managerial/leadership qualifications and/or experience

Skills

Essential criteria

• Experience in working in all aspects of clinical midwifery.
• Demonstrable experience at Band 6

Please be aware as per the new Immigration guidelines we cannot sponsor candidates with a salary (full time or pro Rata) under the current minimum threshold.

Please note, the selection processes at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn't accurately reflect their skills, and you will be required to declare on your application if AI has been used before submitting your application.

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