Job summary
- Main area
- Midwifery
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 264-6357080-FAM
- Employer
- Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Kettering General Hospital
- Town
- Kettering
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
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Foetal Monitoring Lead Midwife
Band 7
Job overview
As a Fetal Wellbeing Lead, the post holder will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering an effective service supporting managers and colleagues to meet the objectives of the national maternity transformation programme, Better Births and to deliver the local transformation plan to achieve better outcomes for women and babies.
The NHS Long Term Plan has reiterated the NHS’s commitment to reducing stillbirth, maternal mortality, neonatal mortality, serious brain injury and pre-term births. An important component of the transformation workstreams is effective fetal monitoring during labour and this is part of the national Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle v2.
Monitoring fetal wellbeing has also been identified as an immediate and essential action from the Ockenden Report to appoint a dedicated lead Midwife with sufficient seniority and expertise to effectively lead the service forward.
Main duties of the job
The role supports the organisation in driving transformation as well as value for money in planning and delivering a high-quality service. The role is designed to build a combination of subject matter expertise and technical skills to develop strong service delivery ensuring effective fetal monitoring during labour. It aims to build on the current practice of achieving healthy birth outcomes for babies who are born in our maternity unit.
The post holder will be required to provide support within a 24/7 shift work system. The role will be based predominantly in the clinical environment 50% clinical, 50% non-clinical. There will also be a requirement to and participate within the maternity escalation rota and management on-call rota.
Working for our organisation
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the Shortlisting Criteria section of the document.
Person specification
Education, Training Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Registered Midwife
- Degree in higher education or equivalent
- Experienced Midwife qualified minimum 3 years
- Understanding of the complexity of the NHS and the national picture and how this impacts on midwifery
- Broad range of midwifery experience within acute setting with experience of CTG interpretation and escalation
Desirable criteria
- Experience in facilitating live drills
- Innovative approach to midwifery care
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rhonda Hales
- Job title
- Quality Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01536 493930
- Additional information
Mobile 07966145620
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