Fetal Wellbeing Lead Midwife

5 months ago

StocktononTees, United Kingdom North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust Full time

The aim of this role is to ensure that all staff providing antepartum and intrapartum care across University Hospital of North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Maternity Services are competent and skilled in fetal monitoring.

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 - the midwifery led unit, community and the delivery suite settings for example.

The role will involve working with the Senior Clinical Matron Delivery Suite, Obstetricians and education lead for maternity 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 will involve supporting the implementation of the Saving Babies Lives Bundle version 3 (SBLCB3) and requires clinical expertise and facilitation skills, to enable the standards of risk assessment and fetal monitoring in line with element 4 of the Saving Babies' Lives Care Bundle.

The post holder will lead and facilitate the departments approved programme aimed at equipping midwives to increase their knowledge and competence in both intermittent auscultation and cardiotocography training.

Ensure that midwives and obstetricians are compliant in their yearly training and assessments of competency in fetal heart rate monitoring to demonstrate knowledge and competence in both the assessment of fetal wellbeing and identification of potential fetal compromise.

Ensure that midwives are supported in their development of clinical decision making in cases such as actual fetal compromise in all clinical settings.

Work in collaboration with the Senior Clinical Matron for labour ward, midwifery practice development team, labour ward coordinators, and obstetricians, to develop the departments comprehensive training and competency assessment package to give assurance that all staff responsible for foetal assessment and wellbeing are competent

Ensure that all midwives and obstetricians providing antenatal care whether in the antenatal ward, clinic, day assessment unit and or triage undertake the competency test in assessing fetal wellbeing.

At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.

We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition - a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.

We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

We recruit for values and “Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool”

Provide a visible, accessible and authoritative presence, acting as a professional role model by providing leadership and support within the midwifery and multidisciplinary teams.

Provide specialist advice and support on fetal monitoring matters to all health care professionals and in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary / multi-agency teams, facilitate development of the service in line with Better Births, Saving Babies Lives (SBL) and the 10 Year Long Term Plan recommendations within the hospital and community settings.

Managerial and professional accountability for the effective delivery of care for women/people in accordance with national; regional and local guidelines.

Ensure midwives and obstetricians contribute to the achievement of the care groups and Trusts objectives and strategic planning.

Promote the highest standards of audited research based clinical care, maintaining standards in accordance with UK law, NMC, Trust and EU guidelines.

Contribute to maintenance of compliance for CNST maternity incentive scheme safety action 8.

Undertake all such reasonable other duties as may be required as part of the role.

People who work together should train together therefore Fetal Wellbeing Midwife also contributes to the obstetricians training eg. Trust induction, MDT STAM day 5

Please refer to the job description for further details.

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