Fetal Surveillance Midwife

Responsibility for patients Act as an advocate for women and their families and make appropriate referral where necessary. Promote normality whilst providing antenatal, and intrapartum care, which is reflective of research-based evidence in an appropriate setting. Liaise with other appropriate multidisciplinary and organisations for effective collaborative care as appropriate. Promote and support on the introduction of any new initiatives relating to fetal monitoring to ensure staff are assessing fetal wellbeing in the context of the womens individual risk assessment inclusive of her health, pregnancy, gestation, and stage of Develop midwives competence in undertaking intelligent intermittent auscultation of the fetal heart in low risk women as per NICE Support staff in enhancing their skills in reducing risk within clinical practice Provide midwifery expertise, ensuring all staff both midwifery and medical are supported in their practice, including pre-registration and doctors in Communicate sensitive and complex information effectively and support the care pathway Identify and offer appropriate services to women and babies who are high risk Attend Divisional meetings and provide a summary report on clinical issues Participate and undertake in the development of maternity guidelines Planning and Organisational Duties Always ensure that duties are carried out in a safe manner to maintain a high standard of midwifery practice for all women and their babies by: Being responsible for maintaining training and revalidation requirements Being conversant with all publications and documentations issued by the NMC in relation to training and development Practising within the NMC rules and codes of conduct Adhere to Trust rules and clinical guidelines of the Trust and be aware of any changes that may affect midwifery Maintain contemporaneous records in an accurate and legible manner Being aware of all current safeguarding polices relevant to the provider Trust Making appropriate judgements on a range of complex midwifery and safeguarding issues, which require assessing, analysing, investigation and action.

Actively participating in clinical governance strategy, audit, and risk management Communications and Key Working Relationships Adhere to and evaluate current policies and procedures and identify the impact they have within their clinical environment and midwifery Maintain close links with the midwifery education team and clinical skills teams within providers and contribute to the provider trust Evaluate the fetal heart rate monitoring education programmes, identify outcomes and offer advice on how the service could improve Take an active role in the implementation of the emerging Midwifery agenda Implement and propose changes to policies and practices in the maternity unit in line with evidence-based Implement Clinical Governance initiatives by acting as a change agent and taking a proactive role in the service development Responsibility for leading and managing Support lead clinicians in the clinical area Supporting clinical staff in their management/decision making, of fetal heart rate monitoring in all clinical areas, both low and high risk Take on a lead role in co-ordinating/supporting clinical areas in accordance with the needs of the service and in line with a Band 7 midwifery role. Responsibility for Finance Work in a way which is efficient and effective and adds value to the provider Trust Support budget holders by providing information as required Responsibility for Information Resources Ensure the processes are in place to identify, collect and evaluate information in order to support clinical decision making. Undertake data collection/input effectively using the agreed systems Responsibility for Teaching/Audit Ensure attendance at training as appropriate to the needs of the role Maintain comprehensive training records of who has been trained in fetal monitoring, submitting this to the midwifery education team, and where appropriate provide exception reporting where there are concerns identified Actively participate in local and corporate induction training with a lead role in provision of fetal heart rate training Support the delivery of the departments approved fetal heart rate monitoring Practice within the agreed policies and protocols of the trust and adhere to the NMC Professional Code of Conduct, Standards, and Link the development of knowledge, ideas and work practice to the role of the midwife and the midwifery support worker roles. Work closely with the audit and guidelines midwife/team to implement changes in practice and measure the extent to which quality has been improved in fetal heart rate monitoring on a quarterly