Job overview
We are looking for an experienced and passionate midwife to undertake the role of Antenatal and Newborn (ANNB) Screening Lead and Fetal Medicine at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
This is an excellent opportunity for a talented individual with inspirational leadership skills and an appetite for developing staff, improving the service and ensuring the delivery of safe and excellent maternity care.
The post holder will be an excellent communicator with good interpersonal skills committed to managing:
1. The implementation of the national screening programmes as well as providing clinical support to service users. This will involve working alongside a team of four Band 7 midwives and a Band 4 failsafe officer.
2. The fetal medicine service based on our two maternity sites with a team of five midwives and three maternity support workers.
You will work in collaboration with a dynamic team of Senior Midwives including matrons, consultants, midwives, Heads of Midwifery, and business partners to shape our maternity service.
We are committed to ensuring you have a development plan, which meets your needs, as we want your career to flourish with us.
Main duties of the job
3. The post holder will provide clinical expertise; professional direction and leadership to the screening coordinators, midwives and Maternity Support Workers within Maternity Services.
4. They will be responsible for providing specialist advice and support to the clinical teams so that maternal and fetal screening pathways and systems are in line with the National Screening Committee (NSC) standards.
5. They will action, implement and monitor the quality assurance of all the Screening Programmes ensuring that appropriate failsafe systems are in place, confirming, that all population screening is undertaken to the highest standard. They will provide regular formal updates on the performance of the Screening Programmes to the screening commissioners at NHS England and the Regional Quality Assurance team within the NSCA.
6. Key area of responsibility will relate to monitoring and reporting on clinical incidents as part of the Clinical Governance agenda and responding to verbal and formal complaints in line with The Trust Complaints Procedure.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential criteria
7. Practising Registered Midwife with relevant post registration experience
8. Educated to degree level and ability to work to Masters level
9. Teaching/mentorship qualification
10. Evidence of ongoing professional development
Desirable criteria
11. Leadership qualification
12. Counselling certificate or willingness to work towards
Experience
Essential criteria
13. Experience in all areas of midwifery
14. Ability to investigate incidents and complaints to a high standard
15. Guideline development
Desirable criteria
16. Experience in managing formal HR processes
Skills/knowledge/ abilities
Essential criteria
17. In-depth understanding in maternal medicine and fetal medicine
18. In-depth understanding of ANNB screening programmes
19. In-depth understanding in maternal medicine and fetal medicine
20. Confident to challenge non evidence-based practice
Desirable criteria
21. Experience of initiating and implementing change processes.
Right to work
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