Job overview
To contribute to the provision of the Fetal Medicine service, ensuring the highest possible standards of care for women and their families. To act as an excellent clinical role model and practice autonomously within the parameters of guidelines/policies and sphere of professional practice.
You will be required to work within the Fetal Medicine Department, which promotes the Trust’s values, objectives, priorities and high performance standards both individually and as a team. Hence, the Trust’s success is dependent on all staff to play an active role to make sure that the existing good practice is universally embedded within the organisation.
Main duties of the job
The Specialist Midwife for Fetal Medicine is expected to be an expert clinical midwife who will give advice and guidance on the midwifery care of women, babies and their families.
The post holder will provide clinical and managerial leadership and will lead and coordinatemidwives to provide midwifery care for women during the fetal medicine pathway.
The Specialist Midwife for Fetal Medicine will work in partnership with the Antenatal and New-born Screening (ANNBS) Midwives, and ensure that abnormal screening results are responded to expediently and within the appropriate time frames.
The Specialist Midwife for Fetal Medicine will participate in the provision of effective individualised, women-centred, evidence based midwifery care. They will provide professional leadership and participate in the education and training of all staff. This is not an exhaustive list and is subject to change depending upon departmental requirements.
Working for our organisation
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.
Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Specialist Midwife for Fetal Medicine is expected to be an expert clinical midwife who will give advice and guidance on the midwifery care of women, babies and their families.
Communicate complex and sensitive information to women and their families, enabling them to make informed choices about their care. Use empathy and reassurance at time of vulnerability, emotions, distress and bereavement, overcoming communication barriers where they occur and acting as advocate to women.
Identify the abnormal, refer and liaise with appropriate members of the multi- disciplinary team e.g. for high-risk obstetric care, neonatal referrals, safeguarding issues or other specialist needs.
The post holder will provide clinical and managerial leadership and will lead and coordinate midwives to provide midwifery care for women during the fetal medicine pathway.
Lead on the investigation of incidents related to fetal medicine.
To assist consultant in performing invasive procedures such as CVS/ amniocentesis, amniodrainage, feticide etc. procedure and discuss after care and notification of results. Ensure all necessary follow-up plan of care is booked and an appropriate Consultant referral is made.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. Registered Midwife
2. Evidence of continuing professional development post-registration up to degree level
Desirable criteria
3. Professional Midwifery Advocate
4. Mentorship
Experience
Essential criteria
5. Significant post registration experience and achievement of all Band 6 midwifery competencies
6. Demonstrates skills in leadership
7. Local Resolution of Complaints
8. Demonstrates application of evidence based practice.
Desirable criteria
9. Knowledge and experience of Fetal medicine
10. Evidence of Initiating and implementing change process
Knowledge
Essential criteria
11. Understanding and knowledge of current issues in Midwifery, Antenatal and Newborn Screening, Fetal Medicine and the wider NHS services
12. Evidence of self- development, including evidence of completion of the online NHS Screening Programmes, Antenatal and Newborn Screening e- learning courses
13. Demonstrates application of evidence based practice.
14. Understanding of Clinical Governance and Risk
15. Management experience
16. Ability to problem solve, anticipate and forward plan
Skills
Essential criteria
17. Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to establish and maintain internal and external relationships
18. Able to communicate effectively and fluently in a range of difficult situations and across communication barriers
19. Able to discuss complex emotive and sensitive issues with individual members of staff and the public Able to communicate complex information and concepts.
20. Self-directing and with excellent time management skills
21. Ability to analyse complex situations and provide possible solutions from a range of options available
22. Ability to prioritise competing demands and meet deadlines according to the needs of the service
Desirable criteria
23. Experience of establishing and developing task- specific groups, producing ToRs for same and chairing and leading meetings
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.