Fetal Wellbeing Midwife
| Posting date: | 19 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £49,178.00 to £55,492.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £49178.00 - £55492.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 May 2024 |
| Location: | London, N18 1QX |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9393-24-0317 |
Summary
To further embed and develop the current competency testing for fetal monitoring to assess and improve the knowledge and skills of all staff providing intrapartum and antenatal care across all maternity settings. To produce and cascade out and embed into practice an intelligent intermittent auscultation training package and lead on the use of this in training midwives who provide intrapartum care on the Delivery Suites, the Midwifery Led Unit and in the womans home. Ensure that all midwives and obstetricians providing antenatal and intrapartum care undertake the competency test in assessing fetal wellbeing. In conjunction with the midwifery education team provide enhanced teaching and additional support to staff who need to repeat the competency test to in order to achieve and demonstrate the expected levels of knowledge. Lead weekly CTG workshops, maintaining an electronic database to evidence attendance registers and ensure compliance to the mandatory requirement for midwives and medical staff. Disseminate learning which emerges from workshops. Organise CTG master classes on the monthly mandatory training week ensuring the attendance of all eligible staff. Develop, in conjunction with the Maternity Matrons, Obstetric Lead for Delivery Suite and the Obstetric Lead for Risk, an audit form (on a daily basis) for case reviews all emergency deliveries i.e. instrumental and caesarean sections in the previous twenty-four hours to review the interpretation of CTGs and subsequent management of care. Use findings of such cases for reflective practice sessions, to cascade and evidence learning from good practice and identify areas for further development Use every opportunity to facilitate teaching, learning and reflection within the clinical area. When required to work as a practicing midwife within the maternity unit and undertake unit coordinator duties as required Ensure staff are assessing fetal well-being in the context of the woman's health, pregnancy, gestation and stage of labour by observing how handover iscommunicated at change of shifts, midwife to doctor communication when referrals are made and listening to assessments made over the telephone (SBAR). Ensure that interpretation of fetal assessment is undertaken with a structured approach, reflective of recommendations within our current guidelines and that all documentation reflects this approach.