Fetal Surveillance Midwife
| Posting date: | 16 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £46,148.00 to £52,809.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £46148.00 - £52809.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 June 2025 |
| Location: | Prescot, L35 5DR |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9409-25-0542 |
Summary
To lead on the implementation, of the Saving Babies Lives v2 improving standards of fetal heart monitoring, interpretation, escalation, and appropriate management of care, reporting to the Quality and Safety Matron. To support and work with teams across Maternity to develop a programme to facilitate the implementation of clinically based teaching to support birth outcomes. To develop staff awareness in recognising pathophysiological factors that could contribute to the misinterpretation of the fetal heart pattern. This will be relevant when using both intermittent auscultation plotted on a partogram and electronic monitoring using a cardiotocograph (CTG). To develop and expand midwives competence in undertaking intermittent fetal heart auscultation when caring for low risk women. Ensure all staff can intelligently auscultate the fetal heart reflective in the documentation using either a pinnard or handheld Doppler sonicaid. To support staff in enhancing their fetal monitoring skills aiming to work towards reducing, identifying and escalation risk within clinical practise. To work with our senior midwifery team in the development of a safety culture, in partnership with the Quality and Safety Matron, the education team, the clinical midwifery managers, community matron, obstetricians and across the other providers within the CM LMS and develop creative new ways of learning. Provide on a regular basis both constructive and positive feedback and identify and disseminate learning from good outcomes. To work in collaboration with, and support the delivery suite co-ordinators, the senior midwives on the antenatal wards, community, and MLU, and obstetricians, to ensure safe birth outcomes. Act as a role model demonstrating clinical leadership and midwifery expertise.