Job summary
Employer heading
Fetal Monitoring Midwife
Band 7
Kingston Hospital - First Acute Trust in London to be rated Outstanding by CQC for Overall Quality and Leadership
Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a district general hospital situated in a beautiful and remarkable part of the country – close to London yet surrounded by royal parks, historic buildings and the River Thames. We are located on a single site in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey and run several outpatient clinics in neighbouring areas including Raynes Park Health Centre and Teddington Memorial Hospital.
We employ just under 5000 staff who proudly and efficiently support over 350,000 people locally through a full range of diagnostic and treatment services and we have a national reputation for innovative developments in healthcare, particularly in 'patient-focused' care, day surgery and maternity services.
The South West London Collaborative Bank
Kingston Hospital is a part of the local South West London Collaborative and offer competitive bank rates to work across the three NHS trusts: St Georges, Kingston Hospital and Epsom & St Helier. Our Smart App booking system makes life easier for flexible working!
Health and Wellbeing & Staff Benefits
The Trust understands that benefits go beyond just financial rewards and invests heavily in the wellbeing of its staff. Alongside opportunities for career development, there is a dedicated team of Staff Pastoral Wellbeing Practitioners who work with the Clinical and Corporate divisions, to provide pastoral support to all staff. These Practitioners are part of the wider Health & Wellbeing provision which includes a specialist Staff Physiotherapist, Occupational Health and access to counselling and an Employee Assistance Programme. The team works together to enhance staff wellbeing and to promote a healthy work-life balance.
Recent awards:
- Our Health Heroes Awards 2018 – Staff Retention and Wellbeing Employer of the Year
- HPMA Vivup Award for Well Being 2019
- NHSE National Healthcare Support Worker Award for Innovation and Excellence in Pastoral Support – 2023
- NHSE London Healthcare Support Worker Award for Sustainable Retention Initiative – 2023
Trust Values
Kingston Hospital NHS Trust has five key values and we want to employ and work with people who share these values and demonstrate behaviours that support them. They are:
- Caring – Design and deliver care around each individual patient’s needs and wants.
- Safe – Make the safety of patients and staff our prime concern as safety comes first
- Responsible – All staff take responsibility for the hospital, its services and reputation
- Value Each Other – Value each other's contribution
- Inspiring - We always strive to empower each other to develop and deliver improvements to benefit our patients
Job overview
- The aim of this role is to build on the current practice of achieving healthy birth outcomes for babies who are born at Kingston Maternity Unit.
- We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed Midwife with strong clinical leadership and facilitation skills, who will work as, part of a multi-disciplinary fetal monitoring team, leading on improving the standard of risk assessment and fetal monitoring in line with element 4 of the Saving Babies' Lives 3 Care Bundle.
Main duties of the job
- The postholder will be a highly visible champion for safe and effective fetal heart rate interpretation through demonstration of expert clinical knowledge and practice. Education and training of maternity staff is a fundamental element of this post
- The role will support embedding our physiological approach to fetal monitoring applied to intelligent intermittent auscultation, cardiotocograph and Fetal ECG (STAN monitoring)
- There will be a strong focus on workplace learning through supporting the multi-professional team to ensure they can accurately and confidently interpret fetal monitoring. This workplace-based learning would take place in all clinical settings
- The role will involve working with the education lead for maternity to embed the knowledge and skills staff gain from our comprehensive fetal monitoring course and competency framework, into the workplace.
- The post holder will lead and facilitate a programme aimed at equipping midwives and obstetricians to increase their knowledge and competence in identifying fetal well-being, potential fetal compromise and actual fetal compromise in all clinical settings and improve clinical decision making.
- You will be joining a well-established team dedicated to the ongoing promotion of women centred personalised care in line with Better Births.
Working for our organisation
Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a district general hospital situated in a beautiful and remarkable part of the country – close to London yet surrounded by royal parks, historic buildings and the River Thames. We are located on a single site in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey and run several outpatient clinics in neighbouring areas including Raynes Park Health Centre and Teddington Memorial Hospital.
We employ 3,300+ staff who proudly and efficiently support over 350,000 people locally through a full range of diagnostic and treatment services and we have a national reputation for innovative developments in healthcare, particularly in 'patient-focused' care, day surgery and maternity services.
Health and Wellbeing & Staff Benefits
Trust Values
Kingston Hospital NHS Trust has five key values and we want to employ and work with people who share these values and demonstrate behaviours that support them. They are:
- Caring- Safe - Responsible - Value Each Other - Inspiring
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting document and person specification which contains more information about the role
Person specification
Education and qualifcations
Essential criteria
- Registered Midwife
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Degree level or equivalent experience
- Mentorship qualification
Desirable criteria
- Masters degree, or evidence of working towards
- Evidence of physiological CTG interpretation masterclass
- NLS
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of Communicating effectively with women, staff and other agencies
- Experience in all areas of midwifery with emphasis on recent intrapartum work
- Ability to facilitate effective team working
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrate an ability to apply research to practice and to support changes in practice as a result of clinical audit
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to work effectively under pressure and to meet deadlines
- Effective time management for self and others
- Demonstratable leadership skills.
- Ability to manage change.
- High level of knowledge of interpretation of physiological CTG interpretation in all clinical settings
- Previous experience in a clinical teaching or classroom teaching role.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Natalie Breslin
- Job title
- Lead for Practice Development and Recruitment
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02089342125
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