Fetal monitoring lead midwife | Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Are you an experienced midwife keen to influence the future delivery of safe, compassionate and effective maternity care? If so, we want to hear from you.

We are seeking a dedicated and motivated midwife to work as part of the maternity service training and development team as the lead midwife for fetal monitoring. The successful post holder will work alongside the obstetric lead consultant for fetal monitoring to lead in the delivery of fetal heart monitoring training and audit within the maternity service.

The Fetal monitoring lead midwife will work with the service development midwife to monitor element four of the Saving Babies Lives care bundle undertaking regular audit. The post holder will also be responsible for delivering a curriculum of fetal monitoring education to the multidisciplinary team.

You will assume the role of fetal monitoring lead, improving standards of fetal heart monitoring, interpretation, escalation, education and appropriate management of care within the service in all settings.

You will be required to act as a role model demonstrating clinical leadership and midwifery expertise at all times.

You will have continuing responsibility for ensuring that there is an ongoing programme of education for clinical staff within maternity services and that this education is delivered in a suitable style to ensure that staff provide up to date clinical care.

Inaddition,asfetalmonitoring lead you are responsible forconsolidatingexisting knowledge and skills,improvingstandards offetalheart rate monitoring, interpretation,escalationandappropriate managementof care.Supportingand workingwiththe maternityteam, you will ensurethat colleagues engaged infetalwellbeing monitoring are adequately supported throughclinical supervisionto develop a programme tofacilitatethe implementation of clinically based teaching to support improved birth outcomes.

you willdevelop and expand midwives' competence in undertaking intermittentfetalheart auscultation.They willsupport staff in enhancing theirfetalmonitoring skills aiming to work towards reducing,identifyingand escalating risk within clinical practiceand work with thematernityteam in the development of a safety culture within the context of resource constraints and multiple conflicting priorities in relation tofetalmonitoring.

Offering 4 places of birth, we are committed to delivery of safe and high quality maternity care for women and families.

The maternity service at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals is proud to be able to offer 4 places of birth including birth at home, in a free standing birth centre, in an alongside birth centre and in an obstetric delivery suite.

With a home birth rate of over 3% and 3 established continuity teams personalised care is high on our agenda for all women and families. The service has been identified as one of three North West Regional maternal medicine centres and the team are working towards an establishing this service to support women who experience more complex pregnancy .

We have 10000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.

You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done. You'll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.

You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around clinical care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

You will have continuing responsibility for ensuring that there is an ongoing programme of education for clinical staff within maternity services and that this education is delivered in a suitable style to ensure that staff provide up to date clinical care.

Inadditionasfetalmonitoring lead you will be responsible forconsolidatingexisting knowledge and skills,improvingstandards offetalheart rate monitoring, interpretation,escalationandappropriate managementof care.Supportingand workingwiththe maternityteam, you will ensurethat colleagues engaged infetalwellbeing monitoring are adequately supported throughclinical supervisionto develop a programme tofacilitatethe implementation of clinically based teaching to support improved birth outcomes.

You willbe responsible fordevelopingstaff awareness in recognising pathophysiological factors that could contribute to misinterpretation of thefetalheart pattern. This will be relevant when using both intermittent auscultation and electronicfetalheart ratemonitoring(CTG).

You willdevelop and expand midwives' competence in undertaking intermittentfetalheart auscultation.Ensuringall staff canauscultate thefetalheart reflective in the documentation using either apinnardor handhelddopplersonicaid.

You willsupport staff in enhancing theirfetalmonitoring skills aiming to work towards reducing,identifyingand escalating risk within clinical practiceand work with thematernityteam in the development of a safety culture within the context of resource constraints and multiple conflicting priorities in relation tofetalmonitoring.

To review currentfetalmonitoring training packages and educational resources, in partnership with the consultant midwife, the education team, the clinical midwifery managers,midwiferymatrons, obstetricians and across the LMS, and develop creative ways of learning.

Tofacilitatelearning andmaintainoversight of incidents and the pertinentthemes and trends,there is a requirement to leadoncases of adverse outcome involving poor FHR interpretation and practice.InadditionLocal Maternity System (LMS) and national networkingwith external units to learn about and keep abreast of developments in the field, and to track and introduce best practice are essential components. This will also includeboth constructive and positive feedback andidentifyanddisseminatelearning from good outcomes

To work in collaboration with, and support the delivery suite coordinators, the senior midwives on the antenatal ward and community and the midwifery led birthing unit, and obstetricians, to ensure safe birth outcomes

Act as a role modeldemonstratingclinical leadership and midwiferyexpertise.