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- Address
- Trust Offices
- St Thomas' Street
- London
- SE1 9RT
- Contact Number
- 020 7188 7188
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Fetal Monitoring Midwife
Closed for applications on: 28-May-2024 00:02
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 28-May-2024 00:02
Key details
Location
- Site
- St Thomas' Hospital
- Town
- London
- Postcode
- SE1 7EH
- Major / Minor Region
- London
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 7.5 hours per week (1 day per week)
Salary
- Salary
- £51,488 - £57,802 p.a inc HCA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 7)
Specialty
- Main area
- Maternity
- Interview date
- 10/06/2024
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.
Guy’s is home to the largest dental school in Europe and a £160 million Cancer Centre opened in 2016. As part of our commitment to provide care closer to home, in 2017 we also opened a cancer centre and a kidney treatment centre at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup. St Thomas’ has one of the largest critical care units in the UK and one of the busiest emergency departments in London. It is also home to Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
Evelina London cares for local children in Lambeth and Southwark and provides specialist services across south east England including cardiac, renal and critical care services. We lead a number of specialist service networks aiming to ensure children are treated locally where possible, but have access to specialist expertise when they need it. Our community services include health visiting, school nursing and support for families of children with long-term conditions.
Our adult community services teams deliver care at the heart of the local communities we serve, working in partnership with GPs, local authorities and other healthcare and voluntary sector organisations. Working with our partners in Lambeth and Southwark, we are focusing on new ways of working to improve care for local patients.
In February 2021 the Royal Brompton and Harefield joined Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together world-leading expertise in the care and research of heart and lung disease. Our merger provides a once in a generation opportunity to build a lasting, world-renowned heart and lung centre, providing the highest quality care for patients and conducting world-leading research.
We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King’s Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres. In partnership with King’s College London we have dedicated clinical research facilities including an MHRA accredited Phase I clinical trials unit.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of ‘good’. Our adult community services achieved a rating of ‘outstanding’.
The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.
We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen for a permanent post 7.5 hours per week as a fetal monitoring midwife.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed midwife to lead fetal monitoring activities within the maternity service of the busy and complex unit at St Thomas’ hospital. The successful candidate will have solid midwifery experience and interest in learning from incidents and leading changes in practice to improve care of women and their families.
Flexible working available.
Closing: 27/05/2024
Interview: 10/06/2024
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The post holder will continue the work of the previously successful team and continue the current years training programme. The post holder will be responsible for working with the obstetric fetal monitoring lead to design the fetal monitoring training programme for the coming year and lead on ward based informal and formal teaching. The post holder will be expected to spend half their working time on the birth centres providing onsite support to staff and ensuring good fetal monitoring practice is established with the maternity team.
Working for our organisation
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
As the only NHS Trust in London with women’s and specialist children’s services on one site we have unique opportunities to provide excellent, high-quality, integrated care for mothers, babies and children. Our directorate provides high quality care to patients across South East London, as well as delivering a range of specialist services both nationally and internationally. We hold over 14,000 gynaecology appointments, and deliver over 6,000 babies a year. We have one of the largest NHS IVF units in the UK, which includes our flagship Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis services. Alongside our clinical services, we are integrated with colleagues at King’s College London, delivering a significant programme of research and development.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The purpose of this role is to lead the fetal monitoring practice on both the Hospital Birth Centre (labour ward) and Home from Home Birth Centre (MLU). This includes formal and information education of all types and grades of clinical staff and working alongside staff in the intrapartum areas.
The post holder will be involved in the development and implementation of fetal monitoring guidelines and procedural documents, education of staff both formally and on the Hospital Birth Centre and assessing the competence of both midwifery and obstetric staff.
The post holder is expected to be present in the intrapartum areas to lead and support staff with fetal monitoring at least 50% of their working time.
The post holder participate in evaluation of the project and adapt the educational methods based on this feedback.
Please see attached Job Description for full details.
Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitable according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or study’s at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity , gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.
Applications are welcomed from applicants with a disability. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process. Equality of opportunity is our policy.
As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends.
Flexible working
We are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance and to work in a way that is best for them and our patients. We will consider all requests to work flexibly, taking in to account the individual’s personal circumstances as well the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the recruiting manager as part of the on-boarding process.
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Applicant requirements
Person specification
Values & Behaviours
Essential criteria
- Values & Behaviours
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in all areas of midwifery with emphasis on recent intrapartum work
- A proven track record of successfully implementing change
Desirable criteria
- Experience at Band 7 or above
Skills
Essential criteria
- Thorough understanding of the maternity pathways
- Proven ability to analyse complex problems and to develop and successfully implement practical and workable solutions to address them
- Ability to think and plan strategically, tactically and creatively, and to prioritise work programs in the face of competing demands
- A strong sense of personal and team accountability coupled with a clear understanding of the boundaries around delegated authority, and common sense in knowing when to brief “up the line”
- Excellent inter-personal and communication skills with good listening skills and an ability to work with a wide range of professions
- A good understanding of the changing NHS environment
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of experience of staff training or practice development
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Midwife
- Degree in relevant subject
- Evidence of relevant clinical updating
- Mentorship qualification
Desirable criteria
- Management qualification
- Examination of the Newborn
- Studied at Masters level
- NLS
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Megan Flynn
- Job title
- Interim Matron for HBC
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Lucy Oliver
Lead Midwife - Quality, Governance & Risk
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