Location: Queen Charlottes and Chelsea Hospital, London W12 0HS
Pay Scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £58,133 - £65,261 a year (pa inclusive)
Contract: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full-time
Reference: 290-WCCS-2600

Job summary
Are you an experienced qualified midwife, seeking to enhance and develop your career within a leading London Trust? If the answer is yes then we would love to hear from you!

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a motivated and dynamic experienced midwife to join the education team at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust as a Fetal Wellbeing Midwife.

You will work alongside the Obstetric Lead for Fetal Wellbeing and the Professional Development Midwives to develop and implement a programme of education and annual competency assessment for all clinical staff that meets the requirements of the Maternity and perinatal Incentive Scheme that aligns to Saving Babies' Lives Care Bundle and the Core Competency Framework.

The role builds on current fetal surveillance practice. You will provide support to our maternity team in fetal surveillance, including fetal growth and fetal heart rate monitoring to inspire and develop confidence, and create a positive learning environment that leads to improved patient outcomes.

Main duties of the job

• To act as a role model demonstrating clinical leadership and midwifery expertise inrelation to reducing perinatal mortality in line with the Saving Babies' Lives Care Bundle.
• To promote effective team working, review, plan, implement and maintain elements 2, 3and 4 of the Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle whilst engaging teams in a consistentapproach to improve patient experience and outcomes.
• To work autonomously whilst managing and prioritising their own workload.
• Be responsible for ensuring that all staff are confident and competent at undertakingfundal height measurements and supporting them if problems arise and makingappropriate referrals for senior review.
• Work together with the obstetric and midwifery teams to ensure all staff are trained in theuse of any agreed fetal surveillance system and that audits are performed to ensurecompliance is achieved.
• Work closely with the Patient Safety and Bereavement Teams to ensure that the rates ofstillbirth and neonatal brain injury are improving.

About us
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Environmental sustainability
Climate change and poor air quality is a health emergency that harms people's health and wellbeing and widens health inequalities. The Trust is also committed to reducing its impact on the environment by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2045. All our employees have a role to play, and we have an active green network that supports staff to act in ways that ensures that our services are efficient, sustainable and reduce our impact on the environment www.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/our-strategy/green-plan.

Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential

• Registered Midwife
• Midwifery degree or equivalent experience
• SSSA / Mentoring Qualification
• Fetal Monitoring Masterclass attendance

Desirable

• Counselling certificate/diploma
• Education at Master's degree level or evidence of working Level 7 or above in specialism

Experience
Essential

• Experience in working in all aspects of clinical midwifery with recent labour ward experience
• Experience in both hospital and community settings
• Experience of presenting information within a group setting using PowerPoint or report format.
• Experience of change management/implementation of practice change.

Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities
Essential

• Ability to deal with and resolve conflict.
• Able to plan and delegate roles to others as appropriate.
• Demonstrable leadership qualities.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).