Job summary
The Band 6 Fetal Medicine Midwife will provide high-quality, evidence-based and compassionate care to women and families accessing the Fetal Medicine Service, including those experiencing complex pregnancies, fetal anomalies or other pregnancy complications.

Working within the multidisciplinary team, the post holder will assess, plan, coordinate and deliver individualised care, ensuring women and families receive safe, timely and effective support throughout their fetal medicine pathway. They will provide information, emotional support and continuity of care, particularly during sensitive and challenging situations, promoting dignity, compassion and informed decision-making.

The post holder will assist fetal medicine consultants with specialist and invasive procedures, ensuring women are appropriately prepared, supported and cared for throughout. They will also provide compassionate support to women and families who choose to end a pregnancy following a prenatal diagnosis or pregnancy complication.

The post holder will maintain accurate clinical records, recognise and escalate concerns appropriately, and contribute to clinical governance, audit, quality improvement and service development. They will support multidisciplinary working, participate in the teaching and supervision of students and colleagues, and maintain specialist knowledge and skills through continuous professional development and mandatory training.

Main duties of the job

• Have oversight and facilitate clinical care and discharge
• Promote maternal and neonatal health by providing evidence-based education, early intervention, and personalised advice that supports a healthy pregnancy, childbirth and post-natal wellbeing.
• Act as advocate for service users within the areas, to ensure a service user focused approach to the delivery of care
• Ensure service users receive high quality clinical care and a positive service user experience, having regard to their customs, beliefs and ethnicity
• Promote a clean and safe environment for staff, service users and visitors by ensuring compliance with legislation /policies and procedures, health care associated infection prevention, governance including risk management and incident reporting and act without delay in the reporting and escalating of any areas of concern
• Undertake a range of physical observations appropriate to the individual's scope of practice using a range of equipment, recording, reporting and escalating findings and concerns
• Monitor service users progress, ensuring accurate records of all relevant observations and clinical assessments are kept and take appropriate action as indicated
• The named midwife and takes responsibility for providing safe and continuous delivery of care to their women and families when on duty
• Be aware of and take appropriate action in regard of deteriorating conditions, clinical emergencies, cardiac arrest, fire and major or internal incidents which affect business continuity

About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Salary £39,959 to £48,117 a year
Contract Permanent
Working pattern Part-time, Flexible working
Band Band 6
Pay scheme Agenda for change

Essential qualifications

• Registered Midwife on the NMC register
• Diploma/BSc Degree in Midwifery Studies
• Evidence of successful completion of Band 5 Preceptorship Programme and midwifery competency documentation

Desirable qualifications

• Newborn and Infant Physical Examination (NIPE) qualification
• Mentor/Practice Assessor or Supervisor preparation (or willingness to undertake)
• Newborn Life Support (NLS) training

Essential experience

• Demonstrable post-registration experience across a range of midwifery settings (e.g. antenatal, intrapartum, postnatal, community or triage)
• Experience of delivering holistic, woman-centred care using evidence-based practice
• Knowledge of safeguarding policies and procedures, with ability to recognise and escalate concerns appropriately
• Understanding of current national and local maternity priorities, clinical guidelines and best practice
• Experience of assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care for women with a range of clinical and social needs
• Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team and contributing to coordinated care delivery
• Awareness of risk management, incident reporting and patient safety processes

Desirable experience

• Experience of attending Home Births
• Experience of supporting women with complex needs and/or from vulnerable or socially excluded groups
• Involvement in audit, quality improvement or service development initiatives

Essential additional criteria

• Ability to work flexibly across a 24-hour service, including weekends, bank holidays and on-call where required
• Commitment to maintaining clinical competence and continuous professional development
• Demonstrates behaviours aligned with Trust values (Kind, Connected, Bold)

Desirable additional criteria

• Full UK/EU driving licence (for community roles)

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.

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer contact
Hiring Manager: Deborah Hicks, deborah.hicks@uhb.nhs.uk, 01214240726

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