This fixed-term post, for 12 months, sits in the Fetal Medicine Team at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and offers specialist midwifery support to women and families. The work centres on care coordination for pregnancies affected by fetal abnormality, multiple pregnancy or risk of pre-term birth, and on counselling families through difficult decisions. Distinct features include monthly team meetings, screening database reporting and six on-calls a year. Applicants need to be registered midwives with at least three years of NHS experience.
What the job involves
- Provide specialist support and care coordination for women and families affected by fetal abnormalities, multiple pregnancies or pre-term birth risk
- Give clinical expertise and professional advice within the multidisciplinary team
- Act as advocate and support parents facing challenging diagnoses
- Explain findings, prognosis and possible outcomes of pregnancy to parents
- Counsel parents through difficult pregnancy decisions, including termination, and liaise with the MDT to facilitate their wishes
- Liaise with other specialties to coordinate the management, support and care of families
- Manage referrals, including to tertiary centres, and coordinate care throughout pregnancy
- Take part in antenatal and postnatal counselling as part of the wider team
- Liaise with the ANNB screening team and update databases for FASP reportable diagnoses
- Ensure compliance with national screening and reporting requirements
- Organise the monthly fetal medicine MDT meeting to discuss and communicate care pathways
- Take part in hospital on-calls, currently six per year
Qualifications
- Mentorship qualification or equivalent, such as PS or PA
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Registration & licences
- NMC registration
- Registered midwife
Experience
- Experience of undertaking audits or surveys and managing change
- Experience of working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams
- At least 3 years' experience in an NHS healthcare setting
- Experience in a teaching or education role
Skills & knowledge
- Expert practitioner in fetal monitoring, with knowledge of the national agenda to implement change and monitor outcomes
- Knowledge of quality improvement methods and techniques
Nice to have
- Educated to Masters level
- Additional training in physiological interpretation of CTG
- Teaching or coaching qualification
- Evidence of senior or lead roles in risk management, quality of care or patient safety
- Practical experience of leading clinical audit
- Specialist knowledge of the NHS clinical governance cycle, strategy and policy
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
