Fetal Monitoring and Wellbeing (CTG) Lead

Integrated Care System; Burton-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Fetal Monitoring and Wellbeing Lead to enhance monitoring practices and education in maternity services. This role offers an exciting chance for a registered midwife to engage in leadership, training, and policy development to improve fetal care outcomes.

Benefits

Development opportunities, both professional and leadership

Staff benefits including employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership

Onsite fitness classes

Car schemes

Qualifications

• Registered midwife with NMC registration is required.
• Educated to degree level or equivalent along with a teaching qualification.
• Experience in leading innovative change and teaching.

Responsibilities

• Lead on continuous improvements for fetal monitoring use and education.
• Develop and maintain robust policies and guidance for practice changes.
• Oversee education and training for clinicians involved in fetal monitoring.

Skills

Leadership

Midwifery knowledge

Communication

Analytical skills

Education

Degree level education or equivalent

NMC registration as a midwife

Recognised teaching qualification

Evidence of ongoing CPD

Job description

Go back University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Fetal Monitoring and Wellbeing (CTG) Lead

The closing date is 17 July 2025

We are proud of our Maternity Service at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (UHDB). As a service we strive to improve the experience for our expectant's mothers and their families through listening to our service users and support from our Trust board through significant financial investment in service improvement and recruitment.

The Maternity Services works in partnership with the Local Maternity and Neonatal Systems (LMNS) to drive the national maternity agenda forward to improve the safety and quality of our services.

Due to the additional investment received within the maternity services we are increasing our practice develpment team to include a Fetal Monitoring and Wellbeing (CTG) Lead.

This is an exciting opportunity for a registered midwife to lead on fetal monitoring practice and education across UHDB.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will lead on continuous improvements to the use and application of fetal monitoring across UHDB. They will lead on the education/training of fetal monitoring, developing and embedding new strategies and sharing knowledge informally and formally. They will be skilled and confident to act as a professional resource for colleagues, stakeholders and service users. They will develop and maintain robust policies and guidance which explores practice changes and emerging evidence.

The post holder will be required to work Trust wide so a driving licence is essential.

If you are applying for an Internal Secondment, please ensure you have spoken to your line manager and have their support prior to your application. Please speak to the Recruitment Team if you have any questions.

Closing date: 17 July 2025

Interview date: 31 July 2025

About us

Our maternity services have received significant financial investment from our Trust Board to continue to developing and continuously improve to ensure the families in our care receive personalised quality care that is based on up-to-date evidence and guidance.

If you want to make a difference and be part of a maternity service that issomething new and exciting then we would love to hear from you.

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.

Job responsibilities

The successful candidate will provide clinical expertise in fetal monitoring; overseeing and leading education and training for all clinicians involved with fetal monitoring; and exploring emerging evidence, recommendations and new ways of using fetal monitoring to achieve the best outcomes for families.

The successful candidate will have thorough knowledge of fetal monitoring and will be engaging, passionate and confident sharing knowledge. A keen interest in fetal monitoring is essential, along with a sound understanding of current drivers and knowledge that influences practice and practice changes.

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Person Specification

Education, Qualifications and training

• Midwife with NMC registration
• Educated to degree level or equivalent
• Recognised teaching qualification, mentorship course or equivalent
• Evidence of ongoing CPD
• Evidence of research qualification or equivalent
• Leadership Qualification

Experience and Knowledge

• Extensive post registration experience in intrapartum care
• Clinically credible
• Demonstrate experience of leading innovative change
• Knowledge of national fetal surveillance drivers/recommendations eg: SBL, CNST, MIS
• Experience in investigating clinical incidents and complaints
• Teaching and education experience
• Awareness of national safety agenda and maternity transformation programme agenda
• Leading and planning education sessions

Skills and Abilities

• Strong leadership skills
• High standard of midwifery knowledge
• Excellent verbal communication and interpersonal relationship skills
• Able to develop people and their teams
• Consistently meets deadlines
• Excellent written and analytical skills with ability to present information in a variety of formats
• Research/Audit and benchmarking skills to improve the quality of care

Communication and Interpersonal Skills

• Ability to work autonously and as part of a team and build effective relationships to work collaboratively with all staff groups and key stakeholders
• Ability to communicate and analyse complex information

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.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust