Fetal Monitoring Midwife | Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in London is seeking a dedicated fetal monitoring midwife to support and educate staff on safe fetal monitoring practices. Responsibilities include developing awareness of cardiotocography, conducting audits, and facilitating training. The ideal candidate will have a passion for teaching and evidence-based care, helping to enhance standards in antenatal and intrapartum monitoring. This permanent position offers the opportunity to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Passion for fetal monitoring and evidence-based care.
• Skills in teaching, assessing, leadership, and quality improvement.

Responsibilities

• Support staff in fetal monitoring practices.
• Develop awareness of misinterpretation of cardiotocography (CTGs).
• Participate in teaching and audits related to fetal monitoring.
• Collaborate within the multidisciplinary team for care plans.
• Embed latest evidence-based practices in fetal monitoring.

Job description

Do you have a passion for fetal monitoring and supporting your colleagues to provide safe and evidence based care? Would you like to develop your own skills in teaching, assessing, leadership and quality improvement? Then this role is for you. An opportunity has arisen for a fetal monitoring midwife in a permanent position.

Responsibilities

• Support staff in providing a safe, robust and consistent approach to antenatal and intrapartum fetal monitoring, including both continuous and intermittent fetal monitoring.
• Develop staff's awareness in recognising factors that could contribute to misinterpretation of cardiotocography (CTGs) and impaired clinical decision making.
• Ensure staff are assessing fetal well-being in the context of the woman's health, pregnancy, gestational age, stage of labour, intrapartum risk factor.
• Participate in teaching on multi-disciplinary training days and facilitate learning opportunities following interesting case reviews.
• Undertake audits to ensure compliance with fetal monitoring guidelines and national requirements relating to fetal monitoring.
• The post holder will be involved in continuing to embed the principles of physiological CTG interpretation for intrapartum CTGs as the Trust has recently transitioned from a NICE based approach.
• To use every opportunity to enhance teaching, learning, and reflection within clinical settings that involve intrapartum or antenatal fetal monitoring.
• To work daily alongside clinical staff, educating and supporting with all elements of antenatal and intrapartum fetal monitoring, including physiological CTG interpretation, antenatal CTG/cCTG interpretation, and promoting safe intermittent auscultation practice.
• To work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team to ensure that appropriate intrapartum and antenatal fetal monitoring care plans are made. Maintaining a focus on individualised care and considering the whole clinical picture at all times.
• To support midwives and obstetricians to ensure effective implementation of the intrapartum and antenatal fetal monitoring guidelines.
• To work flexibly to support best fetal monitoring practice in both antenatal and intrapartum areas including maternity triage, day assessment unit, antenatal ward, labour ward and low risk birth settings.
• Using specialist expert knowledge, experience and practice, continually update and develop fetal monitoring within the Trust, embedding the latest evidence-based practice, in line with national requirements.

About the Trust

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites – Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital – along with award‑winning clinics across North West London. Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5 million, providing full clinical services, including maternity, A&E, and children's services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health clinics. The Care Quality Commission rates us ’Good’ in safety, effectiveness, care, and responsiveness, and ’Outstanding’ in leadership and resource use. We continually invest in our facilities, including a £30m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and Westminster and an £80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Middlesex.