Systemic Examination of the Newborn (SEN) Lead Midwife

Barts Health NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London is seeking a dynamic and enthusiastic Lead Midwife for the systematic examination of newborns. You will lead the SEN programme, ensuring compliance with national standards while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. This role offers a Monday to Friday schedule and opportunities for professional development in a supportive environment. Candidates should be registered midwives with examination training, and possess strong leadership and clinical skills.

Qualifications

• Post registration experience as a midwife.
• Experience conducting examinations of newborns.
• Clinical expertise in midwifery practice.

Responsibilities

• Monitor day-to-day compliance with SEN programme standards.
• Oversee the S4N failsafe system for newborn examinations.
• Maintain a visible presence in clinical practice.
• Provide cover for the Postnatal Lead Midwife.
• Support other clinical areas during designated days.

Skills

Must be able to practice in all areas in accordance with the Midwives Rules and Codes of Conduct

Forward thinking approach to care

Practice as an autonomous midwife in acute and primary care

Ability to make appropriate clinical decisions

Ability to conduct relationships to minimize conflict

Initiates reflective practices

Confident in teaching and assessing students

Able to prioritize workload appropriately

Education

Registered midwife on the NMC register

Examination of Newborn trained

Teaching and assessing qualification (mentorship course)

Job description

Systemic Examination of the Newborn (SEN) Lead Midwife

We are seeking a dynamic and enthusiastic midwife to provide both clinical and managerial leadership within the maternity unit. The post holder will be a Registered Practising Midwife responsible for leading and coordinating the Systematic Examination of the Newborn (SEN) service at the Royal London Maternity Services, ensuring full compliance with National Screening Standards.

The SEN Practitioner Lead will oversee the management and delivery of the SEN programme, offering leadership, clinical expertise, student midwives support and support across all maternity areas where newborn examinations are performed.

Main duties of the job

Monitoring day-to-day compliance with SEN programme standards.

Overseeing the S4N failsafe system for all babies born at the unit or returning to the local catchment area, ensuring examinations are completed within 72 hours of birth.

Maintaining a visible presence in clinical practice to ensure high standards of care are consistently met

Fulfil a range of leadership and clinical duties, supporting service delivery and development.

Provide cover for the Postnatal Lead Midwife during periods of absence.

Support other clinical areas during designated administrative days.

Collaborate effectively with midwives, student midwives, and the wider multidisciplinary team to uphold service quality and continuity of care

The individual should be visible and accessible to women and their families and staff, ensuring all women and their families could seek information, help, and support or to communicate problematic or celebratory issues.

The post will be based at Royal London Hospital although the role will also involve supporting and working closely with other maternity sites within Barts Health.

Contribute to discharge planning by liaising between inpatient maternity services, NICU and Community Midwifery Service.

The post holder will work closely with the multi-disciplinary teams within Barts Health and the LMNS in facilitating In-utero and Ex-utero transfers in a timely manner

The post holder will demonstrate clinical expertise, competency in practice and be a role model.

This role is a Monday to Friday job to ensure SEN leadership oversight within the service.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered midwife on the NMC register.
• Examination of Newborn trained
• Post registration
• Teaching and assessing qualification (mentorship course).

Experience

• Post midwifery registration

Skills

• Must be able to practice in all areas in accordance with the Midwives Rules and Codes of Conduct
• Can demonstrate forward thinking approach to care
• Can practice as an autonomous midwife in the acute and primary care setting
• Able to make appropriate clinical decisions considering research evidence, informed choice and individual circumstances
• Ability to conduct relationships in such a way that conflict is minimized.
• Initiates reflective practicable to make appropriate clinical decisions considering research evidence, informed choice and individual circumstances
• Confident in teaching and assessing students
• Autonomous midwife in the acute and primary care setting
• Able to prioritise workload appropriately and assessing medical and midwifery students.

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.