About this role
Job summary
Take the next step in your specialist career in Fetal Medicine.
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Fetal Medicine Midwife / Sonographer to join the Fetal Medicine team at Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust.
Working within a highly specialised multidisciplinary environment, you will provide expert sonography as part of our quaternary Fetal Medicine service, including fetal cardiology, supporting women and families through complex fetal assessment, diagnosis, procedures and therapies.
You will bring significant expertise in fetal ultrasound and fetal cardiology, alongside excellent clinical judgement, communication skills and a compassionate approach to care.
This specialist role offers the opportunity to use your advanced skills within a rewarding area of practice, supporting families through some of the most complex and emotional stages of their care.
Hours of work are 17 hours per week, predominately working on a thursday and friday with flexibility across the rest of the week based on service needs. with a potential to increase these hours further.
If you are passionate about specialist fetal care and want to make a meaningful difference, we would be delighted to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
- Provide ultrasound scans and report to the MDT and external agencies
- Maintain effective communication and working relationships within the team, between the team and other Health Care Professional
- Be responsible for the maintenance and development of one's own clinical skills and maintain Revalidation requirements, including attendance at trust mandatory training
- Participate in the development and implementation of evidence based clinical and management guidelines
- Lead in teaching, preceptorship and mentorship of all students and new members of staff who join the team
- Attend regular staff meetings and MDT's as required. To lead in the teaching, preceptorship and mentorship of all students and new members of staff who join the team
- Actively foster strong links within all areas of the Trust, particularly cross working within the maternity service
- Be responsible for the maintenance and development of her/his own clinical skills and CPD
- Facilitate and/or provide specialist advice and training in both midwifery and ultrasound to other clinical staff and support the development of midwifery practice and new roles within the service
- Participate in clinical incident reporting and facilitate changes to reduce risk
- Lead and participate in clinical audit, acting on findings and re-evaluating.
- Personal duty of care in relation to equipment, resources/ maintain stock control/safe use of expensive equipment such as scan machine and slave monitor
About us
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centered care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.
When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).
Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife with the NMC
- Post Graduate Certificate in Obstetric Ultrasound (Fetal Medicine and DAU) Obstetric Ultrasound 1st Trimester focused course/module at post graduate level (level 7)
- Fetal Medicine Accreditation DQASS registration
- Recognized mentorship or teaching qualification
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- Current clinical experience practicing within scanning environment.
- Ability to perform obstetric or gyane ultrasound scans and complete the necessary reporting mechanism
- To hold DQASS accreditation for Nuchal Translucency and Tricuspid regurgitation (Fetal Medicine only)
- Specialist knowledge in clinical specialty
- To be able to take responsibility for a clinical caseload, including decision making, use of initiative and awareness of professional limitations.
- Experience in leadership or management responsibilities
- Participation in clinical research or audit
Desirable
- Any skills which may compliment or enhance the service
Professional / Specialist Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of relevant National Standards and guidelines.
- Good knowledge of IT and use of keyboard skills. Able to navigate the necessary clinical systems in relation to ultrasound
- Able to manage own workload
- A positive role model
Personal Skills / Abilities and Attributes
Essential
- Ability to work under pressure
- Demonstrate alignment with the values and beliefs of the Trust.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the practices of equality and inclusion in the delivery of this role.
- Ability to work within a team working environment.
- Punctual and flexible across hours of work when required.
- Respectful of difficult decisions made by women and their families, displaying compassion and empathy.
- Demonstrate a high level of commitment, motivation, innovation and initiative
- Demonstrates compassion and empathy
ANALYTICAL AND JUDGEMENT SKILLS
Essential
- Able to work in a team and autonomously and organize own workload
- Confident to cope with challenging obstetric, gynae medical situations, refer on and work in conjunction with the MDT
- Assess, analyse and interpret deviation from the norm on scan and refer any identified concerns to the relevant team.
- Able to mentor, teach and assess other professionals in sonography -relevant to specialty
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Birmingham Women's Hospital
Mindelsohn Way
Birmingham
B15 2TG
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://bwc.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)