Fetal Medicine Midwife / Sonographer

• 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

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.

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

• Any skills which may compliment or enhance the service

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.