NursingNetUK

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Ensuring safe and effective clinical practice

• Monitor and ensure Midwives/Sonographers deliver on-going improvements in standards of midwifery services through the development of effective systems and processes.
• Identify risks relating to sonography/midwifery, developing & implementing action plans to mitigate them as well as alerting the Clinical Director and Head of Nursing and Midwifery and ensuring they are recorded on the appropriate risk register.
• Engage in clinical practice to develop the skills of others.
• Monitor complaints about midwifery/sonography incidents within the Group Directorate, ensuring appropriate responses and implementation of action plans to effectively resolve any issues identified.
• Implement agreed systems to identify opportunities for learning and sharing good practice.
• Take timely action when professional standards fall short of those acceptable.
• Implement agreed systems to deliver patient safety and prevention of harm assurance.

• Participate in a range of formal management processes, investigation, hearing and implementation of findings where midwifery staff’s professional/personal conduct or professional competency is called into question.

Enhancing the patient experience

• Undertake clinical activity, with a visible presence to patients and staff, whilst monitoring the quality of care and experience of patients in the fetal medicine department.
• Take action to address poor patient experience identified through trend analysis/complaints and report outcomes to Group/Directorate

• Lead corrective actions when patients/carers raise concerns regarding care standards.
• Support the effective flow of patients through the Fetal Medicine Unit, professionally leading and advising the team to maintain the best patient experience in times of increased demand on capacity.
• Monitor and identify standards in relation to cleanliness and environment and ensure corrective actions are taken.
• Respond appropriately to patient concerns and questions raised via PALs and other informal feedback mechanisms i.e. Patient Opinion as requested.

Professional Leadership

• Provide leadership and direction to all midwifery/support staff in the Fetal Medicine team.
• Undertake annual performance development review for Midwives and Support Workers as required, ensuring each has a personal development plan to optimise their performance and potential for career progression supported by the Line Manager.
• Develop and promote a positive culture within the Fetal Medicine Team to enable continuous quality and service improvement.
• Act in accordance with the Nursing & Midwifery Council Code.
• Promote a positive image of midwifery internally and external to the Trust.
• Be an effective leader of change, embedding a culture of continuous quality improvement.
• Implement agreed systems to ensure the midwifery/sonography workforce is fit for purpose in relation to statutory and mandatory training.
• Ensure the NMC Standards to support learning and assessment in practice for education are met within the Fetal Medicine Team.
• Ensure the Head of Nursing and Midwifery is briefed on all professional issues within the Fetal Medicine Team.
• Lead a culture of continuous quality improvement through use of audit, patient feedback and reflection by self and within the fetal medicine team.
• Participate in the recruitment and selection processes of the Trust.
• Ensure efficient and effective use of resources.

Continuous Service Improvement

• Contribute to the redesign and planning for the modernisation of the fetal medicine service.
• Facilitate effective multi-disciplinary team working at service level setting clear and measurable improvement outcomes.
• Monitor and manage the performance of Midwives and Sonographers against job descriptions and agreed performance monitoring frameworks.
• Develop and implement an effective workforce plan to support service delivery and quality standards.
• Contribute to the review and development of roles ensuring they add value to the patient pathway.

Ensuring Effective Contribution to the Delivery of the Organisation’s Objectives

• Take a lead role for defined projects or pieces of work as agreed.
• Contribute to the delivery of the Trust’s strategic objectives.