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Job summary

Main area
Midwifery
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Fixed term: 18 months (To cover leaver and Maternity Leave)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
264-7882404-FAM
Employer
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Kettering General Hospital
Town
Kettering
Salary
£49,387 - £56,515 Per Annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
21/04/2026 23:59

Employer heading

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust logo

Fetal Surveillance Midwife Sonographer

Band 7

Job overview

Fixed Term 18 Months

Responsible for providing holistic women centred midwifery care and promoting midwife led care in partnership with other health professionals. Works independently as a midwife sonographer performing and reporting on third trimester ultrasound scans, informing birthing people of the findings and collaborating to provide follow on care. Act as a lead professional for other midwives and as part of a wide multi-disciplinary team with regard to third trimester ultrasound scanning and growth restriction. Promote and maintain professional standards ensuring midwifery and sonography practices are evidence based. Supervise and facilitate training and practical skills of trainee midwife sonographers and members of the obstetric team who have undergone or are undertaking a formal ultrasound course. To engage with audit and disseminate the findings to the wider MDT. Participate in guideline development, quality improvement projects and service development.

Main duties of the job

The role supports the organisation in driving transformation as well as value for money in planning and delivering a high-quality service.  The role is designed to build a combination of subject matter expertise and technical skills to develop strong service delivery ensuring effective fetal monitoring during labour. It aims to build on the current practice of achieving healthy birth outcomes for babies who are born in our maternity unit.

 The post holder will be required to provide support within a 24/7 shift work system. The role will be based predominantly in the clinical environment 50% clinical, 50% non-clinical. There will also be a requirement to and participate within the maternity escalation rota.

Working for our organisation

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. Our mission is to provide safe, compassionate, and clinically excellent patient care, by being an outstanding employer for our people. We have entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Northampton General Hospital and have become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.
 
Our Excellence Values:
Compassion
Respect
Integrity
Courageous
Accountable
 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the Shortlisting Criteria section of the document.

Person specification

Education, Training and Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered Midwife
  • Postgraduate qualification at Level 7 in third trimester Ultrasound
  • Clinical expertise in midwifery practice with evidence of professional development or education
  • Experience in third trimester ultrasound practice
  • Autonomous practitioner in maternity care
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of change management
  • Experience of coordination of multi-disciplinary team
  • Counselling course

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria
  • Contemporaneous knowledge of maternity policy and strategy and wider issues affecting maternity services
  • Good technical knowledge of ultrasound and screening for fetal growth restriction

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Veteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerAge positiveDisability confident leaderInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.National Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark

Applicant requirements

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Victoria Bishop
Job title
Lead Midwife for Pre-term birth Prevention
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01536 491674