As exciting opportunity to join our maternity Improvement and Education team as Practice development Team. This role is pivotal for the safety and quality of maternity care across the whole service and position will work in works in close collaboration with the multidisciplinary team to plan training and development opportunities for all staff.

Main duties of the job

• Be responsible for personal and professional development of all staff and learners within the Maternity Department.
• Facilitate practice learning to the highest quality through teaching, assessing, administration and practice-based work whilst supporting the Trust's Clinical Governance Agenda.
• Work in close collaboration with external agencies, with the clinical and organisational multidisciplinary team of the Trust and link with Higher Education Institutions to influence educational strategy.
• Working with senior midwifery team and multidisciplinary team in taking forward and shaping the future of midwifery practice in the light of the local, national and professional agenda.
• Play a pivotal role in education provision within the Maternity department, the Facilitator will be a proficient, approachable role model in addition to an expert clinician in the field of Midwifery, with a proven track record of clinical achievement.
• Areas within the Maternity department include: Labour Ward, Birth Centre, Rusper Ward, Burstow Ward, Maternity Day Unit, Antenatal Clinic and the Community Base to provide clinical support.
• Support the Education Lead Midwife with external reporting and compliance eg. MIS

For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

About us

We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as 'Outstanding' and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:

• Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021.
• National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do.
• We are rated the sixth highest trust in the South East and in the top 25% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application clearly reflects where you match them including any examples you would like to highlight.

Person Specification

Criteria

Essential

• Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
• A complete and accurate application
• Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
• Evidence of essential experience for role
• Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
• Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
• Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
• Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification

Employer details

Employer name

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

Address

East Surrey Hospital

Canada Avenue

Redhill

RH1 5RH

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326-6525476-AT