This is an exciting opportunity for a Midwife to work as a Practice Development Midwife. This will involve working in each locality of the health board.

You will be instrumental in leading and providing expertise and support for registered midwives, maternity support workers, HCSW and students on placement within the Health Board.

You will be key in facilitating PROMPT both for the hospital and the community settings.

Work collaboratively in the Team to promote a culture that accepts change, embraces development and recognizes the value of reflection and ability to challenge practice delivered by self and others.

Main duties of the job

The overarching aim is to develop practices in all aspects of maternity services and all points on the women's maternity care pathway. The focus will be on developing staff and to focus on providing evidence, quality based women centred care in line with local and national guidelines and recommendations form national advisory bodies.

The key performance indicators will be mandatory training attendance and competency assessment in core midwifery skills e.g. Intrapartum monitoring and PROMPT.

The post holder will:

Work closely with senior midwifery team, and corporate educational team to develop and support programmes for newly appointed staff.

Provide leadership for all members of the Midwifery and Non-Midwifery team acting as a role model leading and promoting appropriate midwifery care and provide information to the expectant mother to enable her to make an informed choice about the place and mode of delivery and services available.

Actively contribute to service developments at both a directorate and Trust level by attendance and participation in practice development forums and workshops, directorate meetings, including staff meetings, focus groups and benchmarking groups.

Implement new projects and initiatives which improve services delivered to Patients and the operational effectiveness of the defined service areas, Directorate and Health Board.

About us

Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 12,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:

Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest

Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire

47 general practices (6 of which are managed practices), 45 dental practices (including 4 orthodontic), 96 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres

Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services

Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Interviews to be held on 22/10/2024.

You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.

The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

The ability to communicate in Welsh isdesirablefor this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.

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Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

Essential

• Registered Midwife
• Diploma / Degree
• Comprehensive post registration midwifery experience to Masters level or equivalent
• Evidence of continuing practice development

Experience

Essential

• Worked in all midwifery settings
• Experience of mentoring and developing staff
• Experienced as working as mentor/ coach/ practice assessor/ supervisor
• Has had responsibility of a ward or department
• Has excellent IT Skills
• Able to deliver a high standard of evidence based individual client care
• Effective communicator with good leadership and interpersonal skills
• Evidence of ability to make changes within the clinical environment
• Demonstrate midwifery skills underpinned by current evidence
• Demonstrate an awareness of the importance of audit and policy

Language Skills

Desirable

• Welsh Speaker (Level 1)

Employer details

Employer name

Hywel Dda University Health Board

Address

Glangwilli General Hospital

Carmarthen

SA31 2AF

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

100-NMR382-0924