Clinical Practice Education Midwife

Division: Women, Children and Young People

Care Group: Women's Care

Band: 7

Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 per annum

Interview Date: 4th December 2024

This is an exciting role offering an experienced midwife the opportunity to impart their skills and knowledge to others, inspiring the next generation of midwives.

Main duties of the job

Support other midwives, student midwives and maternity care assistants in their training and personal development and the overall care provided to women and their families

Support the education team in ongoing education for future midwives including insitu-simulation and PROMPT training.

Provide constructive feedback and support to enable junior midwives to develop increased clinical skills and ability

Ensure students feel nurtured, supported and encouraged in their midwifery career

Act as a mentor for junior midwives, students and other members of the multi-professional team

Work within local Safeguarding multiagency guidance and support junior colleagues with issues around safeguarding and child protection issues

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

About us

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of the Best of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time ?

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.

As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy - Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.

Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:

B - Bold

E - Every person counts

S - Sharing and open

T - Together

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The aim of the role is for the clinical practice education midwife, being a midwife with significant experience, to share their invaluable expertise, knowledge and skills to support less experienced colleagues starting out in their midwifery career.

It is recognised that the preceptorship is a challenging year, and the legacy midwife would provide guidance and clinical support to preceptees. The role would also provide support to return to practice midwives, newly qualified post registration nurse/midwives, international recruits and those requiring a greater level of support.

The successful candidate would be employed as a Band 7 Clinical Practice Education Midwife and will be required to work flexibly within the maternity unit to accommodate preceptee shift patterns and promote a varied learning environment.

This would suit a midwife seeking a period following a considerable midwifery career, who is keen to supervise, support and hand over career insights to students and colleagues.

The role would support the retention of newly qualified midwives, helping to boost the midwifery workforce in Kent.

This is an exciting opportunity to inspire the next generation of midwives in Kent and Medway.

Support junior members of the multi-professional team to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for mothers and their babies

Provide guidance on how to liaise with the multidisciplinary team when complex needs are identified

Provide guidance on how to work collaboratively with other agencies identifying women and their families where there are concerns regarding child protection, domestic violence, substance misuse and for women with special needs

Provide guidance on how to work autonomously within guidelines of professional practice

Provide guidance on how to prioritise time to ensure effective care is given to women and families

Support learning around the importance of ensuring the health and social setting is responsive to the individual needs of women, particularly those who are disadvantaged

Support learners in advocating and supporting the rights of individual women to make informed choices about their care

Support learners in providing appropriate health surveillance, health promotion and informed choice with antenatal screening, referring to consultant team as required

Support learners in appropriate risk assessment, to ensure the provision of safe and effective intrapartum care

Provide guidance on how to monitor the effectiveness of care delivery, re-negotiating programmes of care where indicated to meet the needs of women

Provide guidance on participation in clinical audit and the development of research and evidence-based practice

Ensure documentation of care is comprehensive and meets the standards for professional record keeping

Ensure adherence to the Trust Policy on Incident Reporting

This job role will include a maternity manager on call.

Communication and working relationships:

Establish and maintain effective communication with individuals and groups about complex or difficult matters, overcoming any barriers to communication

As a member of a multi-professional team contribute to effective communication and its relevance to effective care provision including sensitive information and bereavement support, including all issues relating to Child Protection

Deal sensitively and effectively with conflicts within the team

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree or equivalent experience
• Registered Midwife with current NMC registration
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Accredited teaching qualification or equivalent experience (e.g. Practice Supervisor / Practice Assessor preparation)

Desirable

• Coaching experience

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Significant and broad-ranging clinical experience
• Experience of supporting learners in practice
• Experience of teaching theoretical and practical skills
• Good knowledge of supervision and assessment, preceptorship, clinical supervision and education and development of practice
• Broad range and depth of experience of midwifery practice in both the acute and community settings

Communication

Essential

• Be supportive and encouraging of learners
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to communicate unpleasant and sensitive information

Employer details

Employer name

Medway NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Medway Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Windmill Road, Gillingham, Chatham, Kent ME7 5NY

Gillingham

ME7 5NY

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