The post holder will lead on the delivery of the maternity recruitment and retention strategy and act as an expert on recruitment and best practice to deliver on the programmes of work related to Midwifery workforce, recruitment and retention.

They will work closely with Midwifery Teams, working in partnership with Human Resource colleagues, the Divisional Directors of Nursing, Director of Midwifery, Corporate Nursing Quality, Lead Nurse for Internationally Educated Nurses & Midwives and Pastoral Care, Workforce Matron and HR. The post holder will lead on projects to develop new roles, innovative ways of working, and programmes to support the recruitment and retention of staff.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work closely with the Practice Development and Professional Midwifery Advocates team, to enhance experience of work and promote retention in the maternity workforce for preceptorship, early career and late career midwives.

About us

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital trust in the south-east of England.

We provide a full range of general hospital services and some aspects of specialist and complex care to around 600,000 people living in West Kent and East Sussex. We have a team of over 8,000 full and part-time staff. We also provide specialist cancer services to around 2 million people across Kent and East Sussex via the Kent Oncology Centre. Fordcombe Hospital is near Tunbridge Wells and became part of the Trust in October 2024. It focusses on planned care and has two operating theatres, 28 inpatient and day care beds, diagnostic services including X-ray, MRI, CT and endoscopy, and a number of consultation and treatment rooms.

In the 2023 NHS staff survey, our employees ranked MTW among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and the second-best Trust to work for in the South East.

Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.

Following your Corporate Induction you will be expected to attend the Trusts 2-week Induction Programme for RNs, NAs, RMs, ODPs and Paramedics. The programme is full-time (please emailmtw-tr.professionalstandards@nhs.netif this is problematic) and will involve travel to both Trust sites. The programme includes supernumerary shifts in the clinical area, classroom-based sessions and e-learning.

Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check atEnhanced Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children)

At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career. We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work.

We support our staff with disabilities to ensure they have the adjustments they need to be the best they can be in the workplace. Collaborating with Access to Work means that our staff are assessed by experts in the workplace and we ensure that their recommendations are implemented as quickly as possible. You can find out more here: Access to Work: get support if you have a disability or health condition: What Access to Work is - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Interview Date: To be confirmed

Please note that this role may often attract a high level of applications. Please note this role may close earlier than the original closing date so please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Master's Degree or level 7 equivalent or equivalent experi-ence or working towards
• Current registration with NMC
• Leadership/management quali-fication or working towards, or where not held, willingness to undertake on appointment
• Teaching and assessing in practice qualification or equiv-alent
• Evidence of continuous profes-sional development

Experience

Essential

• Experience in an acute healthcare setting
• Formal and informal teaching experience
• Experience of managing re-cruitment within an Acute NHS Trust
• Able to build influential work-ing relationships at all levels within and outside the organ-isation when considering re-cruitment and retention
• Considerable experi-ence of recruitment and partnership working
• Experience of conflict management

Desirable

• Management experience and taking the lead in a multidisciplinary team
• Experience of working with e - rostering and safe care
• Knowledge of National Legislation around Safe Staffing
• Experience managing international attraction campaigns within a high- volume
• Resourcing/recruitment market

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge of national materni-ty agenda and current issues relating to the NHS
• Awareness of key principles of risk management pro-cesses
• Knowledge of Key Performance Indicators (KPI) that are used within maternity
• Awareness of Local Tar-gets and Performance Dashboard
• A knowledgeable clinician with the ability to apply evi-dence to practice

Desirable

• Knowledge of workforce plan-ning, modelling and data mining tools and methodologies
• Knowledge of overseas resourc-ing and recruitment services and practices with experience in lead-ing successful recruitment and retention programmes

Employer details

Employer name

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

Address

Tunbridge Wells Hospital

Tunbridge Wells

TN2 4QJ

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