Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for a 6-month, band 7, secondment to the Practice Development Midwife role, working within the Pastoral Team.
We are looking for a motivated midwife with 3 years’ experience who has a passion for developing and providing support to midwives of all bands.
What we can offer you?
1. Supportive management
2. Development of your leadership skills
3. QI training
4. CCAST assessor training
5. Flexible and autonomous working
6. 37.5 hours per week, part time hours considered
What you must need to be able to offer us:
Essential:
7. Be a dynamic and motivated band 6 midwife with positive role modelling behaviours.
8. Demonstrate excellent leadership skills, caring and compassionate.
9. Be fully competent with all CCAST packages including cannulation, perineal suturing etc.
10. Be able to evidence ongoing clinical development and have current compliance with K2 CTG training
11. Minimum of 80% compliant with your ESR.
12. Assessor/mentorship qualification
13. Provision of an effective learning environment for students and other qualified staff, identifying and addressing/escalating any learning needs.
Desirable:
14. Professional Midwifery Advocate
15. PROMPT trainer
16. NLS trained
17. NIPE trained
Main duties of the job
The primary function of the practice development midwife, is to actively engage in the development, implementation and evaluation of midwifery practice. You will work clinically with midwives in all areas to ensure that these midwives are assessed in the breath of clinical competencies required to ensure the safe delivery of compassionate midwifery practice.
You will have the responsibility to ensure that newly qualified, existing and internationally educated midwives, are supported and can successfully demonstrate the necessary clinical competencies whilst assuring their practice is evidence based and safe.
To act as the practice development midwife within the maternity department, supporting staff in practice to ensure that newly qualified, existing and internationally educated midwives, can successfully demonstrate the necessary clinical competencies so that their practice is evidence based and safe.
You must be able to demonstrate excellent leadership skills, be a caring and compassionate individual focused on providing excellent quality patient care, working within the values held by the Trust.
Working for our organisation
As a Service we believe in choice.
We are passionate about women centred care, and are committed to offering a wide range of experiences and development for our staff.
We aim to provide the best possible standards of care in a warm, relaxed, friendly environment and we are committed to providing this in partnership with women, their families and the multidisciplinary team.
With a diverse community and around 4700 births at home, or on one of our two sites, we have an ambitious plan across the Local Maternity System for transforming maternity services aligned with the Better Births recommendations in order to meet the needs of the women with in the local population.
Join our team and support our vision of delivering the right care, first time, every time.
We offer a variety of flexible working patterns, which can be discussed further at interview.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
18. Currently NMC Registered Midwife
19. Registered Midwife with at least 3 years’ experience who has worked in all areas
20. Evidence of professional development.
21. Fully competent with all packages including perineal suturing
22. Teaching qualification
23. Assessor/mentorship course or equivalent
24. Fully competent with all packages including perineal suturing
Desirable criteria
25. Professional Midwifery Advocate- if not with a willingness to undertake training if no qualification
26. Masters degree
27. PROMPT Trainer
28. NLS Trained
Skills
Essential criteria
29. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
30. Teaching skills
31. Ability to be objective when assessing staff
Desirable criteria
32. Experienced in managing groups.
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