Job overview
The maternity training team provide a high quality training and development service across the entire maternity workforce supporting all staff with learning and enhancing skills. As a small team, we pride ourselves on being supportive, approachable and knowledgeable in order to deliver a robust and ever-changing education programme across maternity services at ELHT. We work across all ELHT hospital sites and deliver training in a variety of sewings and methods from face to face to virtual and e-learning.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a midwife who is knowledgeable, approachable, able to work to the highest level of professionalism and extremely organised. You will need to be supportive of others and be confident in teaching both your peers and all other roles and staff grades within maternity services. This role also requires an adaptable individual, who feels comfortable with change. We pride ourselves on ensuring that individuals feel supported and have the ability to carry out their training, learning and development in a positive environment. Candidates must share this ethos of supportive learning.
Working for our organisation
At East Lancashire Hospitals Trust, our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 7,000 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• To have a daily visibility in clinical areas providing direct support, supervision and guidance with clinical care for all maternity staff.
• Undertake an active role in the provision of practice based education and training for staff within maternity services, facilitating PROMPT training, skills drills and working closely with senior midwifery and medical staff.
• Prepare and contribute to clinical skills educational programmes that ensure that mothers and infants are cared for by staff with appropriate knowledge and skills to provide safe and effective care. The programme will take into account maternity national services framework, undergraduate agendas, service needs and professional development needs.
• Participate and oversee the facilitation and completion of mandatory training of staff pertinent to the midwifery service. A large part of this will include supporting midwives on the preceptorship programme.
• Ensure completion of required competencies for staff on development pathways.
• Facilitate in the delivery of the preceptorship programme, conduct and evaluate band 5 study days together with your line manager.
• Participate in the training, supervision and development of staff, and the support of student midwives and student doctors. This includes the development of skills such as: perineal suturing, water birth, induction of labour, cannulation, transitional care etc.
• Participate in the development and the delivery of mandatory and in-service training.
• Promote woman/person centred care with an emphasis on normality, providing advice and support to the multidisciplinary team.
• Complete appraisals for the band 5/ 6 midwives where appropriate
• Promote an active role in delivering the band 5 rotation to ensure adequate skillset and development needs are met.
Person specification
Knowledge, experience and training
Essential criteria
* Registered midwife
* BSc/BA in Midwifery
* Portfolio evidence of professional development
Desirable criteria
* Leadership course
* Teaching/assessing qualification or equivalent
* PROMPT trained facilitator
* NLS trained
Experience
Essential criteria
* Broad experience of midwifery care in all areas of maternity
* Evidence of teaching and developing staff, effective practice supervision
Desirable criteria
* Experience of change management
* Evidence of involvement with benchmarking and audit
Knowledge and skills
Essential criteria
* Good IT skills
* Demonstrate ability to make clinical decisions and to develop others in this area
* Understanding of Governance agenda
* Motivation of staff and team building
* Working within a political context
* Staff development
* Conflict and problem solving
* Initiating and managing change
* Ability to devise and deliver training
Desirable criteria
* Knowledge of budget control
Special requirements
Essential criteria
* Excellent verbal and written skill communication skills
* Good interpersonal skills
* Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
* Knowledge of change management and quality improvement
* Approachable
* Able to deal with sensitive and difficult situations with tact and diplomacy
* Self motivated, enthusiastic, innovative and flexible
Desirable criteria
* Knowledge of budget control
Other
Essential criteria
* Able to work flexibly between hospital/community locations