Practice Development Midwife– Retention and MSSW Specialist Midwife

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be expected to:

Be responsible for personal and professional development of all staff and learners within Maternity team, in collaboration with the Senior Practice Development Midwife, Matron and Head of Midwifery.

Facilitate practice learning to the highest quality through teaching, assessing, evaluation, administration and practice-based work whilst supporting the organizations Clinical Governance agenda.

Work as a change agent within the organization wide multidisciplinary team in taking forward and shaping the future of Midwifery practice in the light of the local, national and professional agenda.

Play a pivotal role in education provision within the department. The practice development Midwife will be a proficient, approachable role model in addition to an expert clinician, with a proven track record of clinical achievement.

The post holder will be required to work clinically alongside staff in Maternity for at least 50% of their contracted working time and will, in collaboration with the Senior Practice Development Midwife within the Whittington Health, develop effective systems for preceptorship and clinical supervision.

Take a lead in recruitment and retention of staff.

In undertaking this role, the employee will be expected to behave at all times in a way that is consistent with and actively supports the organizations values or lead the search for and development of innovative methods of teaching

Please see Job Description for Main Duties with regards to:

Education and Staff Support

Management

Clinical Practice

Research

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• At least 3 years previous band 6 midwifery experience
• Has worked in a range of clinical areas including recent intrapartum experience
• Has experience of teaching
• Experience of being actively involved in recruitment

Desirable

• Experience working in senior or leadership position in/out patient clinical area
• Experience of teaching in a classroom setting
• Experience of directly managing staff
• Experience of active retention of staff
• Experience of ongoing education of MSSW

Training and Education

Essential

• Has completed a mentor assessor SSSA course or equivelent
• Has teaching experience
• Evidence of ongoing professional development

Desirable

• Qualified as Professional Midwifery Advocate
• Has Teaching qualification/PGCert
• Experience of facilitating and implementing programmes to meet training needs
• Has qualification in Examination of the Newborn

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Competent in IV drug administration and Medicines management
• Competent in cannulation
• Competent in perineal suturing
• Competent in waterbirth
• IT literate - word & Excel

Desirable

• Ability to carry out audit and research in the clinical setting
• Evidence of Audit implementation
• Evidence of working closely with the MDT to implement change

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

Address

Whittington Health

Magdala Avenue

London

N19 5NF

Employer's website

https://www.whittington.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)