Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced registered midwife with a passion for providing professional leadership to support midwives in order to improve the development of clinical skills, to develop and maintain clinical practice knowledge and skills and improve retention.
The successful candidate will work to closely alongside our Preceptorship Midwife and Practice Development Midwife to promote the retention and reduce attrition of the future midwifery workforce, whilst also implementing services to improve the wellbeing of staff.
The role will involve working with Regional and National Leads to support the Retention programme as retention is a key component of the People Plan and the NHS Long term plan.
Main duties of the job
- This role will support the team to enhance the clinical competence of midwives improving provision of the fundamentals of care and encourage and promote personal development.
- The successful candidate will spend 90% of time in the clinical setting supporting Band 6 and 7 midwives alongside the Practice Development Midwife and clinical preceptorship midwife to ensure that they can work competently and confidently in all inpatient areas.
- A list of key duties can be found in the Job description attached
About us
Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.
The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester
Our workforce is nearly 6,800 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
Our objectives are simple:
- Best services for local people
- Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
- Best use of resources
- Best people
Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.
We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Purpose
- To act as an expert practitioner / role model, providing professional leadership and support to midwives in order to improve development of clinical skills, to develop and maintain clinical practice knowledge and skills and improve retention.
- This role will support the team to enhance the clinical competence of midwives improving provision of the fundamentals of care and encourage and promote personal development.
- To spend 90% of time in the clinical setting supporting Band 6 and 7 midwives alongside the Practice Development Midwife and clinical preceptorship midwife to ensure that they can work competently and confidently in all inpatient areas.
Key Duties
- To be an expert autonomous practitioner
- To provide clinical leadership and support to midwives within all clinical areas.
- Facilitate changes in midwifery practice which improves the quality of care provided to women and their families.
- Support midwives to complete their competencies in a timely manner and be part of the assessment process.
- Establish and maintain effective communication within the multidisciplinary team.
- To embrace national recommendations in relation to midwifery practice, recruitment and retention and lead on developments as a result of these recommendations.
- To demonstrate a high level of leadership and promote and maintain good working relationships within the maternity unit and all members of the multi-disciplinary team.
- To use midwifery expertise as a resource to clinically support midwives, promoting normality as well as providing appropriate guidance for high risk care.
- To be available to midwives to provide expert advice on all matters pertaining to midwifery practice.
- To be an expert in CTG interpretation and support midwives to become experts themselves.
- To be able to identify with help from other colleagues, who requires support and what level of support is required.
- Be able to flex your roster to enable you to work with the midwives who require support.
- To act as a change agent particularly with regard to the introduction of evidence based practice by sharing information and expertise within the labour ward and other clinical areas.
- To support midwives on development programmes, working in collaboration with the respective line managers.
- To provide education and training in practice, to include skills drills and practical skills necessary for the midwifes extended role.
- Participate in teaching on the multidisciplinary in-house training programme.
- To take part in the multidisciplinary weekly case reviews and share learning from these
- To plan, implement and support key projects as identified by the Director of Midwifery and matrons in line with trust wide/national initiatives.
- Evaluate changes in midwifery practice at local level.
- To participate in audit, risk management, quality, practice and education initiatives and drive and support the implementation of change as necessary.
- To support the Maternity Matrons to improve midwifery retention, supporting any Return to Practice Midwives and International Recruitment.
- To be an active member of additional directorate forums in a clinical expert capacity
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Purpose
- To act as an expert practitioner / role model, providing professional leadership and support to midwives in order to improve development of clinical skills, to develop and maintain clinical practice knowledge and skills and improve retention.
- This role will support the team to enhance the clinical competence of midwives improving provision of the fundamentals of care and encourage and promote personal development.
- To spend 90% of time in the clinical setting supporting Band 6 and 7 midwives alongside the Practice Development Midwife and clinical preceptorship midwife to ensure that they can work competently and confidently in all inpatient areas.
Key Duties
- To be an expert autonomous practitioner
- To provide clinical leadership and support to midwives within all clinical areas.
- Facilitate changes in midwifery practice which improves the quality of care provided to women and their families.
- Support midwives to complete their competencies in a timely manner and be part of the assessment process.
- Establish and maintain effective communication within the multidisciplinary team.
- To embrace national recommendations in relation to midwifery practice, recruitment and retention and lead on developments as a result of these recommendations.
- To demonstrate a high level of leadership and promote and maintain good working relationships within the maternity unit and all members of the multi-disciplinary team.
- To use midwifery expertise as a resource to clinically support midwives, promoting normality as well as providing appropriate guidance for high risk care.
- To be available to midwives to provide expert advice on all matters pertaining to midwifery practice.
- To be an expert in CTG interpretation and support midwives to become experts themselves.
- To be able to identify with help from other colleagues, who requires support and what level of support is required.
- Be able to flex your roster to enable you to work with the midwives who require support.
- To act as a change agent particularly with regard to the introduction of evidence based practice by sharing information and expertise within the labour ward and other clinical areas.
- To support midwives on development programmes, working in collaboration with the respective line managers.
- To provide education and training in practice, to include skills drills and practical skills necessary for the midwifes extended role.
- Participate in teaching on the multidisciplinary in-house training programme.
- To take part in the multidisciplinary weekly case reviews and share learning from these
- To plan, implement and support key projects as identified by the Director of Midwifery and matrons in line with trust wide/national initiatives.
- Evaluate changes in midwifery practice at local level.
- To participate in audit, risk management, quality, practice and education initiatives and drive and support the implementation of change as necessary.
- To support the Maternity Matrons to improve midwifery retention, supporting any Return to Practice Midwives and International Recruitment.
- To be an active member of additional directorate forums in a clinical expert capacity
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First Degree in Midwifery
- Current Professional Registration in Midwifery
- Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
- Teaching and assessing qualification
- Sign off mentor
- Completion of a leadership programme
- NIPE qualification
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 3 years post registration experience in all areas of midwifery practice
- Professional clinical experience in midwifery as a Band 6/7 midwife
- Ability to successfully manage people and change
- Awareness of governance agenda
- Experience of conflict management
- Experience in audit
- Experience in HR and Management Related Issues
- Resource Management
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First Degree in Midwifery
- Current Professional Registration in Midwifery
- Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
- Teaching and assessing qualification
- Sign off mentor
- Completion of a leadership programme
- NIPE qualification
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 3 years post registration experience in all areas of midwifery practice
- Professional clinical experience in midwifery as a Band 6/7 midwife
- Ability to successfully manage people and change
- Awareness of governance agenda
- Experience of conflict management
- Experience in audit
- Experience in HR and Management Related Issues
- Resource Management
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
