Job summary
North Middlesex Maternity: "A career in Midwifery, not just a job."
This role sites within a new project that falls within the Capital Midwife project to increase overseas recruitment. This new team is being created to plan and deliver training for Overseas midwives to prepare them for their OSCE exams and also to provide support for our own recruited Overseas midwives who will be working in our department.
The Practice Facilitator role will be planning and delivering training to the Overseas midwives during a rolling programme throughout the year.
Main duties of the job
Learning Support Midwife:
- To work as a skilled member of the midwifery education team, to provide a high standard of education and support to Overseas Midwives
- To communicate effectively at all levels within the multi-disciplinary
- To be able to provide first level pastoral care to Overseas
- To participate in any training as required to prepare for the
- To participate in the planning and facilitating of study days and OSCE preparation for Overseas Midwives including delivering training and feedback as required.
- To manage and support junior
- Maintaining policies, standards of nursing care and staff development, as part of the Education Team
- To be flexible in approach
About us
Our Trust has staff accommodation in North London, and is situated within easy reach of London rail terminals, Luton and Stanstead airports, and central London. We are in Zone 4, making travel to work on public transport less expensive than going into central London, as well as offering on-site parking.
We currently look after 4700 births per year and book over 5000 women for antenatal care. Our improvements over the last 18 months have seen us receiving praise from NHS Improvement regarding our committed approach to supportive management. A CCG Insight visit noted the improvements in morale and culture, with staff reporting good support and a culture of learning rather than blame. Our students are rating us highly in their university feedback, with our Poppy Team receiving "Practice Excellence Award 2020" from City University. Our Bereavement Service received the RCM award for Bereavement care in 2018. As of June 2021 we received the Capital Midwife Preceptorship Mark. Our maternity service now receives 5 star reviews on NHS choices!
This is a service on the up, and we recognise that there is great competition in London to get the best midwives into their workforce, we believe that at North Middlesex you can truly flourish.
We offer flexible working, including annualised hours, compressed hours, and working patterns to suit candidates who will have a home base some miles away or abroad and who will wish to travel home.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
EDUCATION:
Essential criteria:
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
- Evidence of continued professional development
- A good level of teaching experience
- Practice Assessor or equivalent status
- Demonstrated experience in a Healthcare environment
- Comprehensive knowledge of the Capital Midwife overseas midwifery programme and how it applies to the OSCE
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Essential criteria:
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
Job description
Job responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
EDUCATION:
Essential criteria:
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
- Evidence of continued professional development
- A good level of teaching experience
- Practice Assessor or equivalent status
- Demonstrated experience in a Healthcare environment
- Comprehensive knowledge of the Capital Midwife overseas midwifery programme and how it applies to the OSCE
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Essential criteria:
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
- Evidence of continued professional development
- A good level of teaching experience
- Practice Assessor or equivalent status
- Demonstrated experience in a Healthcare environment
- Comprehensive knowledge of the Capital Midwife overseas midwifery programme and how it applies to the OSCE
Desirable
- Awareness of teaching methodologies including clinical supervision, action learning, facilitation, face to face, etc.
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
Experience
Essential
- Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders
- Experience of supporting student/ preceptorship midwives in placement
Desirable
- Able to analyse new ways of working and delivery methods
Personal qualities
Essential
- Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales
- Demonstrate ability to work with and advocate for diverse staff groups.
- Good understanding of Information Technology and other Microsoft tools
- Friendly and approachable
- Project a professional image
- Team player
Other requirements
Essential
- Flexible approach to the needs of the service
- Willingness to adapt to a changing environment.
Person Specification
Education and qualifications
Essential
- Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level qualification or significant experience of working at a similar level in specialist area
- Evidence of continued professional development
- A good level of teaching experience
- Practice Assessor or equivalent status
- Demonstrated experience in a Healthcare environment
- Comprehensive knowledge of the Capital Midwife overseas midwifery programme and how it applies to the OSCE
Desirable
- Awareness of teaching methodologies including clinical supervision, action learning, facilitation, face to face, etc.
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
Experience
Essential
- Experience of creating and giving presentations to a varied group of internal and external stakeholders
- Experience of supporting student/ preceptorship midwives in placement
Desirable
- Able to analyse new ways of working and delivery methods
Personal qualities
Essential
- Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales
- Demonstrate ability to work with and advocate for diverse staff groups.
- Good understanding of Information Technology and other Microsoft tools
- Friendly and approachable
- Project a professional image
- Team player
Other requirements
Essential
- Flexible approach to the needs of the service
- Willingness to adapt to a changing environment.
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).
