Job summary
We are recruiting for a Practice Development Midwife who wishes to join #TeamIOWNHS. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients and staff receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey towards "great people, great place".
If you are an enthusiastic, dynamic highly motivated, experienced Midwife who has a passion for teaching and enabling others to meet their full potential this role is for you.
Main duties of the job
The education programme is well established and there is excellent record of multi professional learning, including PROMPT training for obstetric emergencies. You will work closely with our recruitment and retention Midwives, Fetal Surveillance leads and other members of the education team. Together with the obstetric lead consultant for education, you will plan and deliver the Maternity Training Programme throughout the year for the whole MDT.
You will be an innovative expert practitioner with a passion for providing patient centred care alongside embracing change to improve safety and the patient experience. You will be able to demonstrate leadership qualities to a high standard and have evidence of change management skills. You will also be aware of local and national drivers for maternity services coupled with a good understanding of the recommendations of the National Maternity transformation programme.
If you join the team, you will be supported to develop personally and professionally to ensure you are equipped with the skills required to deliver high quality training for both newly qualified and experienced staff across all areas of maternity.
We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values are Compassion, Accountable, Respect and Everyone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services.
About us
The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is the only integrated acute, community, mental health and ambulance health care provider in England. We serve a population of approximately 150,000 residents, making the services we offer variable and personalised with a flexible approach to our service users.
Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire Trust's beach hut in Ryde. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem located off the South Coast of England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth. The island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year-round events, festivals and award-winning attractions.
Our 2020-2025 strategy sets out to ensure that we continue to be a provider of excellent and compassionate care. As part of this strategy, we are proactively taking steps to ensure that we recruit and retain the highest quality of talent to provide CARE and we would welcome applications from under-represented groups to ensure our Trust is an inclusive and diverse employer.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the 'Job Description and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the 'Job Description and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.
Person Specification
Qualifications and role specific knowledge
Essential
- Current RM registration.
- Two years post qualification experience
- Sign off mentor / Practice Assessor qualification with completion of Supporting Learning and Assessment in Practice Course or equivalent
- Evidence of further continued practice development
- Evidence of IT training or practice in order to demonstrate data recording and interpretation on a relevant hospital system
Desirable
- Line leadership course
- Masters degree and/or evidence of working towards an educational qualification
Physical Skills
Essential
- Experience with teaching within the maternity setting
- Sound clinical skills - confident to provide midwifery care in a variety of settings
- Competent in the following skills: Cannulation Suturing Conducting a water birth IV drug administration Fetal monitoring Supervising and assessing student
- Supporting early career midwives
- Working knowledge and skills of Microsoft packages
- Good communication skills, able to deliver clear and concise verbal and written instruction at all levels
- Be able to organise, facilitate and educate in groups or one to one using initiative and innovative methods to engage staff and members of the multidisciplinary team
- Audit and research methodology experience
- Experience delivering PROMPT training
Desirable
- Coaching skills
- Experience of working with NHSLA/CNST standards process
- NIPE practitioner
- Contribution to authorship of SOPs/guidelines
- Extensive experience of both acute and community settings
Aptitudes
Essential
- Excellent presentation skills
- Ability to work collaboratively with peers and wider team
- Ability to work flexible hours and participate in rotation of areas according to service need
- Ability to problem solve and forward plan
- Ability to show flexibility and prioritise workload accordingly
- Ability to work under pressure to adhere to deadlines
Desirable
- Previous conference or study day presentations
Communication Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills be clear and concise verbal and written instructions at all health care and patient Levels
- Behaviours Framework
Person Specification
Qualifications and role specific knowledge
Essential
- Current RM registration.
- Two years post qualification experience
- Sign off mentor / Practice Assessor qualification with completion of Supporting Learning and Assessment in Practice Course or equivalent
- Evidence of further continued practice development
- Evidence of IT training or practice in order to demonstrate data recording and interpretation on a relevant hospital system
Desirable
- Line leadership course
- Masters degree and/or evidence of working towards an educational qualification
Physical Skills
Essential
- Experience with teaching within the maternity setting
- Sound clinical skills - confident to provide midwifery care in a variety of settings
- Competent in the following skills: Cannulation Suturing Conducting a water birth IV drug administration Fetal monitoring Supervising and assessing student
- Supporting early career midwives
- Working knowledge and skills of Microsoft packages
- Good communication skills, able to deliver clear and concise verbal and written instruction at all levels
- Be able to organise, facilitate and educate in groups or one to one using initiative and innovative methods to engage staff and members of the multidisciplinary team
- Audit and research methodology experience
- Experience delivering PROMPT training
Desirable
- Coaching skills
- Experience of working with NHSLA/CNST standards process
- NIPE practitioner
- Contribution to authorship of SOPs/guidelines
- Extensive experience of both acute and community settings
Aptitudes
Essential
- Excellent presentation skills
- Ability to work collaboratively with peers and wider team
- Ability to work flexible hours and participate in rotation of areas according to service need
- Ability to problem solve and forward plan
- Ability to show flexibility and prioritise workload accordingly
- Ability to work under pressure to adhere to deadlines
Desirable
- Previous conference or study day presentations
Communication Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills be clear and concise verbal and written instructions at all health care and patient Levels
- Behaviours Framework
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.
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).
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
