The post holder will lead on the delivery of the maternity recruitment and retention strategy and act as an expert on recruitment and best practice to deliver on the programmes of work related to Midwifery workforce, recruitment and retention.
They will work closely with Midwifery Teams, working in partnership with Human Resource colleagues, the Divisional Directors of Nursing, Director of Midwifery, Corporate Nursing Quality, Lead Nurse for Internationally Educated Nurses & Midwives and Pastoral Care, Workforce Matron and HR. The post holder will lead on projects to develop new roles, innovative ways of working, and programmes to support the recruitment and retention of staff.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work closely with the Practice Development and Professional Midwifery Advocates team, to enhance experience of work and promote retention in the maternity workforce for preceptorship, early career and late career midwives.
Working for our organisation
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital trust in the south-east of England.
We provide a full range of general hospital services and some aspects of specialist and complex care to around 600,000 people living in West Kent and East Sussex. We have a team of over 8,000 full and part-time staff. We also provide specialist cancer services to around 2 million people across Kent and East Sussex via the Kent Oncology Centre. Fordcombe Hospital is near Tunbridge Wells and became part of the Trust in October 2024. It focusses on planned care and has two operating theatres, 28 inpatient and day care beds, diagnostic services including X-ray, MRI, CT and endoscopy, and a number of consultation and treatment rooms.
In the 2023 NHS staff survey, our employees ranked MTW among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and the second-best Trust to work for in the South East.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.
Following your Corporate Induction you will be expected to attend the Trust’s 2-week Induction Programme for RNs, NAs, RMs, ODPs and Paramedics. The programme is full-time (please email mtw-tr.professionalstandards@nhs.net if this is problematic) and will involve travel to both Trust sites. The programme includes supernumerary shifts in the clinical area, classroom-based sessions and e-learning.
Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check at Enhanced Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children)
Person specification
Qualifications
* Master’s Degree or level 7 equivalent or equivalent experience or working towards
* Leadership/management qualification or working towards, or where not held, willingness to undertake on appointment
* Teaching and assessing in practice qualification or equivalent
* Evidence of continuous professional development
* Current NMC Registered Nurse or Midwife
Experience
* Proven knowledge of specialist area of managing recruitment and developing workforce plans acquired through training or experience.
* Understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy and appreciate the implications of this on engagement.
* Formal and informal teaching experience
* Able to build influential working relationships at all levels within and outside the organisation when considering recruitment and retention
* Considerable experience of recruitment and partnership working
* Experience of conflict management
* Management experience and taking the lead in a multidisciplinary team
* Experience of working with e-rostering and safe care
* Knowledge of National Legislation around Safe Staffing
* Experience managing international attraction campaigns within a high-volume resourcing/recruitment market
* Experience in an acute healthcare setting
Knowledge
* Knowledge of national maternity agenda and current issues relating to the NHS
* Awareness of key principles of risk management processes
* Knowledge of Key Performance Indicators (KPI) that are used within maternity
* Awareness of Local Targets and Performance Dashboard
* A knowledgeable clinician with the ability to apply evidence to practice
* Knowledge of workforce planning, modelling and data mining tools and methodologies
* Knowledge of overseas resourcing and recruitment services and practices with experience in leading successful recruitment and retention programmes
This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.
Good luck! We look forward to welcoming you to our exceptional team!
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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