Main area: Maternity
Grade Band: 8a
Contract: Permanent
Monday - Friday Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Contribute to the on-call rota)
Job ref: 387-WC0896-DA
Site: St Michael's Hospital
Town: Bristol
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 04/03/2025 23:59
As an organisation, we recognise the value of a healthy work-life balance. When applying, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate flexible working, so your work life fits around your home life.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within the Trust.
Are you an experienced Registered Midwife with a passion for promoting and delivering excellent education for Maternity services?
If so, we have a rare and exciting opportunity to join the Maternity Practice Education Team as the Lead Midwife for Education and Training.
The post holder will be the strategic and operational lead for Education and Training for the Maternity Service workforce at UHBW. Through strong leadership and effective management, the Lead Midwife for Education and Training will promote and deliver excellence while maintaining and continually improving clinical standards.
The post holder works strategically and operationally with the Patient Safety Team, Senior Leadership Team, Obstetric and Anaesthetic Education Leads to embed and sustain learning arising from governance and assurance processes via MDT education and training. They link with Maternity and Neonatal Voices partnership and other patient groups to ensure that the families' voice is at the heart of education programmes. They will also work collaboratively with North Bristol Trust to align cross-city guidance and education.
Main duties of the job
Ensure that the provision of education and training meets the needs of the maternity service and facilitates the provision of the right level of competent practitioners, delivering safe, evidence-based care within the Trust. Ensure that the required compliance regarding training standards within the key areas set out in the Core Competency Framework, Maternity Incentive Scheme and the Maternity and Neonatal three-year plan are met.
To lead the development of maternity training and education within the division, exploring new ways of working to support modernisation and achievement of key targets.
Represent UHBW Maternity Education on divisional, trust, regional and national education forums.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond.
As a forward-thinking multi-award-winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.
UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For all main duties of the job, please refer to the job description and personal specification document attached to this advert.
Person specification
Knowledge and Experience
* Extensive knowledge of Education and Training in Maternity relating to national standards
* Strong leadership abilities
* Enthusiastic, highly motivated, and able to inspire others
* Conscientious, committed, reliable and hardworking
* Recent experience of MDT working in Maternity Education and Training
* Experience of quality improvement
Skills and Abilities
* Ability to establish credibility rapidly with a wide range of staff
* Ability to communicate clearly to a range of audiences & disciplines
* Ability to deal sensitively with emotive situations
* Resilience
* Dynamic
* Flexible
* Enthusiastic & Motivated
* Possessed of personal insight and awareness
* Good team player
* Be able to participate in an on-call rota
* Respectful
* Supportive
Qualifications and Training
* Registered Midwife
* Current NMC Registration
* Qualifications / Extended Knowledge in Midwifery master’s degree or equivalent, or willingness to work towards
* Post Graduation Certificate in Education or equivalent, or willingness to work towards
We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.
The Trust is committed to investing in and caring for all our staff. We will support you in maintaining and improving your health and wellbeing, as well as your career development through management and training support - developing exceptional people for exceptional careers.
UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults.
To comply with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 all applicants must be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed at Interview.
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Please note that if you apply for a position with this Trust, you may be contacted via Trac or via email. This includes invites for job interviews. We therefore recommend that you regularly check your Trac account and email accounts.
Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore, please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification.
Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.
As a guide interviews should usually take place within 3 weeks of the closing date.
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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.
Name: Anne Tomlinson
Job title: Lead Midwife for Education and Training
Email address: anne.tomlinson@uhbw.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 01173425334
If you have problems applying, contact
Address: United Bristol Healthcare Trust
Bristol Royal Infirmary
Marlborough Street
Bristol
BS2 8HW
Telephone: 01173425000 (option 1)
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