Employer: Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Nottingham University Hospitals
Town: Nottingham
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 24/11/2024 23:59
Preceptorship Support Midwife
Band 6
Job overview
Want a career with growth, progression, and empowerment? Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the UK’s largest acute teaching Trusts in England. Our Maternity Services offer a wide range of choice and support for all women and families, from midwifery-led birthing units to specialised neonatal care. This means our midwives have the unique opportunity to work across a range of highly specialist departments – giving you the chance to develop highly sought-after skills right from the very start of your career.
When you join, you’ll receive excellent guidance and support from us as an organisation, but also from some of the most experienced and dedicated members of our Maternity Services team. From there, you’ll have the power to take your career down any branch or specialism of midwifery that inspires you.
We’re looking for compassionate, ambitious, and progressive people to join our team. With so many opportunities for self-development and progression, we need people who want to learn and inspire others. People who have a voice and want to use it to drive positive change. People who love a challenge and want to be part of transformation.
Main duties of the job
Based within the Family Health Directorate, the post holder will be a proactive role-model, who supports the practice and development of our newly qualified midwives (NQM). The post holder will have a visible presence on both campuses and within the community setting.
With compassionate leadership, guidance and direction to NQM, supporting as they transition from student to midwife, to develop and enhance their clinical competence and confidence, making sure that the provision of high quality, evidence based clinical care is embedded in their everyday practice and received on every occasion by the people who use the local maternity service.
The post holder will be required to evaluate and implement the development of programmes and clinical skills competencies including the preceptorship programme to ensure that they meet the needs of both the staff and the service.
You will be responsible for the continuous monitoring of the achievement and suitability of required competencies for NQMs, building supportive individualised development plans in partnership with the identified staff member as appropriate to achieve specifically identified outcomes.
Working for our organisation
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Patient care and clinical expertise
* Provide clinical expertise, specialist advice and support across the whole spectrum of the service related to the training and development agenda.
* Be an expert clinical practitioner, prioritising and planning workload to include working clinically to support the newly qualified midwives.
* Demonstrate compassionate, visionary leadership, working in partnership with the Maternity Workforce Matron, to create a safe learning environment that is conducive to encouraging and enabling newly qualified midwives to grow and flourish.
* Support newly qualified midwives to ensure that an integrated approach in training and education meets the diversity both within our team and the local community.
* Assist newly qualified midwives to identify their individual learning needs and the effective learning activities required to meet these needs while fostering a positive attitude towards life-long learning.
* Role model mindfulness of the cultural diversity within the workplace ensuring demonstration and promotion of inclusivity at all times.
* Maintain presence in the clinical areas. Continually lead, support and guide staff in the evaluation of the quality and effectiveness of care given.
* Support with the recruitment and induction of new starters in collaboration with the maternity workforce team.
Development
* Actively contribute to the identification and development of clinical competencies expected for every level of midwifery practice.
* Participate in the induction/orientation of newly qualified midwives, using your clinical skills to support their development and sign off competencies.
* Maintain accurate records of individual staff members' development and progress throughout their preceptorship programme.
* Be responsible for identification of own continuing educational needs and development.
Clinical Leadership
* Focus on newly qualified midwives, maintaining a highly visible presence on wards/departments including community.
* Act as an effective role model and an accessible support to staff members, promoting collaborative multi-disciplinary working.
* Responsible for ensuring newly qualified midwives are aware of the systems and processes in place at NUH.
* Create an environment that is supportive and conducive to learning.
* Maintain awareness of local and national health care issues.
* Develop opportunities for staff to access appropriate education and training programmes.
Clinical Support
* Ability to work clinically on the antenatal/postnatal wards and labour suite.
* Support the newly qualified midwives to complete their blood transfusion packages.
* Provide knowledge and guidance to newly qualified midwives to complete their IV therapy passport and medicines management package.
* Become a medical devices assessor to ensure the newly qualified midwives have the correct access to provide safe care.
* Ability to work cross site and manage your diary effectively and flexibly.
Person specification
* Diploma or Degree in Midwifery
* 2 years experience as a band 6 midwife
* Evidence of CPD
* Completion of preceptorship
* Experience supporting newly qualified midwives
* Cannulation
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Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare.
Closing Dates: Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date.
Communication: All communication related to your application will be via the email address you have provided. Please ensure you check your email account including your junk email regularly.
NUH are now able to offer application completion support and interview preparation support.
If you are aged 16 or 17 and applying for a role that is more than 20 hours a week, please be aware that you will be asked to commence an Apprenticeship within the Trust alongside your role.
Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part-time workers.
Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.
At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.
ID and Right to work checks: NUH authenticate ID and right to work documentation including passports and driving licenses.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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