A Vacancy at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust.
Successfully shortlisted candidates will be invited to an interview on 20th March 2025.
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.
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.
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. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
For all main duties of the job, please refer to the job description and personal specification document attached to this advert.
This advert closes on Wednesday 5 Mar 2025
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