The aim of the role is for the clinical practice education midwife, being a midwife with significant experience, to share their invaluable expertise, knowledge and skills to support less experienced colleagues starting out in their midwifery career. It is recognised that the preceptorship is a challenging year, and the legacy midwife would provide guidance and clinical support to preceptees. The role would also provide support to return to practice midwives, newly qualified post registration nurse/midwives, international recruits and those requiring a greater level of support. The successful candidate would be employed as a Band 7 Clinical Practice Education Midwife and will be required to work flexibly within the maternity unit to accommodate preceptee shift patterns and promote a varied learning environment. This would suit a midwife seeking a period following a considerable midwifery career, who is keen to supervise, support and hand over career insights to students and colleagues. The role would support the retention of newly qualified midwives, helping to boost the midwifery workforce in Kent. This is an exciting opportunity to inspire the next generation of midwives in Kent and Medway. Support junior members of the multi-professional team to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care for mothers and their babies Provide guidance on how to liaise with the multidisciplinary team when complex needs are identified Provide guidance on how to work collaboratively with other agencies identifying women and their families where there are concerns regarding child protection, domestic violence, substance misuse and for women with special needs Provide guidance on how to work autonomously within guidelines of professional practice Provide guidance on how to prioritise time to ensure effective care is given to women and families Support learning around the importance of ensuring the health and social setting is responsive to the individual needs of women, particularly those who are disadvantaged Support learners in advocating and supporting the rights of individual women to make informed choices about their care Support learners in providing appropriate health surveillance, health promotion and informed choice with antenatal screening, referring to consultant team as required Support learners in appropriate risk assessment, to ensure the provision of safe and effective intrapartum care Provide guidance on how to monitor the effectiveness of care delivery, re-negotiating programmes of care where indicated to meet the needs of women Provide guidance on participation in clinical audit and the development of research and evidence-based practice Ensure documentation of care is comprehensive and meets the standards for professional record keeping Ensure adherence to the Trust Policy on Incident Reporting This job role will include a maternity manager on call. Communication and working relationships: Establish and maintain effective communication with individuals and groups about complex or difficult matters, overcoming any barriers to communication As a member of a multi-professional team contribute to effective communication and its relevance to effective care provision including sensitive information and bereavement support, including all issues relating to Child Protection Deal sensitively and effectively with conflicts within the team