Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for Registered Adult Nurses to apply for the two-year, MSc Midwifery (pre-registration) with Sheffield Hallam University.
This opportunity will be funded by NHS England who will fund salary (up to AfC mid-point band-5), tuition fees and placement tariff. On completion of the course, if the successful candidates have met the NMC (2019) Standards for Proficiency for Midwives, they will be eligible to be registered on the midwifery section of the NMC register.
The two-year NMC approved course will provide the successful candidates with a wide base of knowledge and skills aligned to national policy which meets the NMC requirements for future midwives.
Main duties of the job
The programme is 50% theory and 50% practice based.
Theory will be a blend of face-to-face teaching at Sheffield Hallam University, project-based working, case studies, independent study and online resources. It will allow the successful candidates to develop their knowledge and skills in the care of women and their babies in the antenatal, intrapartum, and postnatal periods, as well as in the care of the newborn baby and how to practice safely and effectively as an autonomous practitioner. It will encourage critical thinking and teach the successful candidates how to apply an evidence-based approach to support decision-making in clinical practice.
80% of the theory will be delivered online as distance learning. There will be nine weeks of face-to-face teaching on campus at Sheffield Hallam University across the two years.
Clinical placements will encompass community, antenatal and postnatal experiences, and labour ward/birth centres within the employing NHS Trust Maternity Unit.
The clinical placements will allow successful candidates to apply evidence-based theory into clinical practice to achieve the required proficiencies for registration as a midwife.
About us
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
The Directorate of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Neonatology is based at the Jessop Wing which is linked to the Royal Hallamshire Hospital. The maternity unit has over 6800 births per year and is a Regional Tertiary Maternity Service with a Level 3 Neonatal Unit of 44 cots. A tertiary Gynae-Oncology service and a changing Gynaecology Service, which includes an Assisted Conception Unit, complete the services within the Directorate.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term contract basis for a period of 2 years due to this being an apprenticeship/training programme. The fixed term contract status of the post holder will be reviewed in accordance with the Trust's legal obligations regarding fixed term contracts.
A learner/applicant must be a UK, EEA, or EU resident for at least the past three years to undertake an apprenticeship/training programme.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. Applicants will hold a first degree (honours) recognised in the UK with a classification of or above.
2. The University will consider applications on an individual basis if applicants hold an Ordinary degree in Nursing / Advanced Diploma in Nursing Studies.
3. Applicants must also hold three GCSEs or equivalents at grade 4 / C or above, in mathematics, English language or literature, and a science subject.
4. Evidence of relevant study.