Band 8a Education and Workforce Lead for Maternity

Job overview

This role has multiple priorities with the safety of mothers and babies and good patient experience as it’s main goal, achieved by ensuring a highly trained, competent and well-staffed workforce. It will focus on staff wellbeing and development, good and effective teamworking, an open and honest approach to maternity specific training and development with a strong focus on evidence-based care and learning from incidents.

Main duties of the job

CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES    •    Create practice-based learning opportunities to reinforce classroom theory  •    Ensure students achieve NMC requirements and escalate concerns appropriately  •    Support students in practice and ensure adequate supervision  •    Ensure appropriate assessor-to-student ratios in clinical areas  •    Provide pastoral care and prioritise student wellbeing  •    Oversee support and assessment for Return to Practice (RtP) and overseas midwives  •    Liaise with clinical teams to provide wider experience placements  •    Support staff involved in clinical incidents in collaboration with PMA team  •    Ensure in-situ simulation training reflects clinical incidents and thematic reviews  •    Provide clinical support as required, including participation in on-call rotas  •    Maintain visible and supportive presence in clinical and training environments

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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