Practice Development Lead Midwife

Job overview

You will work trust wide, be a highly skilled, motivated midwife who will be responsible for ensuring staff training is of a high standard. The Practice Educator Midwife will engage effectively with clinical leaders to ensure training meets the needs of the Maternity Services workforce as well as National and Local Guidance.

The Practice Educator Midwife will ensure that staff are provided with training which will enable them to provide safe, high-quality care within all maternity settings including inpatient and outpatient services. This will be achieved through formal teaching, simulation training and bespoke training needs for individuals and groups.

Main duties of the job

You will play a key role in the development and the supporting of maternity staff through education and training. Education and training are a pivotal part of ensuring the workforce are safe practitioners and you will enhance the current measures the Trust and Division has in place to ensure clinically sound staff. Collaborative working is essential for training to meet the needs of the multidisciplinary team and individuals who require additional support, and it would be the responsibility of the practice educator to develop training which meets their needs as well as meets National and Local guidance.

It is an expectation that you will lead on the structure and co-ordination of learning activities across the Division ensuring the provision of high quality, multi-professional learning environments. The practice educator will be responsible for the development and implementation of effective clinical workforce training and development strategies, to ensure the development of a flexible and sustainable maternity workforce.

You will be responsible for working locally within services where inter-professional learning opportunities can be promoted and provide expert knowledge to both trained and untrained staff by acting as a positive role model and setting high standards within area of practice.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will play a key role in the development and the supporting of maternity staff through education and training. Education and training are a pivotal part of ensuring the workforce are safe practitioners and you will enhance the current measures the Trust and Division has in place to ensure clinically sound staff. Collaborative working is essential for training to meet the needs of the multidisciplinary team and individuals who require additional support, and it would be the responsibility of the practice educator to develop training which meets their needs as well as meets National and Local guidance.

It is an expectation that you will lead on the structure and co-ordination of learning activities across the Division ensuring the provision of high quality, multi-professional learning environments. The practice educator will be responsible for the development and implementation of effective clinical workforce training and development strategies, to ensure the development of a flexible and sustainable maternity workforce.

You will be responsible for working locally within services where inter-professional learning opportunities can be promoted and provide expert knowledge to both trained and untrained staff by acting as a positive role model and setting high standards within area of practice.

For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.

As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients.  We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

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