Band 7 Practice Development Midwife

Job summary

This is a rare opportunity to join the UHB maternity education team. The successful post holder will be supported with development opportunities and be instrumental in service and practice development, impacting on improved outcomes for our women and families.

The post holder will collaborate with the multi professional team to delivery education and training in a clinical and classroom based setting. Supporting the implementation and delivery of national drivers, ambitions and recommendations.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

The post holder will:

Lead on multi-disciplinary training at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust

Provide strong, visible and effective clinical and managerial leadership as part of the maternity senior leader's team.

Provide clinical and educational support for all levels of midwifery, medical and support staff and maintain accurate records on the Trust training database.

Contribute to the multi-disciplinary clinical audit and governance activities. The post holder will assist with the review of published evidence including relevant national, regional and local reports.

Be a first line manager of a small team within the Professional development and education (PDE) work stream

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job description

*Please Note : For a specific detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description* 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

* Registered Nurse/ Midwife on the NMC Register

* Teaching and assessing Qualification

* Degree level or equivalent experience

* Evidence of continuous professional development

* NLS Provider Status

Experience

Essential

* Recent significant experience working at a senior level in an acute clinical area for the NHS/ healthcare setting.

* Significant post registration experience working in an education setting.

* Can demonstrate understanding and evidence of experience in practice based supervision and assessment

* Experience of assessment and assignment marking and giving feedback.

* Ability to lead on development of modules and deliver teaching packs/programmes to promote a learning environment.

* Knowledge of clinical governance and risk management

* Ability to support reflective practice

* Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues

* Application and understanding of professional policies and procedures

* A sound understanding of safeguarding responsibilities and processes

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Professional Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

For help with your application, contact: 

Adele Causer 

adele.causer@uhb.nhs.uk 

01214241712