Band 6 Practice Placement Support Midwife

Job summary

Band 6 -- Practice Placement Support Midwife -- Practice Placement Team, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital or Good Hope Hospital based with Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull (HGS) cross site working

UHB NHS Foundation Trust leads the way with its very own School of Nursing, AHP and Midwifery and we are looking for someone with a particular passion for supporting undergraduate healthcare midwifery students and promoting excellent clinical skills. It is important that you're a caring and kind person with a genuine desire to help and support people. If this sounds like you, you already have the attributes that make a great Practice Placement Support Midwife.

UHB is a great place to work, offering a working environment with an inclusive culture that looks after and values our people and creates a sense of belonging. We encourage applications from people who embrace our values and who will enable us to expand our diverse workforce. From the time you join us, you'll have access a range of to learning, development and training opportunities so the role will contribute to your future career aspirations.

What we offer:

-A good salary

-27 days' leave + bank holidays up to 29 after & 33 after 10 years' service

-Ongoing learning and development opportunities

-Structured personal development and career progression plan

-Generous NHS pension

-Great maternity, paternity and adoption pay

-Childcare vouchers

-Wide range of LGBT+ initiatives and staff networks

Main duties, tasks & skills required

Working within the Practice Placement Team, under the supervision of the Midwifery Practice Placement Manager, you will support the Practice Placement Team with the implementation and delivery of quality midwifery care through teaching, assessing and supervision of Practice Supervisors, Practice Assessors and undergraduate students within the Trust. You will also have exposure to work alongside colleagues developing the new SLCLE.

You will need to be a registered midwifery practitioner and have at least 12 months experience working with undergraduate healthcare students with a good understanding and knowledge of the local HEI processes for practice placements.

You will have a sound working knowledge of the Kudos model of supervision and assessment, in addition to the new NMC SSSA and be an up to date Gold Practice Assessor who is currently registered within the Trusts' database. You should also have experience in teaching a range of clinical skills and their delivery for all staff within your current role, have awareness of the undergraduate midwifery curriculum and be prepared to work flexibly across our 3 HGS sites. In this role you will be expected to support students in a variety of settings including clinical placement areas and clinical skills labs.

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.

Job description

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

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

*Registered Midwife on the NMC Register

*Demonstrable experience as a Practice Assessor/Supervisor

*Degree in Health Care Subject

*Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of on-going professional development & competence

Desirable

*Teaching qualification (PG Cert (Ed) or equivalent

Experience

Essential

*Significant post registration experience in clinical practice (minimum 12 months/completed preceptorship period)

*Evidence of working with and supervision and assessment of student health care professionals

Desirable

*Evidence of developing new initiatives

*Ability to demonstrate an active role in teaching in current post

*Evidence of having a positive impact on the student experience

*Evidence of improving the quality of the student learning environment

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: 

Frances Webster-Benwell 

Frances.Webster-Benwell@uhb.nhs.uk 

01214241098