Band 7 Recruitment & Retention Lead Midwife

Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Greater London is seeking a Recruitment and Retention Midwife to join their Midwifery Education Team. This role involves leading recruitment activities and coordinating efforts to retain staff within the Maternity Department, with 50% of time dedicated to clinical responsibilities. The ideal candidate should be enthusiastic and motivated, capable of working closely with the HR Department and maternity matrons. Join a dedicated team committed to delivering high-quality care with a focus on continuous improvement.

Benefits

London Living Wage employer

Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes

Qualifications

• Must be a qualified midwife with experience in recruitment and retention.
• Ability to work in a clinical environment 1-2 weekends a month.

Responsibilities

• Lead recruitment and retention activities for the Maternity Department.
• Coordinate local recruitment activities in accordance with Trust policy.
• Liaise with maternity matrons and HR Department.

Skills

Enthusiastic

Motivated

Clinically astute

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Midwifery Education Team at BHRUT. We are looking to recruit a midwife for the role of Recruitment and retention midwife, who is enthusiastic, motivated, clinically astute. As part of the education team your responsibility will be to consider innovative and supportive methods for focusing upon retention within the midwifery team. This role will be 50% clinical.

The aim of this role is to lead on and coordinaterecruitment and retention activities and the associated administration for the Maternity Department.

Liaise closely with the maternity matrons, the Lead education midwife as well as the HR Department and Trust recruitment team. Co-ordinate local recruitment activities ensure the recruitment process is undertaken in accordance with Trust policy.

Contribute to the ongoing development, implementation and review of the maternity department recruitment and retention strategies and objectives.

The post holder will be required to provide support within a 24/7 work system as required (expectation is to work 1-2 weekends a month, clinically). The role will be based predominantly in the clinical environment.

We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with.

They are benefitting from a newelectronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have beenrated good by the Care Quality Commission.

We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.

We're proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We're also part of theNorth East London Cancer Alliance.

We run a Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) atBarking Community Hospital and atSt George's Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.

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The majority of our 8,400 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many canwork flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accreditedapprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be aLondon Living Wage employer.

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