Clinical Placement Facilitator Midwife

Royal Berkshire Nhs Foundation Trust; Reading; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare organization in Reading is hiring a Midwife to join their maternity services team. The candidate will lead the training of midwifery students, ensuring a positive learning environment. Responsibilities include collaboration with maternity teams, compliance with NMC standards, and monitoring quality of care. Flexibility and support for work-life balance are offered, along with a competitive benefits package.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

27 days annual leave + bank holidays

NHS pension scheme

Qualifications

• Registered midwife with UK professional registration is required.
• Minimum of degree level education in Midwifery.
• Experience in facilitating, teaching, or assessing is essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead implementation of systems in clinical practice for midwifery students.
• Be the point of contact for student midwives and staff.
• Collaborate with maternity team to monitor care standards.

Skills

Facilitation

Teaching

Assessing

Leadership

Education

Degree in Midwifery

Job description

Overview

Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated 'Good' with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements. The Trust's overall rating has also improved to 'good'. This is a great opportunity to join our clinical or non-clinical teams to create a positive and motivating environment within our trust. We offer a range of learning and development for all employees, clinical or non-clinical. The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust puts patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide, working together to deliver its vision: "Working together to provide outstanding care for our community."

We are Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful and Excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice. Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people. This post is to join our team in maternity services as a Midwife (fixed term) to support the Practice Education and Development team.

Responsibilities

• Lead on the implementation and development of systems and processes to support students in clinical practice to ensure their experience provides the skills, knowledge and experiences required to practice as a midwife.
• Be the main point of contact for student midwives, Trust staff and Higher Education Institute (HEI) partners; lead the SSSA standards including training.
• Work with ward and department managers on the clinical placement programme for all students; line manage employed student midwives (recruitment processes, rosters, appraisals, training compliance).
• Influence recruitment of students for clinical placement within the maternity unit; lead on ensuring Midwifery learners have a positive and quality experience in maternity.
• Provide leadership in: recruitment, education audits, governance, patient safety and quality improvement as it relates to midwifery education.
• Maintain relationship with HEIs and link tutors to develop student experience and practice in line with NMC standards.
• Lead on SSSA teaching programme and ensure supervisors and assessors are trained and developed.
• Coordinate education-related activities including OSCE/VIVA assessments and curriculum planning with HEIs.
• Deliver effective orientation, induction, teaching support and development of new student midwives; undertake annual educational audits for all clinical areas.
• Ensure compliance with data protection, confidentiality and GDPR, and practice within risk management and occupational health guidelines.

Responsibilities – Clinical and Education Focus

• Practice in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council's Code and Trust policies
• Demonstrate specialist expertise, maintain clinical knowledge and support maternity services with performance monitoring and quality improvement
• Collaborate with the maternity team to monitor outcomes and drive high standards of care for women
• Monitor quality of care through audits, incident reporting, complaints and clinical governance activities
• Promote equality, diversity and inclusion in care delivery and staff development
• Ensure a safe and effective environment, including risk assessments and adherence to health and safety legislation

Qualifications

• Registered midwife
• Educated to degree level
• Experience in facilitation/teaching/assessing
• Appropriate UK professional registration

Desirable criteria

• Leadership/management qualification
• NLS

Essential criteria

• Significant recent experience in midwifery
• Experience in facilitation/teaching/assessing
• Evidence of working to standards and ability to work under pressure

Benefits

• Flexible working opportunities and work-life balance
• Annual leave: 27 days + bank holidays, increasing with service length
• NHS pension scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to work and other employee discounts
• On-site nursery (RBH) and full educational library services

Appointment to any position is conditional on the satisfactory completion of the core NHS Employment Checks Standards. Information disclosed in your application will be checked and any offer of appointment may be withdrawn if information is withheld or misleading. All new appointments are subject to a 6-month probationary period. The Trust may close vacancies early due to high response levels. The Trust is smoke-free; smoking is not permitted on Trust sites.