clinical skills facilitator

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust; Sevington; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust is expanding its Maternity Education Team by appointing a Clinical Skills Facilitator to support midwives in clinical practice, especially those on preceptorship programs. The role involves coordinating training days and obstetric emergencies sessions across multiple sites and guiding individual midwives through development plans.

The post requires collaborative work with the multidisciplinary team and the local education faculty to deliver

Responsibilities

• Support midwives in clinical practice and preceptorship
• Coordinate preceptorship training days and obstetric emergencies training
• Support individual midwives through programmes to develop knowledge and skills and produce a competent workforce

Skills

Clinical education

Preceptorship support

Team collaboration

Job description

The Practice Development team for maternity are looking to expand in order to ensure our staff and students have the best support possible to deliver safe, robust care. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a clinical skills facilitator (CSF) to join the Maternity Education Team across various clinical sites.

• To support midwives in clinical practice, prominently those undertaking a preceptorship programme, to develop and maintain clinical practice, knowledge and skills. To work clinically with those on a preceptorship programme (to include newly qualified midwives, internationally educated midwives and return to practice midwives) to assist them to develop their clinical skills and competencies throughout their preceptorship year.
• To co-ordinate with the preceptorship lead midwife and practice development midwives to regularly review the preceptorship programme, including planning and facilitating preceptorship training days and obstetric emergencies training.
• In addition, the post holder will coordinate with the practice education fellows to support individual midwives through individual programmes that develop their knowledge and skills and produces a competent workforce.
• The post holder will promote good working relationships and collaborative working with the multi-disciplinary team both within the directorate and the rest of the Trust as well as with the local education faculty.

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day. Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates for a Skilled Worker Visa for roles that are eligible at the time of application. Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in 'Documents to download'. If you have further queries please don't hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.