Maternity Practice Education Facilitator and Preceptorship Midwife

Airedale NHS Foundation Trust; Bradford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Bradford is looking for an experienced Maternity Practice Education Facilitator to guide and support student midwives through their clinical placements. The successful candidate will liaise with area managers to ensure adequate staffing, facilitate student support activities, and lead the preceptorship program for newly qualified midwives. If you're passionate about developing future healthcare professionals and delivering quality education, this role offers a rewarding opportunity with comprehensive benefits.

Benefits

Cycle to Work

Travel Scheme

Childcare Vouchers

Onsite Nursery

Buying and Selling Annual Leave

Qualifications

• Registered practitioner with the NMC.
• Knowledge of NMC Standards for student supervision and assessment.
• Understanding of Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS).

Responsibilities

• Lead placement facilitation and support for student midwives.
• Coordinate with area managers to ensure adequate staffing for student learning.
• Develop innovative ways to enhance the student experience.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Leadership

Facilitation skills

IT skills

Education

Qualified Midwife

Educated to Degree Level

Level 7 qualification or equivalent experience

Teaching qualification

Job description

Maternity Practice Education Facilitator and Preceptorship Midwife

We're seeking an experienced and motivated midwife to lead in the placement facilitation and pastoral support of student midwives who work clinically at Airedale. This role provides daily support and guidance to students as they fulfil the clinical requirements of the NMC, on either the direct entry or shortened course pathway.

The post holder will liaise with area managers and their teams to ensure there is adequate provision of staff to meet the learning needs of students at various levels of training. Collaborating with other areas of the hospital to identify potential placement opportunities and working alongside the universities to maintain a professional and consistent working relationship which ultimately aims to support students in providing safe patient care as they navigate their training.

The post holder will work alongside the in providing up to date information to the wider maternity team at Airedale, on current local and national projects which affect the students.

The postholder will also act as the Preceptorship Lead Midwife supporting newly qualified and return to practice Midwives for their duration of their preceptorship, continually reviewing the preceptorship offer.

The post holder will look for innovative ways to enhance student experience such as. Providing induction workbooks for maternity areas, carrying out and facilitating workshops, meeting with each cohort regularly to gather feedback and keep informed of current issues and successes.

Main duties of the job

The Maternity PEF will work collaboratively with the Local Maternity & Neonatal Services(LMNS) and regional Maternity PEF forums, as well as AEI organised groups, to acquire and maintain specialist knowledge linked to best practice and consistency across the region for Trusts and students.

Work autonomously to manage own workload and workstreams associated with the role, using discretion and specialist professional knowledge, skills and judgement to prioritise and progress appropriately, utilising guidance from peers and/or external reference points where necessary.

Using expert specialist knowledge along with research and information gathered from the results of audits on educational opportunities, the PEF will analyse data to identify and interpret trends and areas for improvement, working collaboratively with stakeholders to ensure desired outcomes.

Lead change and respond in providing support, and educational contribution, to the development of activities for students within pre-registration healthcare professional programmes, and the staff supporting them. This specialist role aims to enhance the quality of the practice placement experience and positively contribute to the future

About us

We are delighted to offer a wide range of benefits to employees including:

• Cycle to Work
• Travel Scheme
• Childcare Vouchers with Salary Sacrifice
• Onsite Nursery
• Buying and Selling Annual Leave
• Car Leasing
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee Health and Wellbeing
• Extensive Reward Scheme
• Counselling Service
• Financial packages including Vivup and Wagestream
• Staff Networks, Enable, Rainbow, Gender, Race Equality Ecoaware & Admin Network.

Our values:

We understand that it's down to the hard work, effort and dedication of our staff that makes a difference for our patients. Our people really do make our Airedale experience - we take pride in fostering a friendly, effective and caring work environment. Our values are part of our DNA, which are:

• Committed to Quality of Care
• Compassion
• Working together for patients
• Improving Lives
• Everyone Counts
• Respect and Dignity

Job responsibilities

Please see full job description and person specification attached for further information about the job description and main responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Qualified Midwife
• Educated to Degree Level
• Registered practitioner with the NMC
• Level 7 qualification or equivalent experience
• Teaching qualification

Knowledge

• Knowledge of the NMC Standards for student supervision and assessment
• Knowledge of the National Preceptorship Framework for Midwifery
• Understanding of the Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS)
• Knowledge of the Core Competency Framework

Skills

• Ability to manage own workload and workstreams associated to role, using discretion and professional knowledge and skills to prioritise and progress appropriately.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, negotiation, influencing, presentation, and facilitation skills to: -Create and maintain formal and informal networks -Providing and receiving highly complex, sensitive or contentious information in an appropriate way, using diplomacy and advanced communication skills to deliver to groups of clinicians and senior teams where necessary. -Create clear and concise reports for a variety of audiences. -Ability to understand and utilise complex information and to concentrate on complex matters whilst dealing with unplanned interruptions
• Clinically competent Registered Midwife
• Excellent keyboard skills and effective IT user
• Knowledge of different learning theories and approaches to teaching, learning and assessment

Experience

• Experience in an education/ training/ people development role
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development
• Experience in a leadership role
• Evidence of managing the development and delivery of education programmes

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.

Maternity Practice Placement Facilitator