Preceptorship Midwife (XR07)

NHS; Leeds; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Leeds is looking for a preceptorship midwife to oversee and support early career midwives. This role involves developing a preceptorship programme, providing mentorship, and ensuring safe, evidence-based practice. The ideal candidate will possess a UK NMC Pin and have a background in maternity services. This position is a great opportunity for career development in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of clinical quality and safety strategies and implementation.
• Up-to-date knowledge of current professional issues locally and nationally.
• Relevant experience as Band 6 or Band 7.

Responsibilities

• Oversee early career midwives and facilitate the preceptorship programme.
• Provide pastoral support and mentorship to preceptee midwives.
• Develop and deliver a high-quality preceptorship programme.

Skills

Ability to exercise own initiative

Excellent organisational skills

Change management knowledge

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Coaching skills

Education

Registered Midwife with a UK NMC Pin

Educated to degree level or equivalent

Recognised teaching qualification

Job description

Wererecruiting to a 12-month fixed-term/secondment Band 7 preceptorship rolewithin the maternity services at Leeds Teaching Hospital with the potentialfor a permanent Band 6 position within the service afterwards. A greatopportunity to develop your skills and progress your career with us. As apreceptorship midwife you will work alongside our early career midwivesacross the 24-hour period to enhance their experience, build confidence andestablish a strong foundation for their future career.

Youwill be an integral in developing and delivering a quality preceptorshipprogramme to support and promote safe evidence-based practice by workingcollaboratively with the clinical education team, professional midwiferyadvocates, the wider clinical and leadership teams, and the leadpreceptorship midwife to deliver a robust seamless preceptorship programme.

Main duties of the job

Tobe responsible for overseeing early career midwives and facilitating thepreceptorship programme, supporting the transition from student to newlyqualified midwife. Acting as a role model, you will provide support for thepreceptee midwives as they consolidate their learning and skills. As a memberof the preceptorship team, you will work with a caseload of precepteemidwives to enhance their experience, build confidence and establish a strongfoundation for their future career. The overall function of this post is tofacilitate the delivery of a high-quality preceptorship programme. You willparticipate in developing and delivering a quality preceptorship programmewith a focus on the provision of leadership and clinical support and adviceto support and promote excellence in safe evidence-based practice. The postholder will be required to work closely with preceptees and the widerclinical and leadership team to provide a robust model of pastoral supportand act as a coach, mentor and supportive listener. The post holder will workclosely with the established clinical education team, professional midwiferyadvocates and the lead preceptorship midwife to deliver a robust seamlesspreceptorship programme. The post holder will need to have demonstrable knowledgeskills and experience in maternity services to facilitate effectivepreceptorship across all clinical areas of the maternity service.

About us

LeedsTeaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job advertsare subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or removeadverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in theshortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while thisprocess is completed, and contact the named contact if you have anyquestions.

Job responsibilities

Tobe responsible for overseeing early career midwives and facilitating thepreceptorship programme, supporting the transition from student to newlyqualified midwife. Acting as a role model, you will provide support for thepreceptee midwives as they consolidate their learning and skills. As a memberof the preceptorship team, you will work with a caseload of precepteemidwives to enhance their experience, build confidence and establish a strongfoundation for their future career. The overall function of this post is tofacilitate the delivery of a high-quality preceptorship programme. You willparticipate in developing and delivering a quality preceptorship programmewith a focus on the provision of leadership and clinical support and adviceto support and promote excellence in safe evidence-based practice. The postholder will be required to work closely with preceptees and the widerclinical and leadership team to provide a robust model of pastoral supportand act as a coach, mentor and supportive listener.

Thepost holder will work closely with the established clinical education team,professional midwifery advocates and the lead preceptorship midwife todeliver a robust seamless preceptorship programme.

Thepost holder will need to have demonstrable knowledge skills and experience inmaternity services to facilitate effective preceptorship across all clinicalareas of the maternity service. The post holder needs to work well in highpressured situations and be confident to communicate and collaborate with alllevels of the multidisciplinary team to ensure the delivery of safe qualitycare.

PRINCIPALDUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

Communication

To be an experienced andapproachable practitioner, flexible and available to meet the needs of thepreceptorship programme and preceptees.

To be highly visible, approachableand available to respond to staff, and the public, maintaining open andhonest communication channels.

Contribute to a positive culture,demonstrating effective professional attitudes and behaviours internally andexternal to the Trust, to enable continuous quality and service improvement,and maintain good working relationships.

Foster a creative and open workingculture, which encourages and nurtures innovation and new ways of working.

To provide pastoral support for allnew graduates signposting to services as required

Recognise and act on situationsthat may be detrimental to the health and wellbeing of an individual.

To coordinate regular clinicalsupervision for the early career midwives during their preceptorship period.

Act in a supportive role as acoach, mentor and supportive listener

Act as a role model, sharingeffective practice and learning from others, promoting a high standard ofsafe and effective care which is based upon the best evidence

Inform the Director/Head ofMidwifery of any emerging safety issues becoming evident in the maternityservice

Demonstrate an ability to workunder pressure and always maintain good clinical judgement.

Servicedelivery and improvement

Keep up to date with developmentsin midwifery practice, incorporating national and local recommendations intothe preceptorship programme

Work collaboratively with theworkforce lead to analyse feedback and data to support recruitment andretention strategies and identify new initiatives to support the retention ofnew graduates

Identify areas for potentialquality improvement and act to develop and achieve successful qualityimprovement projects

Support the recruitment team withrecruitment processes including interviewing.

Support delivery of onboarding ofnew starters and provide efficient and effective inductions, liaising withthe lead midwife for recruitment and the onboarding team.

Continually monitor standards, byidentifying risks, benchmarking, audit and research, assisting the Wardleaders in the implementation of action plans as required.

Assist with allocated budgetsensuring effective use of financial resources.

Learningand development

To work with local educationproviders and the overarching lead midwife for preceptorship to ensure theprogramme supports a natural transition into the preceptees first role.

Recognise the knowledge, skills,attributes and competence of preceptee midwives at the point of registration,providing them with the appropriate resources to enable them to develop theirconfidence and practice

To work clinically alongside thenew preceptees to support their transition from learner to competentpractitioner acting as a role model and providing a model of support

Provide support to midwives insharing of good practice learnt through the maternity services internal riskmanagement processes with the aim of reducing the incidence of harm

Work closely with the leadershipteam and education team to devise learning objectives for midwives in need ofremediation to improve their midwifery skills and competencies.

Ensure all training records are upto date and compile reports as required

Contribute to training needsanalysis, workforce plan and midwifery workforce strategy.

To ensure own practice and that ofothers upholds the NMC Codes of professional conduct.

Takes responsibility for owncontinuing professional development and performance, maintaining ownportfolio in accordance with the Midwifery and Nursing Councils revalidationrequirements. Can identify own development needs in relation to currentpractice and future plans, setting personal development objectives.

COMMUNICATION& WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

Directorof Midwifery

Headof Midwifery

DeputyHead of Midwifery

Matron

TeamLeaders

Maternitysupport workers

CorporateNursing

OrganisationalLearning

Allgrades of nursing & midwifery staff

AlliedHealth Professionals

Medicalstaff

Preceptorshiplead midwife

Externaleducational partners

Serviceusers

12. SPECIAL WORKING CONDITIONS

i) PHYSICAL EFFORT:

Thework setting will vary from an office to clinical areas with VDU use. Lightphysical effort (2-5kgs) for short periods during half their shifts onaverage. Use of Keyboard and presentation skills. Movement of equipment andmaterials. Inter-site working could be required,

ii) MENTAL EFFORT:

Thejob requires a high level of concentration, documenting in notes,calculations, assessing patients, high level of involvement in clinicalteaching, audit and statistical analysis of data. Report writing, within anarea of changing priorities with a high level of interruptions.

iii) EMOTIONAL EFFORT:

Staffare required to undertake duties that may be distressing such as breaking badnews, dealing with verbal abuse, managing very stressed service users, theirfamilies and colleagues. Significant amount of negotiation and processing ofrapid changing information, in an area of changing priorities and climatechallenges.

iv) WORKING CONDITIONS:

Workingconditions can include fluctuations in temperature, exposure to blood andbody fluids. Conflict management and dealing with aggression in stressfulsituations.

Person Specification

Experience

• Knowledge of clinical quality and safety strategies and implementation.
• Up-to date and in-depth knowledge of current professional issues both locally and nationally.
• Knowledge of NMC Rules and Code of Practice.
• Understanding the use of evidence-based practice
• Relevant experience as Band 6 or Band 7.
• Sound clinical judgement.
• Previous experience in audit or research.
• Previous experience in managing / leading change in practice.
• Knowledge of national policies or drivers that underpin practice and staff development.
• Currently holds a similar role or previous experience in practice development / education / project planning.
• Coaching skills

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife with a UK NMC Pin. Educated to degree level or equivalent level of experience working in a midwifery role.
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• MSc or working towards/willing to undertake
• Recognised teaching qualification

Skills and Behaviours

• Ability to exercise own initiative.
• Reliable and approachable
• Ability to work as an autonomous midwifery practitioner. Influencing and negotiation skills and the ability to resolve conflict.
• Excellent organisational and leadership skills.
• Demonstrate leadership skills. Ability to plan own workload, manage time efficiently and meet deadlines
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to compile, analyse and disseminate complex information.
• Change management knowledge and understanding of application.

Other criteria

• Flexible to meet changing circumstances
• Self-motivated and able to manage a dynamic workload

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.