Practice Development Midwife

Job summary

Chelsea & Westminster Hospital site

Practice Development Midwife - Band 7

We are seeking applications from experienced midwives to join the dynamic education team at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital which is part of Chelsea and Westminster Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

The team includes a fetal wellbeing lead midwife, international pastoral support midwife, practice development midwives for international midwives, clinical practice facilitator and 3 practice development midwives.

If you are a highly motivated experienced midwife, who has a passion for teaching and enabling other to meet their full potential this role is for you.

The education programme is well established and there is a good track record of multi professional learning and training.

If you join the team you will be supported to develop personally and professionally to ensure you are equipped with the skills required to deliver high quality training for experienced staff and to support newly qualified staff during their preceptorship programme (Capital kite mark achieved).

Main duties of the job

The post holder will facilitate and coordinate the delivery of Maternity clinical skills and emergency skills training to the multi-professional maternity and obstetric teams. Provide the monitoring and reporting of all mandatory maternity training to support the attainment of NHSLA risk management standards.

Maintain a senior professional midwifery role within the maternity service, providing expert evidence based care in daily practice acting as a role model to other staff.

About us

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites--Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital--along with award-winning clinics across North West London.

Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of million, providing full clinical services, including maternity, A&E, and children's services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health clinics. The Care Quality Commission rates us 'Good' in safety, effectiveness, care, and responsiveness, and 'Outstanding' in leadership and resource use.

We continually invest in our facilities, including a £30m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and Westminster and an £80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Middlesex.

We welcome applications for flexible working arrangements, accommodating requests where possible to support our staff and patient needs.

The Trust is committed to equality and welcomes applications from all, regardless of background. Adjustments can be made for disabled candidates. Early application is advised as vacancies may close once sufficient applications are received. If you haven't heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, your application was likely unsuccessful. Employment is subject to a six-month probationary period.

Some roles may require weekend shifts at multiple sites.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Roles and responsibilities

Planning and coordination of the maternity clinical and emergency skills program in liaison with maternity clinical skills (MCS) team and head of midwifery (HOM). Facilitate the development of maternity clinical and emergency skills for all midwifery and maternity support workers (MSW) in the maternity service. Assist in the delivery of orientation training program for new maternity staffing and staff changing clinical areas in maternity service, ensuring that the appropriate training is offered and delivered. Liaise with clinical leads and Health Roster to ensure staff resources are made available for training and development opportunities. Ensure the communication and dissemination of training information related to educational offerings and Mandatory training to ensure attendance and timely completion of training requirements. Embedding the MSW role in maternity service and supporting midwives to support and manage this integration of the MSW into maternity. Ensure the maintenance of record of training and the production or reports for monitoring mandatory and other skills training. Provide when necessary risk management training information and reports to the Maternity Safety groups. In conjunction with the management team, participate in the short and long term strategic development of the service and educational requirements within maternity. Attend any meetings appropriate to your area/role, ensuring effective communication within the team and leading on actions are undertaken and applications of recommendations into the training and education programmers. Evaluate training delivery by the MCS team and make necessary changes following evidence based educational models. Coordinate and deliver in-situ live drills of maternity emergencies in partnership with Obstetrics lead clinician and audit the response. Where appropriate negotiate the implementation of changes as identified during live drill audits. Support senior midwives to develop the educational facilitation skills to support teaching in the maternity departments. In conjunction with the maternity leads for recruitment and retention and the learning support midwife, ensure all junior and student midwives educational and training needs are met. Liaise with other specialist midwives to promote practice development and ensure effective systems for delivery of training within maternity and share information. Support the future development initiatives in maternity providing development support for new or altered roles and practice. Provide educational support for MSW undertaking the foundation degree and facilitate training requirements in the workplace. Support the MSW recruitment process through identifying development needs. Support the delivery of Excellence in Care certificate in conjunction with the Lead Nurse for Healthcare Assistant Development.

Maternity Clinical Service

To act as a clinical lead within the maternity service, providing expert midwifery care within the multidisciplinary team. To act as an effective role model and demonstrate effective organizational and leadership skills. Provide care with in the philosophy of the maternity service and clinical areas. Contribute to quality assurance and improved ways of working, incorporating evidenced based practice. Where appropriate lead on development of standards and audit for the implementation of changes to improve patient care delivery or patient safety. To inform the Management team and supervisor of midwives (as appropriate) about conditions within maternity services and staffing levels that may affect safe service provision. If appropriate to the role and training to line manage staff junior to your role, with the support from the management team. Facilitate and provide training and education that supports the maintenance of the specialist, multidisciplinary service for woman and their families. To supervise the maintenance of stores and equipment and with due economy requisition supplies, repairs and replacement of equipment. To ensure all staff in appropriate areas make proper and economic use of equipment and supplies and teaching. To promote and provide positive, professional leadership, including leadership of staff. To support the MSW in skill development within the clinical area and act as a role model to the MSWs. Professional To observe NMC rules and guidance, in liaison with the Supervisor of Midwives ensuring these are adhered to by all. To foster and develop a working environment within which midwives can work as autonomous practitioners, accountable for their practice and in accordance with the NMC Rules and Code of. To develop trust policies and protocols pertaining to midwifery practice and maternity. To implement Trust policies and protocols and ensure that staff in maternity carry out all care within these. To monitor and maintain good standards of care within maternity services to implement recommendations from Government or Professional bodies in relation to maternity. To develop and maintain efficient and effective communication and working relationships with other professional groups and colleagues. To develop and maintain efficient and effective communication and working relationships with other professional groups and colleagues. To liaise with and support the work of the Supervisor of Midwives. To have due regard for the needs of mothers and their families. To recognize the demands placed upon professional colleagues in the pursuance of their duties and to assist them as required. To be flexible and will undertake duties (within sphere of practice) in other areas of the unit as required. Development and Research Contribute to the development, implementation and validation of training materials used for multi-professional groups for maternity and obstetrics. To include competency based assessment tools, training records and electronic learning developments. To monitor and review the effectiveness of training, and modify as necessary to meet the changing needs of patient care and the Trust. Contribute to the development and updating of local evidence based standards, policies and guidelines related to medical devices as necessary. To participate in audit, review and evaluation of the service Liaise with multi-professional groups regarding equipment procurement needs, as well as manufactures in respect of training and support offered related to Maternity services

Please see attached job description and person specification to this advert for further details.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

Senior Practicing midwife with evidence of practice in all areas of midwifery Evidence of post-registration education Teaching and assessing/mentor preparation qualification Degree level or equivalent experience

Desirable

Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics Qualification NLS Instructor Status Simulation Facilitator certificate

Experience

Essential

Previous comprehensive midwifery experience Experience of teaching clinical skills and competency assessments Evidence of previous management experience

Desirable

Experience of supporting learners and junior staff to develop their skills Understanding of budgets and dynamics Planning and delivering formal teaching sessions

Skills and knowledge

Essential

Teaching skills, including using a range of teaching styles Presentation skills Communicating effectively with colleagues, patients in various situations Facilitate effective team working Evidence of knowledge of recent midwifery research and clinical audit Computer literate, Word, PowerPoint Outlook and Excel Evidence of professional development relevant to the specific role Demonstrate an ability to apply research to practice and to support changes in practice as a result of clinical audit

Desirable

IV assessors course Simulation debrief experience

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