Band 6 Clinical Trainer - Birmingham, United Kingdom - University Hospitals Birmingham

University Hospitals Birmingham
University Hospitals Birmingham
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Birmingham, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Job summary:


Working under the management of the Lead Midwife for Service and Practice Development the post holder will work in collaboration with the Fetal Surveillance Midwife and Practice Development team to deliver programmes of education using approved, proven and credible methods and framework of support.

With a primary focus on developing the maternity workforce the post holder will ensure staff are equipped with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to be able to provide consistent high quality, safe care in partnership with others within the associated practice settings with particular focus on fetal surveillance.


Main duties, tasks & skills required:
The post holder will assist in the training and

development of Maternity staff including support workers and medical teams with a focus


on:

  • Fetal Surveillance promotion and education
  • Education & Training (clinical / practical and communication skills)
  • Supervised practice and assessment of competence
  • Mentoring, confidence building and support.
The post holder will be a visible role model, providing clinical support to Midwifery staff. For

the majority of time the post holder's time will be spent in the clinical environment, which

includes clinical practice settings, clinical skills labs/ training and education facilities.


About us:

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.


UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment.

This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work.

This is more than words. We are taking action.

Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO.

We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.


Job description:

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person specification:
Qualifications:


Essential:


  • Degree in Midwifery
  • Registered Midwife on the NMC Register Evidence of CPD
  • Teaching and assessing qualification or equivalent experience
  • Mentoring qualification or experience in mentoring

Desirable:


  • Practice Assessor trained/experienced

Experience:


Essential:


  • Broad experience of post registration midwifery care in an environment associated with inpatient practice settings which includes direct supervision/ delegation of duties to
health care support workers

  • Experience in delivering training/ education to or assessment of junior staff associated with health and care practice
  • Evidence of post registration education / training associated
with profession

  • Understanding of principles of practice based assessment /
supervisor role associated with own professional standards

of practice for students/ learners

  • Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of ongoing professional development &
competence.

  • Proven experience of using patient information systems
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the national vision for maternity services
  • Understanding / experience of the principles of safeguarding and confidentiality
  • Awareness of health and safety issues and how these relate to training in both simulation / practice settings
  • Can relate failure to achieve competence in simulation to
risk management and how this may be escalated / reported

  • Awareness of current relevant NHS policy context

Desirable:


  • Experience in undertaking audits
  • Experience of change management / Quality Impact
  • Enhanced knowledge base around CTG interpretation

Additional Criteria:


Essential:


  • Excellent IT skills ability to retrieve and record information electronically
  • Competent in a range of clinical skills willingness to undertake expanded practices relevant to the scope of practice required
  • Good presentation, teaching and assessment skills
  • Able to make judgements remain calms and be an effective team member when teaching / assessing in
- clinical practice environments / simulation settings

  • Able
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