Retention and Recruitment Midwife - Chatham, United Kingdom - Medway NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Job Title: Retention and Recruitment Midwife

Division: Women, Children's & Young People

Care Group: Maternity Services

Band: 7

Salary: £43,742 - £50,056 per annum pro rata

Interview Date: 29th April 2024

We are recruiting for a Retention and Recruitment Midwife who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

The post holder will be part of the Maternity Education Team who work cohesively to develop and support the multi-professional team within maternity. The team work collaboratively to support and develop staff, as well as having close working relationships with the wider maternity teams such as risk and governance, to generate improvements in services and outcomes for women and their families.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be involved in the designing, implementation and delivery of education to all members of the maternity multi-professional team. This role, however, has a significant focus on the support of newly qualified midwives throughout the preceptorship period, as well as the retention of all staff and recruitment of midwives to the maternity unit.

Our values are B old, E very Person Counts, S haring and Open and T ogether. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

About us

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved. Our culture and values are what drives the Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment.

Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement which will not mean sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We aim to support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit you and us.

All of our substantive & fixed term employees can enjoy a range of staff benefits, a gym, an active health and wellbeing programme, an on-site nursery and a cycle to work scheme.

We are taking positive action to ensure that we can attract, recruit and retain the best talent and would welcome more applicants from under - represented groups to support the Trusts commitment to a diverse, inclusive and an employer of choice workforce.

All staff at Medway comply the Trust's and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board's policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Job responsibilities

The post holder will liaise and work in close conjunction with the Lead Midwife for Education, Consultant Midwives, Link Lecturers from the University and Practice Development Midwives in order to achieve the following requirements and

To provide clinical and educational support for all staff, with an emphasis on developing and facilitating a structured period of preceptorship, so that newly qualified midwives are given opportunities and appropriate preceptorship to enable them to develop their confidence as an independent practitioner, and refine their skills, values, and behaviours in all care settings.

Maintain current high-level midwifery/nursing skills, in the individuals area of expertise, for example, for midwives to be able to facilitate and conduct a normal birth. They are also required to be part of the staffing escalation process when required.

Be innovative and creative when determining strategies to improve quality of care and embed evidence-based practice

Monitor changes to midwifery practice and preceptorship nationally and advise the senior midwifery team accordingly

Have the skills to work clinically with midwives who require additional support and development and utilize appropriate strategies to maximize development opportunities.

Can work under pressure and always maintain excellent clinical judgment

Ensure proactive cascade of learning from incidents and complaints as an essential element of the education pathway.

Attend any meetings appropriate to the post holders area/role, ensuring effective communication within the team and leading on actions to be undertaken and applications of recommendations into the training and education programmes.

Evaluate and audit training delivery by the team and make necessary changes following evidence based educational models.

Support in situ live drills of maternity emergencies in partnership with colleagues within the Professional Practice Team, Obstetricians, Lead Clinicians, and audit the response. Where appropriate negotiate the implementation of changes as identified during live drill audits.

To work collaboratively with other professional groups working clinically and maximising development opportunities and inter-professional learning opportunities.

Utilise opportunities to facilitate learning and reflection within the clinical area, to support the development of midwifery practice and new roles within the service.

Work collaboratively across the Local Maternity System and share good practices and innovations with colleagues locally and nationally.

Be able to deal with clients in emotionally difficult situations. Take appropriate action when confronted by aggressive clients/relatives. This will require managing a highly emotive atmosphere.

Support midwives implementing improvement in practice and thus demonstrate responsiveness to the needs of the healthcare environment, and commitment to quality improvement. The post holder will work closely with colleagues in the Team to devise learning objectives for midwives in the process of managing high performance.

Be able to maintain moderate physical effort the duration of the period of duty to the clinical area. This may involve standing for long periods, walking, kneeling, and bending to provide care for women in labour.

Support midwives to work in partnership with birthing people to develop plans of care, which meet their individual needs, to listen to them and to advocate for them as required

To line manage the NQM and co-ordinate their progress throughout their preceptorship, complete all Trust on boarding process.

To maintain accurate records of the progress of preceptee s throughout their preceptorship programme, including managerial conversations in line with the Trust Policy.

Participate in the manager on call rota

Qualifications

Essential

Desirable

Knowledge

Essential

Experience

Essential

Skills

Essential