Band 6 Clinical Preceptorship Support Midwife

Job summary

The post holder will be a qualified midwife who will work clinically within our maternity services to support the needs of our newly qualified midwives during their preceptorship year. This is a fully clinical role, and the post holder will work the full range of shifts in all areas of the maternity service, in order to support newly qualified midwives to complete their preceptorship competencies in a timely manner.

The post holder will work with the preceptee midwives to enhance their experience, build confidence and establish a strong foundation for their future career.

The post holder will practice in a holistic, non-judgmental, caring and compassionate manner that avoids assumptions, supports social inclusion and recognises and respects individual choice and acknowledges diversity. They will work in partnership with other health and social care professionals, students and trainees and agencies, service users, their carers and families.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

The post holder must act as a role model, sharing effective practice & learning from others, promoting a high standard of safe & effective care which is based upon the best evidence.

To work as an autonomous, accountable & experienced practitioner & a lead professional in the provision of care to women & their families.

Provide clinical leadership, guidance & support to preceptees within a variety of clinical settings.

Keep up to date with developments in midwifery, incorporating national & local recommendations into the preceptorship programme under the support & guidance of the Band 7 Preceptorship midwives.

Recognise the knowledge, skills, attributes & competence of preceptee midwives at the point of registration, providing them with the appropriate resources to enable them to develop their confidence & practice.

Supporting preceptees according to their individual learning needs, ensuring the approach is constructive & supportive.

Perform regular check ins, according to the programme timeline and individual need, to ensure progression is on target, escalating to the Band 7 preceptorship midwives if concerns with progression are suspected.

Empower preceptees to appropriately escalate concerns & support them to build confidence within the profession.

To support implementation of key projects as identified by the senior team in line with trust wide/national initiatives.

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

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Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

NMC Registered midwife

Practice Supervisor

Completed Band 5 preceptorship

Practice Assessor

Desirable

SLAIP/Mentorship qualification

Experience

Essential

Significant recent experience working as a registered midwife post qualification

Experience of working with students/junior members of staff

Ability to work autonomously within professional and Trust guidelines

Knowledge and experience in caring for both low risk and high-risk women/neonates

Experience of working on own and in a team in a health care environment delegating to others within a team / providing supervision to others

Understanding and knowledge of the NMC code o