Job summary
An exciting internal secondment opportunity has arisen for experienced midwives to join our established Preceptorship team for 6months at Liverpool Women's Hospital .
The role will involve the clinical and managerial facilitation of a period of structured transition for the newly registered and internationally educated midwives providing clinical and pastoral guidance and support.
The Preceptorship midwives will be highly visible in the clinical areas working alongside preceptees and supporting the partnership between them and clinical leads.
Please note this is a secondment and you will need the support of your Line Manager to be released for the secondment period.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for leading training and development strategies by the delivery of some aspects of clinical education required within the Preceptorship period.
They will be an excellent role model and ensure that they demonstrate and embed the trust values and behaviours throughout the Preceptorship period for preceptees, as they continue on their career and journey of life-long learning.
About us
Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust delivers the highest standards of care for women, babies and families. Each year we deliver over 7,500 babies, carry out over 49,000 gynaecological inpatient and outpatient procedures, care for over 1,000 poorly & preterm newborns, perform around 1,000 IVF cycles and have over 4,000 genetic appointments taking place. We believe that this along with a strong dedication to research & innovation makes usthe specialist health provider of choice in Europe for women, babies and families.
We have some of the leading experts in their field, which has been showcased on national TV and news, making our teams famous across the world for professionalism, skill & compassion.
The Trust is constantly innovating and evolving it's services to provide the most cutting edge and modern care possible. As well as developing services on our current site we have long-term aspirations for the future. We have recently launched a number of new strategies which provide a detailed long-term plan for our services.
Check out why Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust is a great place to work using the links below:
Video: https://vimeo.com/556197652
Online brochure: https://www.liverpoolwomens.nhs.uk/media/4121/recruitment-pack-great-place-to-work-16pp-v4-final.pdf
Job description
Job responsibilities
To support and develop the Preceptorship programme ensuring the implementation of the framework
To be visible in the clinical environments liaising with Preceptees on the programme and supporting their partnership between them and clinical supervisors.
To audit the effectiveness of the teaching, learning and support activities that have been offered to all newly qualified multi-professional registrants in order that they can be amended accordingly.
Contribute in developing all learning environments within organisations by proactively promoting a learning culture and leading by example, thus contributing to quality standards of care and improvement
Lead on the development of Preceptorship packages and assessment tools
Coordinate the delivery of Preceptorship training days
Provide specialist advice and support to new registrants within scope of own knowledge and experience in all areas of Midwifery practice.
Lead on the work for Maternity, looking at retention of staff midwives in the NHS
For a full list of duties, please refer to the attached job description
Job description
Job responsibilities
To support and develop the Preceptorship programme ensuring the implementation of the framework
To be visible in the clinical environments liaising with Preceptees on the programme and supporting their partnership between them and clinical supervisors.
To audit the effectiveness of the teaching, learning and support activities that have been offered to all newly qualified multi-professional registrants in order that they can be amended accordingly.
Contribute in developing all learning environments within organisations by proactively promoting a learning culture and leading by example, thus contributing to quality standards of care and improvement
Lead on the development of Preceptorship packages and assessment tools
Coordinate the delivery of Preceptorship training days
Provide specialist advice and support to new registrants within scope of own knowledge and experience in all areas of Midwifery practice.
Lead on the work for Maternity, looking at retention of staff midwives in the NHS
For a full list of duties, please refer to the attached job description
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 1st level degree
- Professional qualification with up to date professional registration
Desirable
- Specialist knowledge of education in practice at Masters level equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Broad range of post qualifying clinical demonstrable experience for a minimum of 5 years
- Extensive demonstrable experience of teaching, supervising and assessing in the practice setting
- Demonstrable experience of having worked across professional and organisational boundaries
- Demonstrable experience of facilitating change
- Demonstrable experience of staff management/staff supervision
- Demonstrable experience of developing and implementing new systems and procedures
Skills Knowledge and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Excellent interpersonal skills able to engage and build effective relationships at all levels in stakeholder organisations
- Ability to present to large groups of people
- Experience of teaching and facilitating learning in a variety of settings with different groups of learners and staff
- Able to plan, implement and evaluate education programmes
- Excellent organisational and administrative skills
- Excellent time management skills
- Knowledge of different methods/ styles for teaching and learning
- Detailed understanding of a range of regulatory body requirements
- In depth knowledge of Quality Assurance principles and framework
- Microsoft office - Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Desirable
- Working knowledge of interprofessional learning theory
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 1st level degree
- Professional qualification with up to date professional registration
Desirable
- Specialist knowledge of education in practice at Masters level equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Broad range of post qualifying clinical demonstrable experience for a minimum of 5 years
- Extensive demonstrable experience of teaching, supervising and assessing in the practice setting
- Demonstrable experience of having worked across professional and organisational boundaries
- Demonstrable experience of facilitating change
- Demonstrable experience of staff management/staff supervision
- Demonstrable experience of developing and implementing new systems and procedures
Skills Knowledge and Abilities
Essential
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Excellent interpersonal skills able to engage and build effective relationships at all levels in stakeholder organisations
- Ability to present to large groups of people
- Experience of teaching and facilitating learning in a variety of settings with different groups of learners and staff
- Able to plan, implement and evaluate education programmes
- Excellent organisational and administrative skills
- Excellent time management skills
- Knowledge of different methods/ styles for teaching and learning
- Detailed understanding of a range of regulatory body requirements
- In depth knowledge of Quality Assurance principles and framework
- Microsoft office - Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Desirable
- Working knowledge of interprofessional learning theory
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
