Job summary
We are looking for an experienced Midwife with excellent communication and organisational skills to work in collaboration with the Clinical Practice Facilitator. This post will involve taking the lead in preparing student midwives to be confident and proficient in performing examination of the newborn. The aim will be to support practice supervisors to support students which in turn will ensure excellent Midwifery education is delivered across the Trust.
The student support role is designed to influence the quality of the clinical learning environment by providing support, educational input and development activities for Practice Supervisors/Assessors and students on the pre-registration and post-registration Midwifery programmes.
The post holder will:
1. Be an experienced band 6 Midwife with Excellent clinical skills.
2. Be qualified in performing examination of the new born.
3. Demonstrate the ability to work flexibly and enthusiastically whilst remaining professional under pressure.
Main duties of the job
With the support of the Clinical Practice Facilitator you will have the opportunity to support and facilitate student midwives and mentors in practice and be actively involved in student clinical assessments.
You will be able to further develop your coaching, teaching, and assessment skills for Student Midwives, Practice Supervisor, and Practice Assessors as you will be actively involved in training and giving ongoing support with clear objectives. This will involve working clinically with Students and Midwives as well as facilitating study days, and workshops ie. Suturing workshops, live drills and PROMPT.
You should possess excellent clinical, communication and organizational skills along with the ability to negotiate learning objectives and give challenging feedback. You must be a Practice Assessor.
About us
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and person specification in the attached documents for further details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and person specification in the attached documents for further details.
Person Specification
Education and Qualification
Essential
- Registered Midwife currently registered to practice.
- Minimum of 2-year experience as RM
- Qualified in performing examination of the newborn.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Must be able to practice in all areas in accordance with the Midwives rules and code of conduct.
- Ability to deal with challenging behaviour and circumstances
- Has advanced clinical skills including, suturing, cannulation, maternal and neonatal resuscitation confident dealing with e.g. PPH, shoulder dystocia Eclamptic fits
- Competent interpreting CTG and intermittent monitoring
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Comprehension of current midwifery practice including the normality agenda
- Knowledge of safeguarding
- Good understanding of the Middlesex University curriculum and clinical assessment document.
- Basic IT skills and a knowledge of information governance
Person Specification
Education and Qualification
Essential
- Registered Midwife currently registered to practice.
- Minimum of 2-year experience as RM
- Qualified in performing examination of the newborn.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Must be able to practice in all areas in accordance with the Midwives rules and code of conduct.
- Ability to deal with challenging behaviour and circumstances
- Has advanced clinical skills including, suturing, cannulation, maternal and neonatal resuscitation confident dealing with e.g. PPH, shoulder dystocia Eclamptic fits
- Competent interpreting CTG and intermittent monitoring
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Comprehension of current midwifery practice including the normality agenda
- Knowledge of safeguarding
- Good understanding of the Middlesex University curriculum and clinical assessment document.
- Basic IT skills and a knowledge of information governance
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).
