Practice Educator- Pre Registration Midwifery

Job description

Job responsibilities

Roles and responsibilities

1. Educational

1.1 Responsible for providing professional support and facilitation for PS, PA and students to ensure that the NMC Standards are met.

1.2 To lead in supporting PS, PA and students where issues arise in practice to ensure HEI policy is followed and to ensure that any student referral to Fitness to Practice is in accordance with the AEIs and NMC policy.

1.3 Work in partnership with others to contribute to systems that critically evaluate the effectiveness of learning and education activities with pre and post registration midwifery programmes

1.4 Ensure all midwifery students are orientated to the Trust and undertake annual updates, where appropriate.

1.5 Liaise with clinical leads and Health Roster team to ensure all midwifery students have their off duty recorded whilst undertaking placements within the Trust.

1.6 Enhance and support the role of PS and PAs ensuring that they meet their NMC requirements for SSSA. Contribute to the on-going learning needs analysis of these roles.

1.7 Lead on maintaining the Trusts midwifery supervisors database in accordance with the NMC Standards.

1.8 Lead on ensuring that the NMC requirements for annual updates and reviews of PS, PAs and practice educators take place and are recorded accordingly.

1.9 Deliver SSSA Study days to ensure adequate provision of supervisors and assessors across clinical areas

1.10 To work with AEIs to ensure midwifery students are allocated to clinical areas in order that they meet the NMC requirements for clinical practice.

1.11 Participate in facilitating feedback to the practice placement areas and AEIs following student evaluation of their practice placement experience.

1.12 Identify existing and potential learning opportunities for pre-registration student midwives within the Trust and ensure that they meet and continue to, the AEI and NMC requirements for utilisation as a practice placement.

1.13 Lead on identifying potential new practice placement areas and work with both the AEI and area manager to bring these into the placement circuit for pre-registration midwifery students.

1.14 To agree with clinical areas the number of midwifery students that can be supported in the area, and to continuously monitor this and to have the authority to amend this depending on current situations.

1.15 In conjunction with AEIs, to actively participate in selection and recruitment days for pre-registration midwifery programmes.

1.16 To lead on effective partnerships working between the Trust and their AEI partners/other key stakeholders by building and maintaining links between the organisations to support practice learning.

1.17 To actively contribute to the recruitment of the pre-registration midwifery students into Band 5 positions within the Trust.

1.18 Actively explore and develop opportunities for inter-professional learning and development of multi-professional networks to facilitate shared learning.

1.19 In conjunction with the management team, participate in the short and long term strategic development of the service and educational requirements within learning and development

1.20 Attend any meetings appropriate to your area/role, ensuring effective communication within the team and leading on actions are undertaken and applications of recommendations into the training and education programmes

1.21 Support the future development initiatives across the Trust providing development support for new or altered roles and practice.

1.22 Analyse and interpret policy documents relating to all aspects of professional regulation and develop local policy or guidance to ensure compliance to external standards.

1.23 Be able to support and deputise for child and adult practice education facilitators to support business continuity and student experience.

1.24 Lead on any other activities required to maintain and assure the quality of the clinical learning environment.

2. Quality

2.1 Develop, plan and manage the educational audit of practice placement areas in partnership with ward managers and AEIs

2.2 Develop strategies and action plans to address deficits identified through practice placement audits to ensure that the placement environment provides an optimum learning experience

2.3 Contribute to systems that critically analyse the on-going quality of practice placement experience in conjunction with ward/area managers.

2.4 To lead on the planning, implementation and delivery of the midwifery student teaching programme.

2.5 To lead on the educational audits

2.6 To act as an effective role model and demonstrate effective organisational and leadership skills

2.7 Contribute to quality assurance and improved ways of working, incorporating evidenced-based practice.

2.8 Where appropriate lead on development of standards and audit for the implementation of changes to improve patient care delivery or patient safety.

2.9 Contribute to the annual training needs analysis and identify educational needs in relation to PS, PAs and practice educators for supporting midwifery students in practice.

3. Professional

3.1 To promote and work within the NMC Code of Conduct, Trust policies and Professional guidelines

3.2 To update own knowledge of clinical, education and professional developments linked to clinical practice

3.3 To maintain own clinical credibility through focussed clinical practice and other learning opportunities which may be linked to their area of speciality.

3.4 To participate and contribute to Trust groups/activities related to audit, research and education aspects of practice development.

3.5 To promote evidence-based practice within clinical areas.

3.6 To promote and participate in clinical supervision.

3.7 To be actively involved in change management processes as required.

3.8 To communicate effectively with relevant Trust and educational working groups as appropriate.

3.9 To develop and maintain efficient and effective communication and working relationships with other professional groups and colleagues.

3.10 Participate actively in own appraisal and setting developmental objectives

3.11 To reflect on own practice and develop professional role accordingly

4. Development and Research:

4.1 Contribute to the development, implementation and validation of training materials used for pre and post registration midwifery students. To include competency based assessment tools, training records and electronic learning developments.

4.2 To monitor and review the effectiveness of training, and modify as necessary to meet the changing needs of patient care and the Trust.

4.3 Contribute to the development and updating of local evidence-based standards, policies and guidelines related to pre and post registration nursing students.

4.4 To participate in audit, review and evaluation of the learning and development team.

This job description may be subject to change according to the varying needs of the service. Such changes will be made after discussion between the post holder and his/her manager.

All duties must be carried out under supervision or within Trust policy and procedure. You must never undertake any duties that are outside your area of skill or knowledge level. If you are unsure you must seek clarification from a more senior member of staff.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Midwife
• Proven and current experience of midwifery practice
• Evidence of post-registration education
• Educated to, or working towards masters level study
• Practice Assessor
• Previous midwifery experience at a senior midwife level
• Experience of supervising and assessing pre-registration midwifery
• Experience of supporting and facilitating pre-registration midwifery students in complex/failing situations
• Evidence of previous management experience
• Experience of commissioning and /or delivering educational initiatives
• Teaching skills, including using a range of teaching styles and presentation skills
• Knowledge of the current and future trends in respect of midwifery education
• Knowledge of the NMC Standards for student supervision and assessment
• Communicating effectively with mentors and students in various situations
• Ability to support PS, PAs and students in the assessment and facilitation of learning
• Facilitate effective team working
• Demonstrate an ability to apply research to practice and to support changes in the learning environment
• Computer literate, Word, PowerPoint Outlook and Excel
• Adaptability and dynamic
• Enthusiastic and Confident
• Ability to work under pressure
• Confident to challenge and to promote evidence-based practice
• Self-motivated
• Effective problem solving skills

Desirable

• NMC Practice Educator qualification
• Post Graduate qualification in education
• Project management experience
• Contributing to pre-registration midwifery curriculum development

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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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).

Employer details

Employer name

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

West Middlesex University Hospital

Twickenham Road

Isleworth

TW7 7BS

Employer's website

https://www.chelwest.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)