Practice Development Midwife

Job summary

Worcester Royal Hospital Maternity Services is a CQC Good Team.

Each Team member is supported and valued to be the very best they can be, whilst recognising that each individual contribution to the team us vital to its overall success.

If you agree that supporting your colleagues and helping them be their best is vital, this role could be exactly what you are looking for. We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and committed midwife to support the role out and development of the education programme which will underpin our Enhanced Maternal Care Services and support the midwifery-led NIPE programme, in addition to helping further develop the maternity training programme already in place.

The post holder will be required to implement, teach and support as required, practice development initiatives, facilitating midwifery staff to develop safe, effective and person-centred clinical practice.

Providing high quality patient care, a positive experience for both Women and their families and being an excellent, compassionate and respectful workforce is at the centre of our service.

Main duties of the job

You will be working alongside our existing Practice Development Midwife in an exciting role combining excellent clinical, teaching and facilitating skills with organisational abilities. Together you will take the lead initiative in devising, implementing and delivering yearly update and refresher training for all our NIPE trained midwives as well as coordinating additional members of the midwifery team gaining this qualification.

You will be developing the provision of effective individualised, women-centred, evidence-based midwifery care within the maternity enhanced care setting which is an exciting development for Worcester Royal Maternity Services.

Duties will include contributing to the development and delivery of Midwifery Mandatory Training. The post holder will arrange dates, rooms and speakers for these days within the Trust.

About us

Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is over 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Our objectives are simple:

• Best services for local people
• Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
• Best use of resources
• Best people

Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

Employer details

Employer name

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1DD

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1DD

Employer's website

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

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