Preceptorship Midwife

NHS; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job description

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts

Want a career with growth, progression, and empowerment? Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the UK's largest acute teaching Trusts in England. Our Maternity Services offer a wide range of choice and support for all women and families, from midwifery-led birthing units to specialised neonatal care. This means our midwives have the unique opportunity to work across a range of highly specialist departments - giving you the chance to develop highly sought-after skills right from the very start of your career.

When you join, you'll receive excellent guidance and support from us as an organisation, but also from some of the most experienced and dedicated members of our Maternity Services team. From there, you'll have the power to take your career down any branch or specialism of midwifery that inspires you.

We're looking for compassionate, ambitious, and progressive people to join our team. With so many opportunities for self-development and progression, we need people who want to learn and inspire others. People who have a voice and want to use it to drive positive change. People who love a challenge and want to be part of transformation.

Your skills and talents as a midwife will help ensure women, babies, and families receive the unparalleled quality care they deserve. And in return, you'll find a rewarding career full of opportunity and open doors. When you work at NUH, you are not just helping families - you are part of one too.

Main duties of the job

As a midwife, you'll begin your journey by taking part in our accelerated preceptorship programme - guiding and supporting you on your journey to become a successful midwife.

Working across our two hospitals and within the community, you'll have an important role to play in the care across the whole spectrum of pregnancy and birth. You will have the opportunity during your preceptorship or induction to work in all areas including Delivery Suite, community, Ante natal services and inpatient areas.

The multi-faceted nature of our Maternity Services unit means you'll ensure families accessing our services receive excellent care, that's tailored to their individual needs at every stage of their journey.

As a Midwife, you'll be an active part of our Improvement Programme - being a voice for positive change within our multi-disciplinary team. You'll have a say in how we implement, deliver, and evaluate our care and you will be part of the decision-making process that drives our transformation.

We believe that progression and compassion is at the heart of delivering excellent care. With the huge variety of maternity services we provide, along with our strong focus on staff wellbeing and personal development, you can be part of a Trust where you never stop learning, you always feel valued, and you build a truly rewarding, thriving career.

About us

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

We provide Maternity Services for approximately 8000 births annually. We're also on an improvement and transformation journey which you can find out more about here: Maternity | NUH [nuh.nhs.uk]

We offer midwives a range of benefits, including:

• Travel discounts with local transport operators.
• Wide range of staff networks.
• Opportunities to work closely with Maternity Voices Partnership.
• Nationally recognised staff wellbeing programme.
• Individual and group restorative sessions from PMAs.

Job responsibilities

Please read the Job Description and Person Specification documents which can be downloaded as PDFs at the end of this page for further information.

Weve also listed the key responsibilities for preceptorship Midwives below to give you a more detailed insight into the role.

Communication and collaboration

• Be a powerful voice promoting excellent and effective patient care, participating in decision-making relating to women-centred care, driving transformation and change when you see an opportunity to do so, and acting as an advocate for women and those accessing our services.
• Be a great listener engaging with any feedback we receive from those accessing our services, ensuring confidentiality in everything you do, learning from every new experience and adapting to new styles of working.

Clinical Care

• Be an advocate for women and those accessing our services, for colleagues who deliver excellent care and who deserve recognition, and for the Trust working within our guidelines, policies, procedures, and ethical and legal frameworks.
• Be effective in how you manage and prioritise your time, by ensuring resources are being used in the most efficient way across the team, by continuously assessing and evaluating how we deliver care, and by developing your skills in areas that you feel need the most focus.

Personal and Professional Conduct

• Be an inspiration both on the ward and within the wider multi-disciplinary team. Be a role model for junior staff and students. Be responsible for your personal development and identify your short and long term goals. Encourage the development of others so that no one gets left behind, and we continue to work collaboratively at every level.
• Be professional by always adhering to Health and Safety legislation, administration and storage of drugs, clinical incident reporting, infection control, child protection and safeguarding, and safekeeping of patient property.

Research and Education

• Be curious by taking part in clinical audits and trials to improve patient care. By using, developing, and sharing evidence based practice to carry out care competently and efficiently. And by participating in the evaluation of our education programmes.
• Be an educator mentoring both qualitied and unqualified staff, including student midwives. Help people develop their leadership and supervision skills and complete any documentation required when taking on the role of mentor. Assist in the orientation of new staff or Return to Practice midwives where you will act as a preceptor.

Person Specification

• Midwifery Diploma or Degree - working towards
• Experience working in an acute Trust
• Good communication skills - written and verbal
• IT Skills
• Dexterity
• Student midwife or soon to qualify

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.

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts

£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum pro rata