Clinical Placement Facilitator

Job description

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

Job overview

We are looking for an exceptional individual to lead our student midwives at Newham University hospital Barts Health NHS Trust. You will join the existing post holders at Newham Hospital to support the delivery of student midwife education to enable the provision of compassionate high quality clinical care in Barts Health.

You will be responsible for working with our mentors and HEIs to support the education and development of our student midwives, identifying and addressing their education needs, enabling them to successfully complete their training programme fit for purpose and practice. You will work closely with the education teams and senior midwifery colleagues to maintain high clinical standards within the unit.

The role has a strong clinical focus and therefore you will be able to demonstrate expertise in intrapartum care and specifically the use of NICE guidance and expert knowledge of key obstetric emergencies and fetal monitoring.

You must have studied at degree level or equivalent with a minimum of 2 years of midwifery experience at band 7 level and have worked as a practice assessor and supervisor, providing teaching and mentoring support for students.

Main duties of the job

The role of midwifery Clinical Placement Facilitator is to lead the education and development of all student midwives within maternity services and other learning environments. The individual will work collaboratively and strategically with the Practice Development Midwife and the education team, maternity lecturers in linked HEI's, the Trust Education team and the senior midwifery team to ensure clinical teaching is of the highest standard. The post holder must be an effective communicator able to confidently deliver lectures and presentations. They must have the skills to support midwives in facilitating student learning in practice. The post holder will need to have effective organisational and management skills to facilitate the needs of various student groups in practice.

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• First level registered nurse or midwife
• First degree qualification 997/998 course or other mentorship equivalent
• Candidates must have completed their preceptorship and have extensive experience across all areas of the maternity service, with either management or operational roles

Desirable criteria

• Masters or Management qualification

Skills

Essential criteria

• The ability to work flexibly, think laterally and communicate effectively at all levels of the organisation
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing and presentation skills
• Ability to lead, develop and motivate staff
• Highly motivated and uses own initiative Committed to student midwife development and Training
• Adheres to the trust values and encourages others to work accordingly
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Communicates(verbal and written) effectively in complex organisational environments

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of ability to network and work effectively across multiprofessional/ multi- agency boundaries

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Sound knowledge of midwifery practice and midwifery education framework
• Knowledge of current NHS, midwifery and education issues
• General computing skills
• Effective presentation skills
• Effective organisation skills
• Excellent time management skills
• Able to challenge current practice in a non-threatening manner
• Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Influences and role models behaviours that support positive patient experience

Desirable criteria

• Ability to understand and analyse financial, numerical and statistical data
• Sound knowledge of audit and evaluation processes
• Able to prepare and write reports
• Able to organise and chair meetings

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working in a senior midwife role
• Evidence of working with and Evidence of coordination of practice placements or rota management supporting student midwives
• Evidence of management/coordination of a team
• Teaching and assessment of students and qualified staff
• Able to organise and facilitate teaching sessions

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of coordination of practice placements or rota management
• Practice development or management of projects or initiatives

Other

Essential criteria

• Travel across the Trust to support other services when required
• Travel to university sites when required
• Participate in the senior midwifery on call rota

Visa Sponsorship Information

This role is subject to UK immigration requirements. Where sponsorship is required, applicants must meet the eligibility criteria for a Skilled Worker visa in accordance with current UK Visas and Immigration rules, including any salary, qualification, and role-specific requirements applicable at the time of appointment. Candidates who require sponsorship will only be considered where the post is eligible and where all sponsorship criteria can be met. Evidence of the right to work in the UK will be required before appointment. Please note that for roles employed under Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions, the High-Cost Area Supplement (HCAS) is not included when calculating the basic salary for the purposes of sponsorship.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer we actively support applications from individuals' who apply under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme and will process your application as appropriate.

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications has been received and we regret that we are unable to provide notification if your application is unsuccessful.

After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs.

By applying for this post you are agreeing to Barts Health NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so. As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults.

Barts Health promotes active travel as part of its goal to reach Net Zero. Each site is accessible by public transport and the Trust has a cycle to work scheme and some sites have Brompton Hire Pods.

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