Practice Education Facilitator

Job description

Job overview

Are you passionate about supporting, developing and inspiring the maternity workforce? We are seeking a motivated and forward-thinking Practice Education Facilitator to join our maternity team and play a key role in strengthening clinical education, supporting staff development and enhancing the experience of women, birthing people and families.

In this exciting role, you will:

Maintain professional accountability by upholding the standards of practice set by the relevant regulatory body for your profession, ensuring safe, evidence-based and compassionate care.

Work collaboratively with Senior Midwives to identify training needs and shape high-quality education programmes. This includes leading on Midwife induction, supporting delivery of the Preceptorship programme, and coordinating ongoing clinical and professional development opportunities for nursing and midwifery staff.

Take responsibility for key areas of impact, including:

Ensuring safe and effective clinical practice through high-quality training, coaching and support

Enhancing the experience of women, birthing people and families by promoting excellence in communication, compassion and personalised care

Contributing to organisational objectives by supporting a skilled, confident and well-prepared workforce

This is a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic practitioner who enjoys teaching, mentoring and working collaboratively across the maternity service.

Main duties of the job

To ensure safe and effective clinical/educational practice.

To work within an educational environment. Supporting and reinforcing the values and standards of compassion and respect in care, demonstrating analysis and decision-making skills. Supporting in the delivery of educational sessions to qualified nurses/midwives, providing a clinically and educationally excellent, high-quality service which will influence and facilitate change within the organisation.

Ensure a high standard of care and record keeping in accordance with Nursing and Midwifery Council, Health and Care Professions Council, national legislation, and local standards.

To work with other departments within the Trust to facilitate learning to support service developments and to support staff in practice who are subject to capability/competence processes.

Demonstrate a specialist level of knowledge, skill and understanding of clinical practice standards within the Trust.

Work alongside clinical staff, promoting best practice, providing support and education, facilitating a learning environment and development of staff to meet local requirements.

Participate in supporting a culture of protecting patients from harm and deprivation of basic rights ensuring a safe and effective service with continuous quality improvement.

Contributes to managing changes and improvement through the use of audit, staff/student feedback and reflection on practice by self and other members of the team.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To ensure safe and effective clinical/educational practice.

To enhance the patients experience

To manage and develop the performance of the team

Learning and development.

To ensure effective contribution to the delivery of the organisation's objectives

For full details please see the attached job description and person specification

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Midwife
• Degree Level qualification
• Current NMC professional registration

Experience

Essential criteria

• Band 6 experience
• Experience supporting education in the clinical setting
• Evidence of further and continuous professional development (CPD)

Flexible Working - As a major employer in the Black Country and West Birmingham region we are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance. We want the Black Country and West Birmingham region to be the best place to work and as such will consider all requests to work flexibly taking into account personal and individual circumstances alongside the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the on-boarding process.

Qualifications - Please be advised that if the post that you are applying for requires any level of qualification (e.g. A-Levels, Degree etc) or Professional Registration (e.g. Nursing and Midwifery Council, General Medical Council etc) you will be required to provide proof as part of the pre-employment process. By submitting your application you are giving the Trust permission to check the qualification certificates provided back to the source provider. Please note that a sample of all applicant's qualifications will be checked with the educational institution or provider. Furthermore, a sample of all applicants' qualifications will be checked back to the educational institution or provider to interview letters to further deter fraud.

Visa/Sponsorship Information

In line with UKVI requirements, the Trust is unable to sponsor any applicants for Skilled Woker Visas who do not meet the minimum eligibility requirements including applicable salary thresholds and concessions. Before applying, please ensure that you have the right to work in the UK, or that the role is eligible for sponsorship. For more information, please visit: