The Practice Development Midwife works as a member of the maternity and neonatal senior leadership team, supporting all activity in ensuring the maternity unit meets its educational and professional development responsibilities.
The post holder will be a professional role model and autonomous practitioner, who will lead and manage educational and/or practice development activities for staff within the maternity unit and act as a clinical expert within the Trust, disseminating specialist skills and knowledge to others. The successful candidate will be part of the senior midwifery team and participate in clinical activity as required.
We are delighted to be able to offer a range of roles within the maternity department across the Trust following additional investment to enhance services.
Interviews will take place the week commencing the 17th March 2025.
The postholder will ensure that continuing personal, professional and practice development is an active process, and that high quality midwifery care is delivered in line with current evidence-based practice.
This role requires active involvement with audit, governance and quality or service improvement; ensuring learning from incidents and complaints are embedded into education. You will be highly visible, accessible within clinical practice, demonstrating the trust vision and values in all behaviours.
Our Benefits
We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:
- Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
- 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
- A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager.
- A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
- Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
- NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
- An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
- Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers
For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Bev Waterhouse Job title: Head of Midwifery Email address: b.waterhouse1@nhs.net
