Are you an experienced Midwife with advanced clinical skills? If so, we'd love to hear from you!
This is an exciting time to join our team. We are continuing to implement the principles outlined within 'Better Births', so continuity of carer is high on our agenda.
As the Practice Development Midwife you will provide stable guidance and advice to the entire team in the development of skills around the department, whilst ensuring the statutory training is provided to staff throughout the year.
This is permanent, part time post for 22.5 hours per week.
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Participates in the process of staff development and review, completes appraisals and absence management as required.
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Ensures the maintenance of good relationships across all disciplines within and beyond the trust, by ensuring clear and timely lines of communication are maintained.
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Exercising of leadership to achieve high staff morale by fostering good relationships and communications between all groups and grades. Be able to recognise issues that may require disciplinary action and liaise with and support the Senior Midwifery team with development of personal improvement plans and staff support relating to education where necessary.
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Ensures that a safe environment is maintained at all times. Making effort to secure their own safety and that of service users, staff as well as the general public.
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Reporting accidents / incidents to service users, relatives or staff to Governance and Senior Midwifery Team and completing the appropriate form. Supports the maternity / trust Risk Management Strategy
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Demonstrates high levels of clinical decision making skills
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Zoe Gentry Job title: Education and Practice Development Lead Midwife Email address: Zoe.Gentry@esneft.nhs.uk