Practice Development Midwife

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, staff pride themselves on not only leading through clinical excellence, but also by creating an environment where all staff are valued and appreciated. To achieve this, the Trust has embarked on an exciting new strategy focused on continuous improvement.

Our vision is to improve the lives of our community and provide excellence in healthcare, through partnership and innovation

Our High Performance Culture will support everyone to be the best version of themselves by being true to our Trust vision, values and behaviours.
We welcome applications from colleagues from our local and neighbouring communities of all backgrounds and identities, who are currently under-represented within our region such as Black, Asian, Minority ethnic and those with disabilities.

As a region we are reviewing the way we work, and exploring how new working practices that support flexible working can create a positive work-life balance. As part of our recruitment process we will explore how our inclusive employment policies, flexible working, staff engagement forums, Trust facilities and services can be of mutual benefit.

Job overview

Working Full time: 37.5 hours per week

We are seeking an enthusiastic and experiencedPractice Development Midwife to lead the education, training and professional development agenda within our maternity service. This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated midwife with a passion for learning, quality improvement and patient safety to influence and support the development of a highly skilled maternity workforce.

The successful candidate will work closely with the multidisciplinary team to design, deliver and evaluate education programmes, ensuring staff maintain the skills, knowledge and competencies required to provide safe, effective and evidence-based care. You will play a key role in supporting mandatory training, induction, preceptorship, clinical competency assessment, implementation of national guidance and learning from incidents, complaints and audits.

This role offers the opportunity to drive innovation, support workforce development and contribute to service improvements that positively impact women, babies and families.

If you are an experienced midwife with excellent communication, teaching and leadership skills and are passionate about developing others, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

Lead the planning, delivery and evaluation of mandatory and specialist maternity education programmes. Develop and maintain clinical competencies and skills assessments for maternity staff. Support staff induction, preceptorship and ongoing professional development. Monitor and improve compliance with mandatory training and professional requirements. Facilitate training needs analyses and develop annual education plans aligned to service priorities. Design and deliver teaching programmes, study days and simulation training. Support implementation of national maternity safety initiatives, guidelines and best practice. Lead educational responses to incidents, complaints, audits and quality improvement programmes. Work collaboratively with ward managers and clinical leaders to improve standards of care. Support policy, guideline and pathway development across maternity services. Promote evidence-based practice, research, audit and service improvement activities. Provide expert advice and professional leadership on workforce development issues. Evaluate education programmes and produce reports demonstrating outcomes and impact. Support workforce planning and contribute to maternity service objectives and business planning. Ensure compliance with NMC standards, CQC requirements and Trust policies

Working for our organisation

The Trust’s services are provided from three locations:

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