Clinical Practice Educator in Maternity – Guildford Rd, Lyne, Chertsey

Job overview

It is an exciting time to be joining Ashford and St Peter’s NHS Trust. We are looking for a dynamic and compassionate midwife to join our Education Team as a Clinical Practice Educator. You will help shape the future of our maternity service by supporting, educating and developing both registered and unregistered staff across our maternity service.

ASPH is proud to provide a homebirth service, alongside an amazing birthing centre. We have a level 3 Neonatal Unit, and our midwives gain a range of experience from supporting uncomplicated pregnancies to developing care plans for our high-risk maternal and fetal medicine service.  An MDT approach is always used within these services, and we work extremely closely with our NICU team to provide the best outcome for babies that require their specialist care.

We pride ourselves on our working culture, and our leadership team strives to improve the well-being and satisfaction of our colleagues. ASPH have a wellbeing hub, staff have the opportunity to access the free onsite gym and other resources. Come and join our friendly team to help shape our future workforce.

Maternity Recruitment (asph-careers.org)

Main duties of the job

This is a permanent post.

We will support you to obtain your PG Cert if you do not hold this qualification and are willing to obtain it. 

Overview of Responsibilities:

Implement learning from incidents & new initiatives on the shop floor

Support the fetal wellbeing lead in delivering local training

Day-to-day teaching in the clinical environment – such as supportive drug rounds, triage supportive shifts & ward management supported shifts

Participate in safety huddles to ensure all learning opportunities are accessible to learners 

Utilising the SIMs lab and support in simulated learning in the clinical environment

Provide floor support for students and registrants to develop their confidence in clinical areas.

Welcome new starters to the maternity unit, supporting them practically in their clinical induction & orientation

Support the development of internationally recruited midwives/nurses.

To participate in the development of clinical guidelines and policies

Working for our organisation

Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.

Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey, and St Peter’s, Chertsey, Surrey.

We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals, and other healthcare facilities.

Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at Ashford & St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with our strong commitment to staff health and wellbeing. We are committed to providing continuous professional development, staff benefits and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.

Although it isn’t the Trust’s normal practice, adverts may close early, so applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Job responsibilities

Education and Training:

• Develop and maintain electronic training databases for midwifery and support staff.
• Deliver training on designated programmes to address midwifery requirements both in a classroom setting and within the clinical area.
• Provide mentorship, coaching, supervision and shadowing opportunities to each individual to support their professional development.
• Produce relevant teaching material tailored to meet specific learning requirements.
• Actively participate in maintaining your own professional development, identifying your own training needs with your Line Manager.
• To facilitate staff in all clinical settings to gain sufficient clinical competence, including IV cannulation, episiotomy and perineal suturing.

Governance and Quality Improvement:

• Work collaboratively with the Quality & Safety team to ensure learning from incidents is at the forefront of the training provision.
• Promote awareness of the national agenda, influencing midwifery services and ensuring that the service reflects current policy.
• Initiate/participate with projects and working groups in the maternity department.
• Participate in clinical governance meetings.
• To support the Lead Midwife for education in identifying and implementing quality improvement projects or service transformation strategies.
• Participate in the reviews of clinical incidents and give feedback to individuals or groups on any recommendations and lessons learnt.
• Facilitate the audit of midwifery practice

Clinical & Professional:

• Maintain clinical competence and expertise in all midwifery practice areas in line with the NMC code and rules, and standards.
• Be a positive role model for midwives and student midwives in relation to midwifery clinical practice.
• Have a strong, visible presence within the maternity unit.
• Work as a team member, ensuring good communication and collaborative working relationships are maintained throughout the division and at the Trust level.

To support the department and organisation by carrying out any other duties that reasonably fit within the broad scope of a job of this grade and type of work.

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