Job summary
- Main area
- Maternity
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 153-SP05053
- Employer
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- University Hospitals Dorset
- Town
- Bournemouth
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Preceptorship Programme Lead Midwife
Band 7
As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support the preparation of their application. While this is not discouraged, we kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of your own experience and suitability. Personal integrity is an important part of the recruitment process.
Job overview
- To support the operational management of the Maternity Practice Development Team in conjunction with the Practice Development Lead Midwife.
- Act as Operational lead for Preceptorship Program including Internationally Educate Midwives induction and OSCE Training Programmes and Clinical Skills training.
- To coordinate the planning, delivery, updating and evaluation of high-quality evidence-based clinical education and clinical skills training across the maternity department.
- Role model UHD Trust Values and strategic objectives in relation to education and training.
- In collaboration with senior staff both from within Care Group Directorates and the Blended Education and Training Department, coordinate, plan, deliver and evaluate evidence-based education programmes to promote high quality patient care and safety for Preceptorship Program Midwives.
- Support the Midwives with a special interest in practice development in devising development plans for individuals requiring assistance in achieving competencies or requiring additional support in the clinical area.
- Role model the delivery of safe, high-quality evidence-based patient care.
- To be part of the operational coordination team providing operational support and acting as a point of contact for the unit on a shift basis.
To escalate issues associated with clinical education and clinical skills training to the Consultant Midwife.
Main duties of the job
To support the operational management of the Maternity Clinical Education Team to deliver the Preceptorship Program for band 5 Midwives supporting the clinical education strategy under the direction of the Consultant Midwife, ensuring that this is evidence based and aligned with Trust policy and procedure, supporting the NHS England National Preceptorship Framework for Midwifery to promote high quality patient care and patient safety.
The purpose of preceptorship is to provide support, guidance and development for all newly registered practitioners to build confidence and develop further competence as they transition from student to autonomous professional.
The core purpose is to ensure our workforce is supported and skilled and in turn improves retention for newly registered midwives.
To facilitate Preceptorship Program Education Days.
To ensure that the Practice Development Team deliver a high-quality service and to line manage all preceptorship program midwives.
Working for our organisation
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To support the operational management of the Maternity Clinical Education Team to deliver the Preceptorship Program for band 5 Midwives supporting the clinical education strategy under the direction of the Consultant Midwife, ensuring that this is evidence based and aligned with Trust policy and procedure, supporting the NHS England National Preceptorship Framework for Midwifery to promote high quality patient care and patient safety.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Qualified Midwife currently practising and on the NMC register.
- Masters level qualification or equivalent experience
- Post registration qualification at degree level
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
- Mentorship Qualification
Desirable criteria
- Advanced practice MSc or working towards
- Leadership and management qualification
- Teaching and assessment qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantive Midwifery Experience • Able to demonstrate a good and current knowledge of specialist area current practice • Experience in audits and research • • Experience in developing and delivering action plans
- An ability to set gold standards of care
- Substanted experience in area of speciality
- Experience in Leading
- Experience in supervising and facilitating both pre-registered students and qualified and newly-qualified midwives in practice
- Experience of managing change on service-related projects Experience and ability in Teaching and Assessing
Technical Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to motivate, critically appraise and feedback in a constructive manner .
- SLIP/CLIP awareness
- Provide 1:1 support to Newly Qualified and overseas and Preceptorship midwives
- Good Organisational skills required to support midwives across Child Health the service
- Demonstrate a creative, innovative and integrated approach to learning and development
- Multidisciplinary approach to care
- Ability to keep up to date with evidence-based practice and effectively communicate this
- lexibility in the delivery of teaching depending on target audience
- Ability to critically appraise and feedback in a constructive manner
- Conflict resolution skills
- Able to network with both internal/external professionals
- Commitment to changes for service improvement
- Awareness of the importance and impact of priorities and autonomy in practice
- Ability to plan, problem solve and prioritise workload Ability to work in highly pressurised situations
- Formal and informal Presentation skills (including use of Microsoft TEAMS) Commitment to personal and professional development and development of others
- Computer literacy particularly working with e.g. excel spreadsheets and access databases
- Extended role skills, examples as appropriate to role, e.g. Caring for the critically ill child midwifery emergency skills and drills
Desirable criteria
- Accurate and methodical record keeping with an attention to detail
- Ability to promote critical analysis in care
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding of current NHS trends and policies including Clinical Governance, NHS Improvement, CQC, ICS etc.
- Able to undertake Performance reviews, and manage issues pertaining to performance
- Awareness of the importance and impact of priorities and autonomy in practice
- Ability to keep up to date with evidence-based practice, formulate departmental policies and effectively communicate this to the team
- Advanced specialist theoretical and practical knowledge relevant to care of women and babies
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rebecca Savage
- Job title
- Consultant Midwife
- Email address
- [email protected]
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