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Job overview

We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic, and energetic midwife who has a passion for teaching and supporting internationally educated midwives, returned to practice midwives and midwives, to join our team as the retention lead for internationally educated midwife and deputy practice development midwife.  The successful candidate will be part of the education team and work closely with the other team members and ward managers to provide both pastoral support and alongside support to internally educated midwives and return to practice midwives in the clinical areas.

The role has a 70% clinical element and so must be visible in the clinical areas. The successful candidate will work as part of the education team to facilitate learning for all maternity staff including facilitating mandatory training.

The successful post holder will work closely with the Barts Health education team and their counterparts across sites. You will need to facilitate the linking of theory to practice; as well as providing a supportive, responsive approach to training and development for internationally educated midwives, return to practice and midwives.

If you think you have the right skills to support internationally educated midwives, return to practice midwives, midwives and would like to find out more about the role or visit our unit, please contact: Doreen Akua Oforiwaa- [email protected]

Main duties of the job

The post holder will deliver high quality clinical skills training to Overseas midwives in preparation for their OSCE as part of their Test of Competence (ToC). 

The post holder will work in liaison with the Consultant Midwife for Education to plan the schedule and content of the program and will then lead on the delivery of the program by coordinating educational activities and assessments of learning within the specialty.

The post holder will be part of the education team and work closely with the other team members and ward managers to provide both pastoral support and alongside support to all midwifery and clinical support staff with a focus on internationally educated midwives.

To work clinically to support practice for newly qualified midwives during preceptorship and support the coordinators when necessary. The role has a 70% clinical element and so must be visible in the clinical areas.

They will work as part of the education team to facilitate learning for all maternity staff including facilitating mandatory training. They will also be involved in the recruitment process of midwives and maternity care assistants.

The post holder will work closely with their Barts Health education team and their counterparts across sites. Although this role is based at Whipps Cross hospital it also involves facilitating teaching at our sister sites within Barts health.

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.  

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.  

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.  

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.