Midwifery Practice Placement Facilitator

• The post holder will work in partnership with clinical collaborative, Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and NHS England. To facilitate the continued development and maintenance of high quality practice placements for pre-registration midwives.
  
  

To expand practice placement opportunities, as necessary, across a broad range of disciplines / professional areas in conjunction with guidance from NHSE/I, HEE and in collaboration with relevant contacts from appropriate educational institutions.

To provide support and guidance to practice assessors / supervisors in order to facilitate the integration of theory and practice within the practice placement area.

To be a first point of contact for assessors / supervisors or registrants and offer guidance to students particularly when highlighting concerns or potential problems in relation to practice placement

areas.

Works in partnership with the senior midwifery team ward/department manager to ensure the multi-disciplinary team all work together to achieve agreed, common goals/outcomes. They will contribute to driving the trust quality and safety priorities through education and role modelling.

Monitor student evaluations of practice and lead investigations regarding concerns raised by students around practice. When necessary, facilitate meetings between the HEI/ practice and students when concerns have been raised.

Lead investigations with HEI representatives when practice raise concerns around student’s fitness to practice

Be responsible for ensuring NMC Standards for education are embedded within the organisation to support learning, assessing and supervising in practice

Facilitate effective communications between the universities, trust and all other

stakeholders through strategic partnership working

Lead and support the training and development needs of assessors and supervisors in practice

Produce annual reports of student activity, student concerns and placement capacity to be presented to the wider maternity and practice education team.

Represent the trust in meetings and decisions made with universities and other key stakeholders

Work in collaboration with colleagues to disseminate good practice in developing learning opportunities, e.g. induction / orientation packages and placement profiles

Develop and deliver the Home Trust Induction

Co-ordinate recruitment and selection activities with HEIs for pre- registration interviews

At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.

We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition – a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.

We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

We recruit for values and “Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool”

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Gemma Gordon Job title: Senior Clinical Matron Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01642382922