Retention Midwife

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Although this position is a 5 months fixed-term contract, the actual contract duration will be adjusted to account for the time taken to advertise the post, complete the hiring process, and finalise pre-employment checks. This means the contract will begin when the candidate starts the role and may be slightly shorter than 5 months.”