Job overview

The post holder will supervise, support and hand over their career insights to future students and both newly-qualified and experienced staff across Midwifery services at Luton and Dunstable University Hospital. 

The role of the Legacy Midwife is also to work with education leads, nursing and midwifery Legacy post-holders and the Beds, Luton and Milton Keynes (BLMK) Legacy Lead to provide support  within the work place fully utilising the opportunities that Legacy roles provide across the health and care pathways. 

Success of this role will ensure that a senior experienced midwife will have the opportunity to feel a sense of achievement at the end of a career – leave on a ‘positive note’ and reduce ‘burn out’ at the end of a career in Midwifery. 

Main duties of the job

Increase sustainable student placement opportunities across focused areas of service at Bedford Hospital by providing a dedicated role to work in partnership with the midwifery educators to develop specific learning outcomes.

Provide pastoral care and support to students and qualified staff.

Develop strategies to reduce attrition and turnover.

Review data around recruitment and retention and working with the Lead Midwifery Educator to generate reports.

They will actively participate in the process for exit interviews, identifying and collating themes and trends, using this data within their reporting process.

Working with Legacy Midwife on sister site in the area to provide equity of service provision and best practice. The post holder will be required to collaborate for cross site working with their counterpart (BH / L&D)

The Legacy Midwife will work with education teams to develop blended learning approaches to support the transfer of learning/skill attainment, giving students and newly-qualified staff the extended time needed in a different kind of coaching environment, that is flexible and meets everyone’s needs (virtual, face to face etc.)

Work in conjunction with the Practice Development teams and Lead Midwifery Clinical Educator to plan internal clinical practice assessment for students and newly qualified staff.

 

 

Working for our organisation

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton.  Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.

Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job

It is an exciting time to join the newly formed Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We run two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Our 7,500 staff provide high quality care for a growing population of around 700,000 across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas.

 

You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. Travel between hospital sites may be required. We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.