There is a exciting opportunity at Homerton Healthcare NHS Trust to support the International Educated Midwives.
The International Recruitment Midwife will be responsible for Recruiting and Retaining International Educated Midwives (IEM) by providing teaching, clinical support and pastoral care to Internationally Educated and Recruited Midwives (IEM) throughout their pre registration and Preceptorship period.
They will have a visible clinical presence, supporting IEM. They will provide clinical expertise and contribute to service developments in the maternity unit.
The post holder will work closely with the Practice Development Team and Recruitment & Retention Midwife.
Key duties include:
• To support and lead recruitment of International Educated Midwives (IEM).
• To provide pastoral care and offer support to the internationally educated midwives (IEM) within the Trust.
• Play a key role in supporting the orientation of international midwives during the initial arrivals and lead on induction to the clinical area.
• Be a central contact for the midwives to seek signposting for support on a variety of areas such as wellbeing, accommodation, amenities, local community contacts and their spiritual care.
• Act as a supportive link between the midwives and the designated ward areas to ensure a smooth supportive induction period.
• Ensuring the designated ward areas have identified a mentor to facilitate support and ensure a buddy system is in place.
• Form good working relations with key team members and wider organisational colleagues to enable quality pastoral support provision including the Recruitment and Retention Midwife, Pastoral Support Lead Midwife, Practice Development team and CPF.
Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.
We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.
Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.
We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.
Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.
Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.
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 on this page
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
This advert closes on Tuesday 2 Jan 2024
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