Overview
Recruitment & Retention Lead Midwife to support our Newly Qualified, International Midwives and new members of staff joining our team. You will ensure they feel supported and able to thrive within their working environment. You will coordinate, plan and implement orientation programmes as well as additional support plans as required. This is a maternity cover post for part time – 18.75 hours per week until 3 September 2026.
Responsibilities
* Be up to date with the preceptor programme of support and education and understand the assessment process for post-registration practitioners.
* Collaborate with senior staff and assessors to ensure all learners and newly qualified practitioners receive a robust induction and orientation to placement areas.
* Work with the Head of Education: Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professionals and the Clinical Education Support Team to ensure a consistent approach to post-registration education across the trust.
* Contribute to the development of policies and guidelines applicable to the placements of post-registration preceptor practitioners and B5 RNs working within maternity.
* Provide leadership for all members of the Midwifery and Non-Midwifery team, acting as a role model and promoting appropriate midwifery care.
About ESNEFT
We provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' homes. We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
What we offer
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff with a wide range of training and development opportunities, flexible working options, a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we focus on improving processes and reducing delays for staff and patients. We are investing in time matters with a partnership with Epic to bring a leading electronic patient record system to ESNEFT.
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