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The post holder will act as an operational assistant providing a professional, and comprehensive secretarial and administrative service to the SMH Education and Practice Development Department.

The post holder will be responsible for the co-ordination, organisation and administration of the Maternity Training Programme at St Mary's Hospital, Maternity Division and support the Lead Midwife for Education and Practice Development to ensure the standards required by The Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts (Maternity Incentive Scheme), the CQC, and local priorities for learning. The post requires a resourceful approach to the complexity of the role, which includes involvement in quality assurance of training at a local level.

To provide professional secretarial and administrative support to the maternity education and practice development department.

To co-ordinate the specialty-training programme, liaising with the education and management team l by communicating with medical staff and the Maternity workforce.

To support educational leads and local faculty providers in the delivery of the curriculum for specialty programmes locally. This will involve planning, scheduling, and organisation of training, along with the appropriate quality assurance monitoring.

Responsible for the planning and coordination of high quality joint clinical educational programmes, by liaising with relevant stakeholders. This involves keeping up to date with current issues and developments in the field of Maternity education and training.

Monitor attendance at teaching and take appropriate action.

To prepare evaluation reports on all training events to ensure a high quality-teaching programme is delivered in line with the curriculum requirements.

To support the Lead Midwife Education and Practice Development in developing the quality assurance measures in the Trust by implementing and monitoring quality assurance processes to help improve standards of Maternity education at a local level.

MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.5bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the ‘NHS England’ website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!