midwife Review

I am responsible for PMRT which is a national audit of stillbirths and neonatal deaths. I ensure data is summited and reviewed weekly by the divisional team of senior staff. I also write 72 hour reviews of serious incidents for weekly review to see if they need any further investigation.

I have leaned further communication skills after additional training provided by Manchester university in motivational interviewing techniques. This has been particularly useful in developing my seconded tile as a car manager with the greater Manchester integrated contact tracing hub and phoning covid cases or settings to provide guidance and support.

The programme had been particularly hard during the pandemic when study leave was cancelled. But despite this the course has been really interesting and thought provoking. The other students come from such diverse backgrounds and roles too which give a real flavor of the diversity within the NHS as a whole.

The first 6 months was really good. But when covid started it threw some of the courses out of line and so we ended up doing two simultaneously which was hard in the first few months of the pandemic when study leave had been cancelled. However the support was really good

Support varied as I studied in my own time at the start of the course because I only worked 20 hrs. But even when I changed to 30 hrs I still had to study in my own time and didn't really get any work hours to complete the course

Loads of support from the tutors and the other support staff within the department. There were drop in sessions for tutorials or just to ask additional questions. There was also lots of other opportunities with the University for additional study support either online or via videos for critical analytical writing etc

The training had been really useful and helpful within the role i have. Particularly in the different styles of leadership and management and looking at recruitment and retention within the workforce. The project management aspect was also particularly good as looking into the cost benefit analysis and risks associated was new to me.

Being an NHS trust I'm not aware of any particular organized extra curricular activities for staff. However not working in the wards may mean I miss out on anything advertised there. There used to be yoga groups and things like that but in the last year I've not seen these activities advertised

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The staff are so friendly and supportive especially on the wards. It is very like being part of the family. Working in the offices is similar and we are like a very close knit small team and management style is that we aren't micro managed and take responsibility for our own bits

The hospital where the first test tube baby was born. This hospital has a lot of history and the values are very important in a very diverse community which is also evident in the diversity of the staff. Look at the hospital's values and commitments and priorities for the forthcoming year