Miss Sophie Clements
Sophie Clements completed a degree in Midwifery at Plymouth University in 2009. She began her career as a rotational midwife at The Rosie Hospital, Addenbrookes, Cambridge NHS Foundation Trust, and gained competence in all areas of midwifery including high and low risk care. Sophie progressed to be the Lead Midwife for practice development in 2015. Within this role she leads and manages the following specialities; the practice educator supporting the student placements and practice within maternity and gynaecology, Band 5 preceptorship, international preceptorship and support, gynaecology practice development. She is the lead midwife for fetal monitoring alongside a Band 6 fetal monitoring specialist and consultant specialist. Sophie leads on the government Ockenden agenda in relation to education, and on saving babies lives V2 and CNST national requirements. She is in charge of co-ordinating multi-professional training within maternity, leading obstetric emergency skills programme.
Sophie gained her PGCert in 2018 and is an NMC registered teacher, she then gained a 1st in a Masters in Medical education in 2020.
Sophie has been influential in advising within the national maternity core competency framework and providing a training needs analysis template for the LMNS and regional use.
Alongside her role in education, she supports maternity with continued regular clinical practice and with her role as daily maternity manager, co-ordinating the running of the unit, managing staffing, patients and attending at emergencies. This managerial role requires multi professional working with the main Trust to demonstrate safe care and managing divert status.
Reason for applying for the scheme
Sophie’s goal is to help to embed professional leadership within all levels amongst the NHS. Sophie understands that further individual education on leadership will help her to role model leadership skills needed, and with the ability to use her knowledge of education and change management to implement leadership within clinical practice. Leadership within maternity has been in the forefront of excellent clinical care with the recommendations from Morecambe Bay and Ockenden reports, therefore this is something that Sophie wishes to continue to drive to improve standards.
Sophie has spent many years encouraging others to continue to learn and improve on their own practice, supporting students, midwives and her own team to continue to progress and learn throughout their career. Sophie would like to explore more about how coaching can be used to improve practice, aid retention and drive the future workforce.
Sophie understands the importance of learning from others with regards to leadership and is excited to engage with others within the scheme.
