Band 7 Practice Development Midwife: Sponsorship Available

Job summary

This is a post for advanced midwifery practitioners, with excellent standards of clinical practice. The post is designed to provide the post holder with opportunities to develop and further enhance skills in programme planning, multi professional teaching and facilitation and communication with key stakeholders on issues related to practice development.

The post is required to work alongside team members, which includes Clinical placement Facilitators, Clinical Governance team and Senior Midwifery Team in the implementation of the practice development agenda for the maternity service, with direct reference to the CQC standards, SBL and Trust objectives.

Lead on agreed professional development activities, including mandatory training, essential to role and service activity.

Lead on preceptorship programmes and clinical placement activity in the division and the wider organisation in line with Trust policies and procedures and national guidelines.

Plan, deliver and review interventions to enable people to learn and develop. Agree with team members courses of action to address issues with their work.

Provide on a regular basis both constructive and positive feedback, identify and disseminate learning from outcomes.

Main duties of the job

Support the preceptorship and induction programmes for newly registered midwives and those midwives who are new to the Trust or returning to practice AND all new staff appointed to the maternity department.

In-conjunction with other members of the education team, assess the quality of clinical and other practice learning environments and proposes interventions for improvement.

Contributes to the design, organisation and delivery of mandatory training and to personally participate in the delivery of mandatory training sessions.

Co-ordinate the delivery and facilitation of the multidisciplinary PROMPT sessions for all staff from the directorate required to attend.

Deliver training and assess competency of individuals/groups through reflective practice, demonstration, observation and presentation e.g. manual handling/infection control training/mandatory training/specific clinical skills, providing verbal/written feedback as necessary.

Supports the professional development midwives in organising and facilitating the integrated midwives clinical skills development programme.

To identify the training needs of staff as identified from themes arising out of clinical incidents, reflective events, complaints, supervisory reviews and from national reports.

Person Specification

Education and qualification

Essential

• Registered Midwife
• First Degree or equivalent advanced study
• An interest in education and development of practice
• Evidence of Continuous Professional Development

Desirable

• Practice Teacher / Teaching qualification
• NLS / ALSO
• Masters or willingness to work towards achieving
• NIPE or equivalent

Skills and abilities

Essential

• Good organisational and leadership skills
• Ability to initiate, evaluate and sustain change
• Excellent, all round midwifery skills
• Good IT skills
• Sound knowledge of Midwifery practice

Desirable

• Risk management and quality assurance experience

Personal qualities

Essential

• Demonstrable well developed leadership skills.
• Self-motivating with the ability to motivate, lead and manage a team of staff
• Commitment to women- centered care
• Flexibility
• Resilience
• Commitment to furthering knowledge and responsibility
• Excellent interpersonal skills

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience working as a midwife
• Excellent clinical teaching and assessing skills.
• Experience facilitating Training sessions

Desirable

• Clinical audit and service evaluation

Others

Essential

• Ability to deal calmly with a range of personalities and situations
• Committed to the provision of a high quality safe service for women and their families
• Ability to work collaboratively and strategically
• Ability to exercise own initiative and work to deadlines.

Royal Free World Class Values

Essential

• Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Closing Date: 18 October 2026