Job summary
Expected Shortlisting
Date
06/05/2025
Planned Interview
Date
22/05/2025
An
opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, extremely motivated, resourceful
Registered Midwife with established clinical, IT, leadership and teaching
experience to join our senior team. An
additional registered Nursing qualification would be an advantage but not
essential.
Working
as part of the senior team, the post holder will contribute to the future
development of multidisciplinary training within the Maternity and Womens
service through participation with development initiatives, adherence to
national requirements of the NHS Resolutions 3 year maternity incentive
scheme and involvement in the wider CSU mandatory training compliance.
Main duties of the job
As
a Senior Clinical Educator, you will have excellent clinical and
communication skills, an ability to inspire and support staff and work in
partnership with the multi-disciplinary team in the assessment, planning,
delivery and evaluation of the education programme. You will also collaborate
with external education agencies in relation to nationally mandated
education. Planning training requirements for practitioners from other
specialities such as paediatrics and theatres who link to maternity care, to
meet the complex requirements of the NHSR maternity incentive scheme and
ensure the safety needs of women and their babies remain the main focus of
services.
The
applicant will have extensive experience as a Band 6 educator and proven,
teaching and leadership capabilities. You will have undertaken post
registration education and be a certified PROMPT trainer, Clinical skills
facilitator, NLS certified practitioner with an expectation you will become a
NLS instructor, and MELVIS trainer for the wider CSU. The applicant will be
committed to the continued learning of additional skills to enhance the
provision for women and staff safety training, and ideally have undertaken a
leadership programme.
About us
The
Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust is a busy University Teaching Hospital and
tertiary referral center for Womens Health. The Womens Clinical service
unit comprises Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Leeds Fertility across several
sites. As a leading provider of care for women we place great emphasis upon
maintaining high standards for clinical education in Leeds.
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'
members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts
are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove
adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the
shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this
process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any
questions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The
job holder will play a lead role in ensuring the development of clinical
staff both registered, unregistered and medical. The job holder will enable
the development of clinical practice mentors, assessors and key trainers,
providing supervision through on-site support and Trustwide continuous
professional development activities. The post holder will be responsible for
leading clinical education and associated resources in their designated
clinical areas. The successful candidate will provide a high standard of
education.
The
job holder will support the assessment of the quality of clinical and other
practice learning environments, and implement interventions for improvement.
The job holder will support mentors and assessors and ensure clinical
professional development for preceptor ship and other role developments. They
will enhance the quality of care delivery from both the registered and
unregistered workforce. The post holder may be line managing a junior
clinical educator depending on the clinical service unit.
You
will be expected to lead the midwifery / nursing contribution to service
development, ensuring the pursuit of excellence in care. The job holder will
lead on the implementation and monitoring of adherence to relevant clinical
guidelines, audit and research. They will function as a role model for
registered and unregistered staff within the clinical area and Trust,
enabling and supporting the development of interdisciplinary and cross city
working to ensure the sharing of good practice and delivery of high quality,
effective and efficient care.
Please
see attached job description for full details
Job description
Job responsibilities
The
job holder will play a lead role in ensuring the development of clinical
staff both registered, unregistered and medical. The job holder will enable
the development of clinical practice mentors, assessors and key trainers,
providing supervision through on-site support and Trustwide continuous
professional development activities. The post holder will be responsible for
leading clinical education and associated resources in their designated
clinical areas. The successful candidate will provide a high standard of
education.
The
job holder will support the assessment of the quality of clinical and other
practice learning environments, and implement interventions for improvement.
The job holder will support mentors and assessors and ensure clinical
professional development for preceptor ship and other role developments. They
will enhance the quality of care delivery from both the registered and
unregistered workforce. The post holder may be line managing a junior
clinical educator depending on the clinical service unit.
You
will be expected to lead the midwifery / nursing contribution to service
development, ensuring the pursuit of excellence in care. The job holder will
lead on the implementation and monitoring of adherence to relevant clinical
guidelines, audit and research. They will function as a role model for
registered and unregistered staff within the clinical area and Trust,
enabling and supporting the development of interdisciplinary and cross city
working to ensure the sharing of good practice and delivery of high quality,
effective and efficient care.
Please
see attached job description for full details
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree level Registered Midwife (RM for midwifery areas +/- Registered Nurse RN Adult for adult clinical areas
- Recognised teaching/assessing qualification
- Masters degree or post graduate level development equivalent to a masters
- PROMPT obstetric emergencies training facilitator
- Neonatal Life Support NLS provider certificate
Desirable
- Melvis trainer
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Willing to undergo training as necessary
Experience
Essential
- Working with a wide range of professionals including medical, nursing and management colleagues
- Support speciality specific knowledge, skills and competency in midwifery practice eg Cardiotocograph CTG and Newborn Life Support NLS / neonatal resuscitation.
- Significant post registration experience in a junior leadership role eg Band 6 or equivalent
- Experience of clinical audit and standard setting
- Evidence of service development and or facilitation of change management
- Understanding of performance management strategies
- Significant experience within a leadership position
- Clinical experience within the specialty
Skills & behaviours
Essential
- Leadership and management skills
- Teaching and assessing skills
- Preceptorship skills
- Organisational and Time management skills
- Quality improvement skills
- Understanding of evidence based practice research conscious
- Team player
- Learns from incidents and complaints
- Conflict resolution and Managing stress
- Uses initiative to resolve issues within their own control
- Routinely plan and deliver teaching session/programmes in a range of settings e.g formal/informal
- Able to present information to large groups of multi-professionals.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree level Registered Midwife (RM for midwifery areas +/- Registered Nurse RN Adult for adult clinical areas
- Recognised teaching/assessing qualification
- Masters degree or post graduate level development equivalent to a masters
- PROMPT obstetric emergencies training facilitator
- Neonatal Life Support NLS provider certificate
Desirable
- Melvis trainer
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Willing to undergo training as necessary
Experience
Essential
- Working with a wide range of professionals including medical, nursing and management colleagues
- Support speciality specific knowledge, skills and competency in midwifery practice eg Cardiotocograph CTG and Newborn Life Support NLS / neonatal resuscitation.
- Significant post registration experience in a junior leadership role eg Band 6 or equivalent
- Experience of clinical audit and standard setting
- Evidence of service development and or facilitation of change management
- Understanding of performance management strategies
- Significant experience within a leadership position
- Clinical experience within the specialty
Skills & behaviours
Essential
- Leadership and management skills
- Teaching and assessing skills
- Preceptorship skills
- Organisational and Time management skills
- Quality improvement skills
- Understanding of evidence based practice research conscious
- Team player
- Learns from incidents and complaints
- Conflict resolution and Managing stress
- Uses initiative to resolve issues within their own control
- Routinely plan and deliver teaching session/programmes in a range of settings e.g formal/informal
- Able to present information to large groups of multi-professionals.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
