Job summary
Expected Shortlisting
Date
12/05/2025
Planned Interview
Date
19/05/2025
Band
6 Clinical Educator Midwife
Substantive
position
0.68
WTE (25.5hours)
An
exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Womens CSU at Leeds Teaching
Hospitals. We are looking for a
passionate, enthusiastic, and experienced midwife with a specialist interest
in education and staff development to join our Clinical Education Team.
You
must have a live current NMC registration.
You
must have a broad range of knowledge and experience within maternity services
and be innovative, proactive and compassionate and be able to disseminate
innovation and learning in a supportive way.
You
need to have a sound understanding of the evidence base and be able to
translate this into practice. As a
visible and approachable role model you will provide specialist advice to
support a broad range of colleagues, working alongside them in clinical areas
to develop a skilled, compassionate and resilient workforce. You will mostly be working in the hospital
setting with a particular focus on supporting the delivery of clinical
skills, emergency and simulation training.
If
you would like more information about this role please contact
-
Catherine Buckroyd, Clinical Education Lead, c.buckroyd@nhs.net.
-
Amy Crowther, Clinical Education Lead, amy.crowther@nhs.net
Main duties of the job
The
Jobholder will play an essential role supporting the Lead Clinical Educator
(Band 7), Team Leaders, Matrons and Head of Midwifery, by facilitating
midwifery education, training and practice development within the Women CSU.
The
job holder is responsible for assessing the quality of clinical and other
practice learning environments, and proposing interventions within midwifery
for improvement.
The
job holder will facilitate the development of clinical practice mentors/key
trainers, providing supervision through bedside clinical support, and
continuous professional development activities.
The
job holder will support the development of interdisciplinary and whole
service working to ensure the sharing of good practice and delivery of high
quality, effective and efficient care.
The
job holder will work alongside and support clinical staff to deliver care to
the agreed standards.
Support
new starters (registered and non-registered) through a formalised and
structured induction and preceptorship programme. Provide formal and informal
education and training to registered and non-registered staff. Identify
learning and development opportunities for staff and promote continuous
quality improvement.
About us
Our
values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this
as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our
staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:
Patient-centred
Collaborative
Fair
Accountable
Empowered
All
our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values
Essential
core values include:
The post-holder is expected to be
honest, fair and consistent in their approach and to accept responsibility
for ones own achievements, acts and omissions.
Respect confidentiality in line
with National, Trust and local policies and guidelines.
A positive and professional
attitude.
Committed to providing the highest
quality of administrative support.
To promote, support and work
towards the delivery and achievement of the Trusts and departments
objectives.
Maintain and improve quality of
service.
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
JOB
DETAILS
Job Title:
Clinical Practice Educator
Reports to: Lead Clinical Educator
Band: 6
Department: Womens CSU
Location SJUH
JOB
PURPOSE/SUMMARY
The
Jobholder will play an essential role supporting the Lead Clinical Educator
(Band 7), Team Leaders, Matrons and Head of Midwifery, by facilitating
midwifery education, training and practice development within the Women CSU.
The
job holder is responsible for assessing the quality of clinical and other
practice learning environments, and proposing interventions within midwifery
for improvement.
The
job holder will facilitate the development of clinical practice mentors/key
trainers, providing supervision through bedside clinical support, and
continuous professional development activities.
The
job holder will support the development of interdisciplinary and whole
service working to ensure the sharing of good practice and delivery of high
quality, effective and efficient care.
The
job holder will work alongside and support clinical staff to deliver care to
the agreed standards.
Support
new starters (registered and non-registered) through a formalised and
structured induction and preceptorship programme. Provide formal and informal
education and training to registered and non-registered staff.
Identify
learning and development opportunities for staff and promote continuous
quality improvement.
Please
see attached document for full job description and personal specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB
DETAILS
Job Title:
Clinical Practice Educator
Reports to: Lead Clinical Educator
Band: 6
Department: Womens CSU
Location SJUH
JOB
PURPOSE/SUMMARY
The
Jobholder will play an essential role supporting the Lead Clinical Educator
(Band 7), Team Leaders, Matrons and Head of Midwifery, by facilitating
midwifery education, training and practice development within the Women CSU.
The
job holder is responsible for assessing the quality of clinical and other
practice learning environments, and proposing interventions within midwifery
for improvement.
The
job holder will facilitate the development of clinical practice mentors/key
trainers, providing supervision through bedside clinical support, and
continuous professional development activities.
The
job holder will support the development of interdisciplinary and whole
service working to ensure the sharing of good practice and delivery of high
quality, effective and efficient care.
The
job holder will work alongside and support clinical staff to deliver care to
the agreed standards.
Support
new starters (registered and non-registered) through a formalised and
structured induction and preceptorship programme. Provide formal and informal
education and training to registered and non-registered staff.
Identify
learning and development opportunities for staff and promote continuous
quality improvement.
Please
see attached document for full job description and personal specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife
- Recognised teaching/ assessing qualification.
- Degree level education
Desirable
- Working towards a post graduate Teaching Qualification (PG DIP/PG CERT ED)
Skills & behaviours
Essential
- Capable of lateral thinking.
- Teaching and assessment skills.
- Communication skills.
- Preceptorship skills.
- Organisational & Time Management skills.
- Ability to manage conflict.
- Uses initiative to resolve issues within own control.
- Team player.
- Ability to act professionally at all times.
Desirable
- Audit / benchmarking skills.
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal skills.
- Ability and knowledge of It programmes e.g. excel.
- Ability to organise and prioritise own workload.
- Understanding of skills and knowledge required to develop team members.
- Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post.
Experience
Essential
- Significant relevant post registration experience (minimum 2 years), including recent midwifery experience.
- Evidence of on-going professional development.
- Delivery of education and training within the clinical area.
- Understanding of current issues in healthcare Clinical & Quality governance frameworks.
- Understanding of the local and national Midwifery Strategy agenda.
- Understanding of education, higher educational delivery and its impact on the delivery of core services
- Awareness of Trust Quality Goals
- Awareness of LTHT Guidelines and Policies
Desirable
- Experience of Audit and Standard Setting
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife
- Recognised teaching/ assessing qualification.
- Degree level education
Desirable
- Working towards a post graduate Teaching Qualification (PG DIP/PG CERT ED)
Skills & behaviours
Essential
- Capable of lateral thinking.
- Teaching and assessment skills.
- Communication skills.
- Preceptorship skills.
- Organisational & Time Management skills.
- Ability to manage conflict.
- Uses initiative to resolve issues within own control.
- Team player.
- Ability to act professionally at all times.
Desirable
- Audit / benchmarking skills.
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Excellent written and verbal skills.
- Ability and knowledge of It programmes e.g. excel.
- Ability to organise and prioritise own workload.
- Understanding of skills and knowledge required to develop team members.
- Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post.
Experience
Essential
- Significant relevant post registration experience (minimum 2 years), including recent midwifery experience.
- Evidence of on-going professional development.
- Delivery of education and training within the clinical area.
- Understanding of current issues in healthcare Clinical & Quality governance frameworks.
- Understanding of the local and national Midwifery Strategy agenda.
- Understanding of education, higher educational delivery and its impact on the delivery of core services
- Awareness of Trust Quality Goals
- Awareness of LTHT Guidelines and Policies
Desirable
- Experience of Audit and Standard Setting
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).
