Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Practice Development Midwife

The closing date is 25 June 2025

Job summary

Clinical Practice Development Midwife

Student Midwife Lead

The Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust is looking for an experienced, enthusiastic midwife to join our dynamic midwifery practice development team. The practice development midwife team work in close collaboration with the clinical governance midwife, maternity matrons and the wider obstetric, anaesthetic and neonatal training leads to deliver effective and creative training and practice development programmes to the full maternity team.

While working in all areas of maternity practice development, your work will focus on supporting all student midwives through their training liaising with key stakeholders at the relevant universities. You will take an active role in delivering the maternity training programme as well as supporting your CPD colleagues in the induction, orientation and ongoing training of newly qualified midwives.

You will be a highly skilled and compassionate midwife, competent and confident in teaching including perineal suturing, neonatal resuscitation and the first-line management of obstetric emergencies.

Main duties of the job

The Practice Development Midwife will provide evidence-based advice, and support to all maternity staff. The focus of this post is to support student midwives through their training programme ensuring they are provided with the training opportunities to achieve the competencies and objectives required. Close stakeholder involvement with the relevant universities will facilitate robust oversight of each student. The practice development midwife will be responsible for teaching, managing in situ skills drills and managing multi-professional training in the department, including PROMPT.

The post holder will work closely with the other members of the practice development team to manage in situ skills drills and managing multi-professional training in the department. The post holder will also support practice assessors and practice supervisors and midwives undertaking post registration courses. The post holder will also work with the practice development team in the development of midwifery practice and enhance the overall quality of patient care. It is expected that the post holder will work clinically, supporting students and staff as a requirement of the role.

About us

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.

We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.

Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.

Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.

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Date posted

11 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£48,270 to £54,931 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

384-TM-EMF18614 B7

Job locations

Royal Surrey Hospital

Egerton Road

Guildford

GU2 7XX

Job description

Job responsibilities

The maternity department at the Royal Surrey is highly successful; it is rated Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission, has achieved Gold Accreditation under the Unicef Baby Friendly Initiative and has achieved all 10 safety actions as a part of NHS Resolutions CNST scheme. The maternity department prides itself on the high quality care it provides to women and families; this is achieved by focusing on innovation, quality improvement and staff health and wellbeing.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Practicing / NMC Registered midwife with significant experience and evidence of post-registration education bringing knowledge and skills to degree level
Evidence of education to degree level

Desirable

Teaching and assessing/mentor preparation qualification
Evidence of other professional managerial qualifications
Qualifications demonstrating training in advanced skills, for example: Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics qualification or Neonatal Life Support

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Substantial post qualification experience across all areas of midwifery practice with evidence of teaching real time skills in the clinical work place
Evidence of teaching and assessing experience/ proven ability to communicate within the MDT
Evidence of presentation skills to an audience
Demonstrate participation in clinical audit and research

Desirable

Understanding of managing a budget

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Practicing / NMC Registered midwife with significant experience and evidence of post-registration education bringing knowledge and skills to degree level
Evidence of education to degree level

Desirable

Teaching and assessing/mentor preparation qualification
Evidence of other professional managerial qualifications
Qualifications demonstrating training in advanced skills, for example: Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics qualification or Neonatal Life Support

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Substantial post qualification experience across all areas of midwifery practice with evidence of teaching real time skills in the clinical work place
Evidence of teaching and assessing experience/ proven ability to communicate within the MDT
Evidence of presentation skills to an audience
Demonstrate participation in clinical audit and research

Desirable

Understanding of managing a budget

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Surrey Hospital

Egerton Road

Guildford

GU2 7XX

Employer's website

https://www.royalsurrey.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Surrey Hospital

Egerton Road

Guildford

GU2 7XX

Employer's website

https://www.royalsurrey.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)