Educational and Practice Development Lead Midwife
The closing date is 17 July 2025
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced midwife to join our established team as the Education and Practise Development Lead Midwife.
This is full time post, fixed term/secondment contract until 31st December 2026.
You will work collaboratively with the senior midwifery leadership team (SMLT) to develop and implement the midwifery education and training strategies, specifically leading on the core competency framework.
If you have the right experience and enthusiasm, we'd love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
o Lead on supporting personal and professional development of all staff and learners within the Maternity Department.
o Lead and Facilitate practice learning to the highest quality through teaching, assessing, administration and practice-based work whilst supporting the Trust's Clinical Governance Agenda.
o Working collaboratively with the Quality, Safety and Governance Lead Midwife, ensure that learning from safety incidents and best practise from both ESNEFT and other National organisations is gully embedded within the education programme.
o Work in close collaboration with external agencies, the multidisciplinary team clinical leads and Faculty of Education to link with Higher Education Institutions to influence educational strategy.
o In conjunction with the Consultant midwife; senior midwifery team and the multidisciplinary team lead on shaping the future of midwifery practice in the light of the local, national and professional agenda.
o Lead the education provision within the Maternity department, the Facilitator will be a proficient, approachable role model in addition to an expert clinician in the field of Midwifery, with a proven track record of clinical achievement.
About us
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
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Details
Date posted
04 July 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
432-HR447-25
Job locations
Colchester Hospital
Turner Road
Colchester
CO4 5JL
Employer details
Employer name
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Colchester Hospital
Turner Road
Colchester
CO4 5JL
Employer's website
https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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