Job summary An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced midwife with excellent communication and organisational skills to join our established Midwifery Clinical Education team at Sandwell and West Birmingham (SWB).The successful applicant will mainly be responsible for the oversight of pre-registration Midwifery Students and will work closely with our academic partners to facilitate a high quality clinical placement experience and ensure readiness for professional registration.
Following qualification, the post holder will continue to offer support during the transition to professional practice through our established preceptorship program.
The post holder will also work alongside our established education team to deliver multi-disciplinary professional training to qualified staff and pre-registration students.Here at SWB we have a passion for education and practice development, enables us to maintain and continually develop both our service and the staff that work here.
Main duties of the job We are looking for a highly motivated individual who will be able to rise to the challenges of providing excellent midwifery education within our brand newmaternity unit, based at Midland Metropolitan University Hospital.You must have some experience in education and staff development.
You will be required to work both independently and as part of a small team in a Maternity and Neonatal setting delivering supported learning and assessment both in practice and in more formal settings.
About us Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff.
Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opened in November 2024 and provides care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises.We have three newly emerging strategic objectives: Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staffOur Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we doOur Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve lives.
Job description Job responsibilities The successful applicant will work closely with our academic partners to ensure provision of an excellent clinical placement environment for all Midwifery students within the Trust.
Support placement audits and improvementsProvide, in collaboration with the wider MDT, clinical skills teaching for pre-registration students.Work with academic partners to manage placement allocations.Collate, analyse and report on Student feedback on placement experience to identify opportunities for improvement.Provide line management to students undertaking apprenticeship or post-registration Midwifery training.Work with the wider Perinatal Risk, Governance and Education Team to ensure learning from clinical incidents is disseminated within the multidisciplinary team.Support delivery of Multidisciplinary Obstetric Emergency Training (PROMPT), Basic Adult and Neonatal Life Support training and Midwifery CPD.
For further information regarding this role please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification Experience Essential Demonstrable post registration working in an NHS clinical setting Proven experience of educating and developing staff Evidence of change management skills Experience with developing Midwifery Practice Skills competency for suturing, cannulation, IV maintenance, obstetric emergencies (midwives only) Experience of Service Development Initiatives Skills competency for suturing, cannulation, IV maintenance, obstetric emergencies (midwives only) Desirable Knowledge of CNST standards and methods of achievement of the standards Qualifications Essential Registered midwife Degree level in a Healthcare related topic Teaching and Assessing Desirable Supervisor of Midwives ECDL Degree in Teaching or evidence of working towards