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.buckroydnhs.net. - Amy Crowther, Clinical Education Lead, amy.crowthernhs.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. Date posted 16 April 2025 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 6 Salary £37,338 to £44,962 a year Contract Permanent Working pattern Part-time Reference number C9298-WOM-142 Job locations St. James's University Hospital Beckett Street Leeds LS9 7TF 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. Certificate of Sponsorship 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. Certificate of Sponsorship 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). Employer details Employer name Leeds Teaching Hospitals Address St. James's University Hospital Beckett Street Leeds LS9 7TF Employer's website https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)