Job summary
As the Clinical Midwifery Educator, you will support the quality of the clinical learning environment for midwifery staff and learners within the Women and Children's division by providing clinical support, educational input and development activities for registered midwives, apprentices, and students.
You will encourage the development of a learning culture where both education and lifelong learning are seen as integral to clinical practice and will positively contribute to the development of the workforce and support and enable staff to provide safe and effective maternity care.
Main duties of the job
1. To support staff and learners with their individual and Trust learning needs.
2. To assist departmental managers in ensuring that all Trust Mandatory Training requirements are met.
3. To support the achievement of CNST safety action 8 requirements. To work with departmental managers to prepare placement areas to support a quality learning environment, this will include facilitating teaching and support sessions.
4. To support facilitation of Maternity Mandatory training day.
5. Work with senior staff, practice development midwives, supervisors and assessors to ensure all new staff and learners receive a robust induction and orientation to the work area.
6. To work closely with the Risk and Governance Lead and the matrons to assist in completion of education and actions relating to serious incident and moderate incident investigations.
7. Ensure Trust policies are adhered to by all staff and report any non-compliance as necessary.
8. To contribute to the development of policies and guidelines where applicable.
9. Support the appraisal process and any associated training and/or performance management processes of supervisors, assessors and practice educators in collaboration with the individual's line manager.
10. Act as a professional role model and provide leadership to junior members of staff and learners.
About us
There's never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We're working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital to open in 2030 and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we've ever undertaken.
Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.
At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.
We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as 'Good', and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.
We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome.
We love working here and think you will too.
Person Specification
Qualifications/training and professional development
Essential
* Registered Nurse, Midwife registered with the NMC
* Undertaken Assessor training such as Mentorship or Practice Education
Desirable
* Degree in relevant field
* Post-graduate Certificate in Education or equivalent
Experience
Essential
* Post-registration clinical experience
* Experience of working with non-medical learners including students and apprentices in an acute setting
Desirable
* Experience of teaching within a formal setting
* Knowledge of coaching models of mentorship
Skills, abilities and knowledge
Essential
* Ability to work autonomously setting own targets and measuring performance against these targets
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
* Negotiation and persuasion skills
* Accurate documentation with attention to detail
* Knowledge of pre-registration Health Sciences programmes and professional bodies (NMC and HCPC) standards relating to education
Desirable
* Ability to use a variety of presentations skills to engage with individuals with a multitude of learning styles
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
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Employer details
Employer name
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHSFT
Address
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Gayton Road
Kings Lynn
PE30 4ET
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