Band 7 Clinical Preceptorship Support Midwife - Community

NHS; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare institution in Birmingham is seeking a Band 7 Clinical Preceptorship Support Midwife. This role involves overseeing the preceptorship program, supporting newly qualified midwives, and providing clinical leadership. The ideal candidate will be a registered midwife with strong leadership skills and experience in a community midwifery setting. Competitive salary and commitment to continued professional development are offered.

Benefits

Commitment to diversity and inclusion

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Registered midwife with current professional registration.
• Experience in community midwifery setting required.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the preceptorship programme for newly qualified midwives.
• Provide clinical leadership and support to preceptees.
• Monitor progress and attrition rates for preceptees.

Skills

Leadership skills

Conflict management

Effective communication

Time management skills

Education

Registered midwife

Accredited mentorship qualification

Master's degree or willingness to undertake

Tools

IT skills e.g. Word

Excel spreadsheets

Job description

Go back University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Band 7 Clinical Preceptorship Support Midwife - Community

The closing date is 17 October 2025

The post holder will be responsible for overseeing the preceptorship programme, supporting the transition from student to newly qualified midwife. Acting as a role model, you will provide support for the preceptee midwives as they consolidate their learning and skills. As a member of the education team, you will work with the preceptees to enhance their experience, build confidence and establish a strong foundation for their future career.

Main duties of the job

Provide clinical leadership, guidance & support to preceptees within a variety of clinical & community setting

Use midwifery expertise as a resource to support preceptee midwives, promoting normality as well as providing guidance for high risk care

Recognise the knowledge, skills, attributes and competence of preceptee midwives at the point of registration, providing them with the appropriate resources

Enable the preceptees to achieve the aims and outcomes of the preceptorship programme.

Empower preceptees to appropriately escalate concerns and support them to build confidence within the profession

Facilitate local inductions for preceptee midwives, ensuring activities are designed to welcome and integrate them into the team and place of work

Monitor progress, rotation, achievements and attrition rates for all preceptees

To be a point of contact for the wider team, in relation to the preceptorship programme and preceptee midwives

Establish and maintain effective communication within the multidisciplinary team

To support midwives on improvement plans

Attending departmental meetings where appropriate, supporting evaluation of changes within midwifery practice. Providing feedback and reporting preceptorship updates

To support implementation of key projects as identified by the Director of Midwifery, Heads of Midwifery and matrons

To participate in audit, risk management, quality, practice and education initiatives

About us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

• *Registered midwife
• *Accredited mentorship qualification or equivalent experience
• *Current Professional Registration
• *Master's degree or willingness to undertake
• *Leadership qualification or completion of leadership programme

Experience

• *Experience in a community midwifery setting.
• *Evidence of practice as a Band 6 RM
• *Evidence of CPD
• *Able to demonstrate an understanding of the national vision for maternity services and the wider health service
• *Ability to manage people and change
• *Experience of conflict management
• *Significant Post Registration experience in all areas of Midwifery
• *Experience in research
• *Experience in audit
• *Experience in HR and Management Related Issues

Additional Criteria

• *Ability to work independently.
• *Experience of working with junior midwives.
• *Ability to review clinical practice and make recommendations
• *Ability to identify problems and escalate appropriately
• *Excellent time management skills with the ability to self-manage their own diary, being flexible to the demands of the service and the Education team
• *Broad clinical skills and experience
• *Effective leadership skills
• *Evidence of applying research to practice
• *Ability to negotiate and influence decision making
• *Excellent verbal communication and interpersonal skills
• *Evidence of excellent documentation and written skills
• *Ability to manage difficult situations effectively
• *Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines
• *Ability to analyses problems and implements appropriate solutions
• *Ability to work alone and as a member of a team
• *Ability to use initiative and make decisions
• *Full clean driving licence, with access to own car.
• *Competent in suturing, cannulation and NIPE.
• *Excellent IT skills e.g. Word, PowerPoint, email and Excel spreadsheets. As well as excellent skills in report writing

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.

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust