Clinical Placement Facilitator

Barts Health Nhs Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 62,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

Barts Health NHS Trust is seeking a motivated Midwifery Clinical Placement Facilitator at Newham University Hospital to lead education and development for all student midwives within maternity services and learning environments.

You will collaborate with Practice Development Midwife, HEIs and the Trust Education team to ensure clinically excellent teaching, deliver lectures, supervise practice, and coordinate placement activities across the Trust, maintaining high standards of patient care.

Qualifications

• First level registered nurse or midwife
• First degree qualification 997/998 course or other mentorship equivalent
• Completed preceptorship with extensive maternity service experience, with management or operational roles
• Ability to work flexibly, think laterally and communicate effectively at all levels
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing and presentation skills
• Ability to lead, develop and motivate staff
• Committed to student midwife development and training
• Adheres to the trust values and encourages others to work accordingly
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Communicates effectively in complex organisational environments
• Evidence of networking across multiprofessional boundaries
• Sound knowledge of midwifery practice and education framework
• Knowledge of NHS and midwifery education issues
• Able to challenge current practice
• Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Influences positive patient experience
• Ability to analyse financial, numerical and statistical data
• Sound knowledge of audit and evaluation processes
• Able to prepare and write reports
• Able to organise and chair meetings
• Experience in senior midwifery roles
• Coordination of practice placements or rota management for students
• Management/coordination of a team
• Teaching and assessment of students and staff
• Organise and facilitate teaching sessions
• Coordination of practice placements or rota management
• Practice development or project management

Responsibilities

• Lead education and development of all student midwives within maternity services and learning environments
• Collaborate with Practice Development Midwife, education team, HEIs and senior midwifery to ensure high-standard clinical teaching
• Deliver lectures and presentations and support midwives in teaching in practice
• Coordinate and facilitate teaching and placement activities across the Trust

Skills

Registered nurse or midwife

Mentorship experience

Preceptorship completed

Flexible communication

Interpersonal skills

Lead and motivate staff

Student midwife development

Trust values

Verbal and written communication

Multi-professional communication

Midwifery knowledge

NHS knowledge

Challenge practice

Work under pressure

Patient experience focus

Data analysis

Audit and evaluation

Report writing

Meetings facilitation

Senior midwife experience

Placements coordination

Team management

Teaching and assessment

Teaching sessions

Practice placements coordination

Project management

Education

First degree or mentorship equivalent

Preceptorship completed with maternity experience

Job description

Job summary

We are looking for an exceptional individual to lead our student midwives at Newham University hospital Barts Health NHS Trust. You will join the existing post holders at Newham Hospital to support the delivery of student midwife education to enable the provision of compassionate high quality clinical care in Barts Health.

You will be responsible for working with our mentors and HEIs to support the education and development of our student midwives, identifying and addressing their education needs, enabling them to successfully complete their training programme fit for purpose and practice. You will work closely with the education teams and senior midwifery colleagues to maintain high clinical standards within the unit.

The role has a strong clinical focus and therefore you will be able to demonstrate expertise in intrapartum care and specifically the use of NICE guidance and expert knowledge of key obstetric emergencies and fetal monitoring.

You must have studied at degree level or equivalent with a minimum of 2 years of midwifery experience at band 7 level and have worked as a practice assessor and supervisor, providing teaching and mentoring support for students.

Main duties of the job

The role of midwifery Clinical Placement Facilitator is to lead the education and development of all student midwives within maternity services and other learning environments. The individual will work collaboratively and strategically with the Practice Development Midwife and the education team, maternity lecturers in linked HEI's, the Trust Education team and the senior midwifery team to ensure clinical teaching is of the highest standard. The post holder must be an effective communicator able to confidently deliver lectures and presentations. They must have the skills to support midwives in facilitating student learning in practice. The post holder will need to have effective organisational and management skills to facilitate the needs of various student groups in practice.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers. The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients. Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm‑free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together. We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.

Details

Date posted: 14 September 2026

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 8a

Salary: £61,631 to £68,623 a year per annum inc

Contract: Fixed term

Duration: 12 months

Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number: 259-8254038NUH

Job locations: Newham University Hospital, Glen Road, London, E13 8SL, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• First level registered nurse or midwife
• First degree qualification 997/998 course or other mentorship equivalent
• Candidates must have completed their preceptorship and have extensive experience across all areas of the maternity service, with either management or operational roles
• The ability to work flexibly, think laterally and communicate effectively at all levels of the organisation
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing and presentation skills
• Ability to lead, develop and motivate staff
• Highly motivated and uses own initiative Committed to student midwife development and Training
• Adheres to the trust values and encourages others to work accordingly
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Communicates(verbal and written) effectively in complex organisational environments
• Evidence of ability to network and work effectively across multiprofessional/ multi- agency boundaries
• Sound knowledge of midwifery practice and midwifery education framework
• Knowledge of current NHS, midwifery and education issues
• Able to challenge current practice in a non-threatening manner
• Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Influences and role models behaviours that support positive patient experience
• Ability to understand and analyse financial, numerical and statistical data
• Sound knowledge of audit and evaluation processes
• Able to prepare and write reports
• Able to organise and chair meetings
• Experience of working in a senior midwife role
• Evidence of working with and Evidence of coordination of practice placements or rota management supporting student midwives
• Evidence of management/coordination of a team
• Teaching and assessment of students and qualified staff
• Able to organise and facilitate teaching sessions
• Evidence of coordination of practice placements or rota management
• Practice development or management of projects or initiatives

Other

Essential

• Travel across the Trust to support other services when required
• Travel to university sites when required
• Participate in the senior midwifery on call rota

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.

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