Lead Midwife for Education

Medway NHS Foundation Trust; Gillingham; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Medway NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Lead Midwife for Education to provide strategic and operational leadership for education, training, workforce development and practice learning across maternity services.

The post holder will lead the development, implementation and evaluation of education programmes for registered and unregistered maternity staff, ensuring knowledge, skills and behaviours to deliver safe, effective and personalised care. The role works with HEIs, NHS England and LMNS.

Qualifications

• Experience in education leadership within maternity services.
• Knowledge of NMC standards and practice-based learning governance.
• Ability to partner with HEIs and NHS bodies.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for education, training, workforce development and practice learning across maternity services.
• Lead development, implementation and evaluation of education programmes for registered and unregistered maternity staff to ensure safe, effective and personalised care.
• Oversee maternity education strategy, governance of practice-based learning, preceptorship and apprenticeship pathways.
• Collaborate with Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), NHS England, Local Maternity and Neonatal Systems (LMNS), Professional Midwifery Advocates and internal stakeholders to ensure high-quality learning environments and outcomes.
• Support staff, learners and women and families with education and training initiatives.

Job description

Division: Women's, Children and Young People

Care Group: Women's Care

Band: NHS AfC Band 8a

Salary: £57,528 - £64,750 per annum/ pro rata

The Lead Midwife for Education will provide strategic and operational leadership for education, training, workforce development and practice learning across maternity services.

The post holder will lead the development, implementation and evaluation of education programmes for registered and unregistered maternity staff, ensuring the workforce is equipped with the knowledge, skills and behaviours required to deliver safe, effective and personalised care.

The Lead Midwife for Education will be responsible for the maternity education strategy, governance of practice-based learning, preceptorship, apprenticeship pathways, clinical skills development and compliance with NMC standards. They will work in partnership with Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), NHS England, Local Maternity and Neonatal Systems (LMNS), Professional Midwifery Advocates and internal stakeholders to ensure high-quality learning environments and positive outcomes for staff, learners and women and families.

he Lead Midwife for Education will provide strategic and operational leadership for education, training, workforce development and practice learning across maternity services.

The post holder will lead the development, implementation and evaluation of education programmes for registered and unregistered maternity staff, ensuring the workforce is equipped with the knowledge, skills and behaviours required to deliver safe, effective and personalised care.

The Lead Midwife for Education will be responsible for the maternity education strategy, governance of practice-based learning, preceptorship, apprenticeship pathways, clinical skills development and compliance with NMC standards. They will work in partnership with Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), NHS England, Local Maternity and Neonatal Systems (LMNS), Professional Midwifery Advocates and internal stakeholders to ensure high-quality learning

environments and positive outcomes for staff, learners and women and families.

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment. Our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.