Maternity Clinical Educator

Barts Health NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in Greater London is seeking a dynamic Maternity Clinical Educator to enhance clinical practice and education. This role involves mentoring newly qualified midwives and delivering expert training while ensuring excellence in electronic fetal monitoring and intrapartum care. Applicants must be registered midwives with senior experience and leadership skills. The position will last until the end of May 2026, and is essential for maintaining high standards of care within maternity services.

Qualifications

• Experience at a senior level (band 7) in Midwifery.
• Experience in quality, clinical audit, and clinical developments.
• Experience of teaching professional development and professional issues.
• Experience of mentoring students and teaching in Practice.

Responsibilities

• Lead in-service education programmes for midwives.
• Provide specialized knowledge in intrapartum care.
• Support professional development of midwife preceptors through evaluation and mentorship.
• Champion maternity practice initiatives within the team.

Skills

Excellent interpersonal, managerial, and organisational skills

Demonstrate clinical leadership skills

Excellent electronic fetal monitoring and interpretation skills

Ability to act as a change agent

Ability to work both individually and in a team

Current clinical experience and skills

Good intrapartum skills including cannulation, obstetric emergencies & suturing

Education

Registered Midwife

Teaching & Assessing in Clinical Practice or Module/ENB 997/99

Attendance on a clinical leadership programme

Job description

We are seeking a dynamic Maternity Clinical Educator to provide leadership, support, and expertise in advancing clinical practice and education. This role focuses on mentoring newly qualified midwives, promoting innovative practices, and ensuring excellence in electronic fetal monitoring (EFM) and intrapartum care, in alignment with current evidence and national guidelines.

This role is to cover Maternity leave until the end of May 2026.

As part of the maternity education team, you will deliver expert training and guidance, collaborate with the senior midwifery team to implement evidence-based practice.

Main duties of the job

The Maternity Clinical Educator will lead in-service education programmes, provide specialised knowledge in intrapartum care, including adherence to NICE guidance and emergency management, and support the professional development of midwife preceptors through evaluation and mentorship. Additionally, the successful candidate will champion Barts Health values, fostering excellence through maternity practice initiatives and the "Great Expectations" programme.

This position is pivotal in enhancing professional development and maintaining exceptional care standards within maternity services.

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.

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 knowledgerequired. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification

Experience

• oExperience at a senior level (band 7) in Midwifery
• oExperience in quality, clinical audit, and clinical developments
• oExperience of teaching professional development and professional issues.
• oExperience of mentoring students and teaching in Practice
• oAble to be part of the Band 8 on call-rota
• oExperience of clinical supervision and use of clinical reflective practice
• oHandling complaints and issues involving midwives.

Skills

• oExcellent interpersonal, managerial, and organisational skills.
• oDemonstrate clinical leadership skills.
• oExcellent electronic fetal monitoring and interpretation skills
• oAbility to act as a change agent.
• oAbility to work both individually and in a team.
• oUp to date on current midwifery education, practice, and development issues.
• oAbility to communicate with staff and colleagues at all levels.
• oCurrent clinical experience and skills
• oGood intrapartum skills including, cannulation, obstetric emergencies & suturing.

Knowledge

• oKnowledge of current evidence and guidelines around electronic fetal monitoring and its interpretation
• oKnowledge of equal opportunities.
• oKnowledge about current evidence and reports influencing practice.
• oKnowledge of infection prevention and Control.
• oUnderstanding of Child and vulnerable adults Protection
• oKnowledge of Clinical Governance issues.

Qualifications

• oRegistered Midwife
• oTeaching & Assessing in Clinical Practice or Module/ENB 997/99
• oAttendance on a clinical leadership programme

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.