Midwife Clinical Educator

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust; Derby; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in England is seeking a Clinical Educator to support midwifery practice development. The role involves delivering mandatory training, supporting new midwives through preceptorship, and ensuring continued education. Ideal candidates will have demonstrable clinical skills and a passion for teaching, offering an opportunity to make a significant impact on staff training and patient care.

Benefits

Development opportunities

Employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership

Onsite fitness classes

Car schemes

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in clinical skills.
• Up to date and confident with all clinical skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide mandatory training for new staff.
• Support preceptorship and induction programmes.
• Ensure evidence-based training is updated annually.

Skills

Clinical skills

Teaching

Preceptorship

Education

Registered Midwife

Job description

Overview

We are looking for highly motivated and enthusiastic midwives to join the practice development team as Clinical Educators. This role will include mandatory and essential to role training, service activity, preceptorship programmes and clinical placements in line with Trust policies, procedures and national guidelines. Supporting new staff through the preceptorship and induction programmes and provide access to education and training to ensure both new and existing staff maintain required skills and competencies. Ensure training is evidence based and updated annually.

The successful candidate will have demonstrable experience and be up to date and confident with all clinical skills.

Organisation and Facilities

We have three wards across two sites, with a total of 88 beds for antenatal, postnatal and induction of labour.

Royal Derby Hospital

• 17 delivery rooms including one pool room and bereavement suite.
• Four bedded Midwife led birth centre.
• Four bedded Obstetric Enhanced Care area and a two bedded assessment bay

Queens Hospital Burton

• 7 delivery rooms including one pool room and one bereavement suite.
• Teach and facilitate learning of a wide range of staff from MCA's, MSW's, midwives and the multi-professional team in line with the Maternity Incentive Scheme and Core Competency Framework
• Offer clinical and pastoral support to newly qualified midwives.
• Organise induction programs for a wide range of staff and liaise with the various departments within University Hospitals of Derby and Burton (UHDB) essential to the planning of such programs.
• Support and facilitate learning opportunities for fetal monitoring learning working alongside the fetal monitoring lead midwife.
• Support introduction of new equipment, pathways of care, guidance, assist with audit and lead on various projects.
• Liaise with the professional development teams from nursing, AHP's and clinical skills.

If you would like to look around our Maternity Unit and find out more about our Midwifery posts, please contact us.

Application Details

Closing date of applications: 21 September 2025

Date of interview: 3 October 2025

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together. Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In Return We Will Offer

• Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
• On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts About Our Trust

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.

Contact

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Lorna Phillips-Gray
Job title: Retention Support Midwife
Email: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]