Practice Development Midwife

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Isleworth; On-site; GBP 51,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust seeks a highly motivated, experienced Practice Development Midwife for the Queen Mary Maternity Unit. This role involves coordinating maternity training and supporting both newly qualified staff and experienced practitioners in a dynamic educational environment. This position offers significant opportunities for professional growth and development within a top-rated maternity service.

Qualifications

• Evidence of practice in all areas of midwifery.
• Experience of teaching clinical skills and competency assessments.
• Understanding of budgets and dynamics.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate and coordinate delivery of maternity clinical skills training.
• Maintain professional midwifery role providing expert care.
• Monitor mandatory training to support NHSLA risk management standards.

Skills

Teaching skills

Communication

Team Facilitation

Education

Senior Practicing midwife

Teaching and assessing/mentor preparation qualification

Degree level or equivalent experience

Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics Qualification

NLS Instructor Status

Tools

Computer literacy in Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and Excel

Job description

We are an award winning organisation providing care at two main hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital—and a number of community-based services across London, such as sexual health and HIV clinics.

With 6,700 members of staff, we are proud to care for a diverse population of one million people. We are committed to ensuring that our workforce is just as diverse with a strong mix of skills and abilities.

Our staff are at the very heart of our organisation and we recognise the valuable contribution that each and every person working at the Trust makes. One of our Trust priorities is to be an employer of choice—a place where people want to start their career and to grow with us through continued education, professional development and support .

Site Queen Mary Maternity Unit, West Middlesex University Hospital Town Isleworth Salary £51,883 - £58,544 per annum incl. HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 25/06/2025 23:59

Job overview

Queen Mary Maternity Unit - West Middlesex Hospital site

Practice Development Midwife - Band 7

We are seeking applications from experienced midwives to join the dynamic education team at Queen Mary Maternity Unit, West Middlesex University Hospital site in Isleworth , which is part of Chelsea and Westminster Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

The team includes a fetal wellbeing lead midwife, international pastoral support midwife, clinical practice facilitator and 3 practice development midwives.

If you are a highly motivated experienced midwife, who has a passion for teaching and enabling other to meet their full potential this role is for you.

The education programme is well established and there is a good track record of multi professional learning and training. The Care Quality Commission rated the maternity services at West Middlesex as ‘Outstanding’ and commended its approach to MDT live skills and simulations training.

If you join the team you will be supported to develop personally and professionally to ensure you are equipped with the skills required to deliver high quality training for experienced staff and to support newly qualified staff during their preceptorship programme (Capital kite mark achieved).

Main duties of the job

The post holder will facilitate and coordinate the delivery of Maternity clinical skills and emergency skills training to the multi-professional maternity and obstetric teams. Provide the monitoring and reporting of all mandatory maternity training to support the attainment of NHSLA risk management standards.

Maintain a senior professional midwifery role within the maternity service, providing expert evidence based care in daily practice acting as a role model to other staff.

Working for our organisation

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital—along with award-winning clinics across North West London.

Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5 million, providing full clinical services, including maternity, A&E, and children’s services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health clinics. The Care Quality Commission rates us 'Good' in safety, effectiveness, care, and responsiveness, and 'Outstanding' in leadership and resource use.

We continually invest in our facilities, including a £30m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and Westminster and an £80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Middlesex.

We welcome applications for flexible working arrangements, accommodating requests where possible to support our staff and patient needs.

The Trust is committed to equality and welcomes applications from all, regardless of background. Adjustments can be made for disabled candidates. Early application is advised as vacancies may close once sufficient applications are received. If you haven’t heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, your application was likely unsuccessful. Employment is subject to a six-month probationary period.

Some roles may require weekend shifts at multiple sites.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Educational

· Ensure the maintenance of record of training and the production or reports for monitoring mandatory and other skillstraining

· Provide when necessary risk management training information and reports to the Maternity Safetygroups

· In conjunction with the management team, participate in the short and long term strategic development of the service and educational requirements withinmaternity

· Attend any meetings appropriate to your area/role, ensuring effective communication within the team and leading on actions are undertaken and applications of recommendations into the training and educationprogrammers

· Evaluate training delivery by the MCS team and make necessary changes following evidence based educationalmodels

· Coordinate and deliver in-situ “live drills” of maternity emergencies in partnership with Obstetrics lead clinician and audit the response. Where appropriate negotiate the implementation of changes as identified during “live drill”audits

· Support senior midwives to develop the educational facilitation skills to support teaching in the maternitydepartments

· In conjunction with the maternity leads for recruitment and retention and the learning support midwife, ensure all junior and student midwives educational and training needs are met

· Liaise with other specialist midwives to promote practice development and ensure effective systems for delivery of training within maternity and shareinformation

· Support the future development initiatives in maternity providing development support for new or altered roles andpractice

· Provide educational support for MSW undertaking the foundation degree and facilitate training requirements in theworkplace

· Support the MSW recruitment process through identifying developmentneeds

· SupportthedeliveryofExcellenceinCarecertificateinconjunctionwiththeLeadNursefor Healthcare AssistantDevelopment

Maternity Clinical Service

• To act as a clinical lead within the maternity service, providing expert midwifery care within the multidisciplinary team.
• To act as an effective role model and demonstrate effective organizational and leadership skills.
• Provide care with in the philosophy of the maternity service and clinical areas.
• Contribute to quality assurance and improved ways of working, incorporating evidenced based practice.
• Where appropriate lead on development of standards and audit for the implementation of changes to improve patient care delivery or patient safety.
• To inform the Management team and supervisor of midwives (as appropriate) about conditions within maternity services and staffing levels that may affect safe service provision.
• If appropriate to the role and training to line manage staff junior to your role, with the support from the management team.
• Facilitate and provide training and education that supports the maintenance of the specialist, multidisciplinary service for woman and their families.
• To supervise the maintenance of stores and equipment and with due economy requisition supplies, repairs and replacement of equipment. To ensure all staff in appropriate areas make proper and economic use of equipment and supplies and teaching.
• To promote and provide positive, professional leadership, including leadership of staff.
• To support the MSW in skill development within the clinical area and act as a role model to the MSWs.

Professional

• To observe NMC rules and guidance, in liaison with the Supervisor of Midwives ensuring these are adhered to by all.
• To foster and develop a working environment within which midwives can work as autonomous practitioners, accountable for their practice and in accordance with the NMC Rules and Code of.
• To develop trust policies and protocols pertaining to midwifery practice and maternity.
• To implement Trust policies and protocols and ensure that staff in maternity carry out all care within these.
• To monitor and maintain good standards of care within maternity services to implement recommendations from Government or Professional bodies in relation to maternity.
• To develop and maintain efficient and effective communication and working relationships with other professional groups and colleagues.
• To develop and maintain efficient and effective communication and working relationships with other professional groups and colleagues.
• To liaise with and support the work of the Supervisor of Midwives.
• To have due regard for the needs of mothers and their families. To recognize the demands placed upon professional colleagues in the pursuance of their duties and to assist them as required.
• To be flexible and will undertake duties (within sphere of practice) in other areas of the unit as required.

Development and Research

• Contribute to the development, implementation and validation of training materials used for multi-professional groups for maternity and obstetrics.
• To include competency based assessment tools, training records and electronic learning developments.
• To monitor and review the effectiveness of training, and modify as necessary to meet the changing needs of patient care and the Trust.
• Contribute to the development and updating of local evidence based standards, policies and guidelines related to medical devices as necessary.
• To participate in audit, review and evaluation of the service
• Liaise with multi-professional groups regarding equipment procurement needs, as well as manufactures in respect of training and support offered related to Maternity services

Please see attached job description and person specification to this advert for further details.

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

• Senior Practicing midwife with evidence of practice in all areas of midwifery
• Evidence of post-registration education
• Teaching and assessing/mentor preparation qualification
• Degree level or equivalent experience
• Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics Qualification
• NLS Instructor Status

Experience

• Experience of teaching clinical skills and competency assessments
• Evidence of previous management experience
• Experience of supporting learners and junior staff to develop their skills
• Understanding of budgets and dynamics
• Planning and delivering formal teaching sessions

Skills and knowledge

• Teaching skills, including using a range of teaching styles Presentation skills
• Communicating effectively with colleagues, patients in various situations
• Facilitate effective team working
• Evidence of knowledge of recent midwifery research and clinical audit
• Computer literate, Word, PowerPoint Outlook and Excel
• Evidence of professional development relevant to the specific role
• Demonstrate an ability to apply research to practice and to support changes in practice as a result of clinical audit
• IV assessors course

Important

• The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions when we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. You are therefore advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
• Please check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process.
• If you have not heard from us within 3 weeks after the closing date, we regret that this usually means your application was not successful.
• In submitting an application, you authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process, should you be appointed to the post.
• During the recruitment process your identity documentation (ie passport, driving licence, visa etc) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, infrared and machine-readable zone security features of the documents provided.
• Employment at the Trust is offered subject to successful completion of a six month probationary period.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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The recruitment team are available to provide support from 9am–5pm, Mon–Fri. To contact the team please call the Trust switchboard and ask for ‘Recruitment team, Human Resources Department’.