Practice Development Midwife

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust; Park Central; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the United Kingdom is seeking a Practice Development Midwife to focus on supporting newly qualified midwives. The role involves designing and implementing educational programs, managing a group of midwives, and ensuring adherence to professional development standards. Applicants must be registered midwives with teaching qualifications and excellent skills in collaboration and communication. This position offers an opportunity to impact the professional growth of midwifery professionals in a dynamic healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife with evidence of first-degree level study or equivalent.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Experience in teaching clinical skills and completing competency assessments.

Responsibilities

• Line-manage newly qualified midwives during their preceptorship package.
• Coordinate and monitor the progress of staff through the preceptorship programme.
• Collaborate with colleagues to implement the Preceptorship Programme.

Skills

Expert knowledge in midwifery practices

Teaching skills

Effective time management

Ability to work as part of a team

Education

Registered Midwife

First-degree level study

Teaching or mentoring qualification

Tools

Word

PowerPoint

Excel

Outlook

Job description

Practice Development Midwife

The closing date is 16 December 2025

Practice Development Midwife - with a focus on preceptorship.

The post holder will be involved in the designing, implementation and delivery of education to all members of the maternity multi‑professional team. This role, however, has a significant focus on the support of newly qualified midwives throughout the preceptorship period, specifically coordinating the preceptorship package and facilitating a supportive environment, thereby enabling effective learning and professional development. The post holder will have responsibility for identifying, supporting, and evaluating newly qualified midwives' learning and development during the preceptorship period, ensuring that learning activities adhere to the national Department of Health Preceptorship Framework. This support extends to line‑manager responsibilities for a number of this group of staff, as well as working alongside newly qualified midwives to provide clinical support.

Main duties of the job

• Line‑manage a group of NQMs, and as such coordinate their progress through the preceptorship package; complete all Trust onboarding processes whilst always ensuring fairness.
• Work alongside NQMs, participating in established roster patterns to provide a 24/7 support mechanism for band 5 midwives.
• Review and support current training and preceptorship packages in partnership with the Professional Practice and maternity risk and governance teams, Obstetricians, Professional Midwifery Advocates (PMA’s), HEIs and local training and education boards/networks; develop creative ways of learning by building on what currently works well and be innovative in using opportunities and different methods/ways to improve, thereby improving the experience and outcomes for newly qualified midwives at the end of their preceptorship programme.
• Maintain accurate records of the progress of the preceptees through the preceptorship programme, including all managerial conversations, in line with Trust policies.
• Collaborate with colleagues in Training and Development across the organisation to implement and support an appropriate Preceptorship Programme, and coordinate staff rotation, preceptor training and allocation in order to maximise the learning and consolidation for newly qualified members of the team.
• Participate in the auditing of the effectiveness of the preceptorship programme, ensuring that learning and improvement remain a priority within the wider teams.

About us

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world‑class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world‑leading neo‑natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family‑centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0‑25 years old.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife
• Evidence of first‑degree level study or equivalent
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• NLS Provider/Instructor status
• Teaching or mentoring qualification

Knowledge & Nature of Experience

• Able to demonstrate expert knowledge and experience
• Experience of teaching clinical skills and completing competency assessments
• Able to demonstrate commitment to continuous improvement

Analytical and Judgement Skills

• Able to provide and receive highly complex or sensitive information and manage the consequential situations, and communicate (using a variety of methods) sensitively with staff at all levels whilst maintaining appropriate confidentiality
• Planning and delivering formal teaching sessions
• Audit / Risk Management / Research ExperienceReport Writing

Professional/Managerial/Specialist Knowledge

• Expert knowledge of current midwifery practices
• Teaching skills, including using a range of teaching and presentation styles
• Computer literate, Word, Power Point, Outlook and Excel
• Excellent problem solving and decision making skills
• Leadership course (accredited or nationally recognised)
• Management of change experience

Personal Skills/Abilities and Attributes

• Effective time management skills, planning and organising a range of complex activities such as an education programme
• Ability to work as part of a team; working clinically when required, acting as a role model and mentor to the wider team
• Ability to negotiate, persuade, influence, motivate, and gain the respect of other healthcare professionals at all levels of the organisation

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.

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust