Practice Development Midwife

NHS; Wales; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health board in Wales is seeking a Practice Development Midwife to work with midwifery and nursing staff. This role involves developing education programs for clinical service improvement and supporting staff in skills development. Candidates must have a Bachelor’s degree in Midwifery and NMC registration. The position offers a salary ranging from £48,527 to £55,532 annually and provides an opportunity to make a substantial impact on clinical practices within maternity services.

Qualifications

• Essential: Bachelor degree in Midwifery and NMC Registration.
• Desirable: Experience with PROMPT facility and Welsh Language Skills (Level 3).

Responsibilities

• Lead development of an educational environment for practitioners.
• Deliver formal and informal education for staff and evaluate based on evidence.
• Plan and coordinate ongoing teaching programmes for clinical skills.

Skills

Experienced midwife

Enthusiastic

Welsh Language Skills (Level 3)

Education

Bachelor degree in Midwifery

NMC Registration

Job description

Job Summary

The key role of the Practice Development Midwife is working autonomously to support midwifery and nursing staff to provide a high quality clinical service to patients through ensuring they are equipped and supported with the skills to perform their role, in line with the best available evidence for practice.

The role includes the planning and organisation of an ongoing education programme for the multi‑disciplinary team including Maternity, Early Pregnancy Services and Medical Students to promote continuous learning.

Responsibilities

• Take the lead in the development of an environment which challenges and questions practice and promotes and develops the quality of thinking amongst practitioners.
• Develop and deliver formal and informal education provision, actively participating in the provision of education for staff (individual or groups) and evaluating education programmes based on evidence‑based practice.
• Work with the Heads of Service identifying knowledge/skills gaps of staff and developing appropriate training to support staff developing their clinical knowledge, skills and competence in order to meet both Personal Development Plan objectives and the identified needs of the Maternity and Early Pregnancy services.
• Be responsible for the planning, organising and coordinating of ongoing teaching programmes to ensure the clinical skills of the multi‑disciplinary team are maintained in line with evidence based practice, in particular the annual mandatory PROMPT programme, NLS/BLS and manual handling.

Qualifications

Knowledge (Essential)

• Bachelor degree in Midwifery
• NMC Registration

Knowledge (Desirable)

• PROMPT facility lead

Other Essential

• Experienced and enthusiastic midwife

Other Desirable

• Manual Handling trainer
• Welsh Language Skills (Level 3 and above/B2) are Desirable for this Role.

Experience (Essential)

• Wide range of midwifery experience
• Midwife with significant post qualification experience

Experience (Desirable)

• Evidence of experience of practice development
• Evidence of training and education

Welsh Skills (Desirable)

This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. While the candidate doesn’t need to have skills in Welsh, we’ll consider it an advantage when short‑listing and selecting candidates. This isn’t ‘fluency’, just speaking & listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health. For more information, see ‘Welsh Language Guidance’ in the documents right at the bottom.

Additional Information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship: Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here: Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Job Details

Date posted: 19 December 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 7

Salary: £48,527 to £55,532 a year per annum

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full‑time

Reference number: 110‑NMR519‑1225

Job locations: Maternity Service - Health Board wide, Princess of Wales Hospital, Bridgend, CF31 1RQ

Employer Details

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

Maternity Service - Health Board wide

Princess of Wales Hospital

Bridgend

CF31 1RQ

Employer's website: https://joinctm.wales/