Practice Educator Facilitator

London North West Healthcare NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 51,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking healthcare trust as a Practice Educator/Facilitator, where your expertise will shape the future of midwifery education. This role emphasizes the development of midwifery staff and student midwives, fostering an environment of clinical leadership and practice development. You'll collaborate with a dedicated team to enhance educational offerings, ensuring that all staff receive the training they need to excel. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic healthcare setting, contributing to the quality of care provided to the community. Your commitment to professional development and evidence-based practice will be key in driving forward our vision of excellence in midwifery education.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Professional development opportunities

NHS pension scheme

Annual leave entitlement

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife with a degree in midwifery or working towards it.
• Experience in teaching and assessing, with evidence of ongoing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Support educational activities for midwifery students and staff.
• Develop and deliver education programs to enhance clinical skills.

Skills

Midwifery clinical leadership

Evidence-based practice

Project management

Teaching and assessing

Education

Registered Midwife

Degree in Midwifery

Mentorship/Teaching Course

Tools

Teaching qualification (ENB 997 or equivalent)

BCG Vaccination training

Examination of the Newborn training

Job description

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Main area: Maternity
Grade: Band 7
Contract: 12 months (Fixed Term)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Full Time - 37.5 hours per week)
Job ref: 337-NP-8296DG-B

Site: Northwick Park/Central Middlesex/Ealing Hospitals
Town: London
Salary: £51,883 - £58,544 per annum inclusive of high cost allowance
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 06/01/2025 23:59

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH

Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”.

Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff:

• H onesty
• A ccountability
• T eamwork

LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern.

Job overview

The Practice Educator/Facilitator has a prime responsibility to develop and support the midwifery staff, midwifery support workers with a focus on student midwives. The post holder will act as an expert practitioner providing midwifery clinical leadership and foster a climate where practice development becomes integral to the education of all staff.

Main duties of the job

• Support the Practice Education Lead and Head of Midwifery & Gynaecology with the educational activities of individual pre and post registration students and return to practice (RTP) midwives, by working in partnership with the HEI to promote evidenced based learning in the development of midwifery practice.
• Work in collaboration with midwifery management team to move services forward in line with external agencies and government initiatives.
• Develop and deliver formal and informal education provision, actively participating in the provision of education for staff and evaluate education programmes against evidence based literature.
• Identify gaps in knowledge and skills of maternity staff and develop appropriate training to support developing maternity staff’s clinical knowledge, skills and competence.
• Responsible for the planning, organising and co-ordinating of ongoing teaching programmes to ensure the clinical skills of the multidisciplinary team are maintained.

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

• Registered Midwife
• A degree level qualification in midwifery or working towards
• Mentorship/ teaching and assessing course
• Teaching ‘qualification’ (ENB 997 or equivalent)
• Evidence of ongoing professional development
• Examination of the Newborn trained
• PROMPT/NLS /AIMS trained /instructor
• MSc or equivalent level of skills, experience and knowledge
• Trained to give BCG Vaccinations
• Experience of teaching antenatal education

Knowledge and Experience

• Experience of being a mentor within a professional context
• Demonstrate an understanding of evidence-based practice
• Evidence of understanding and facilitating change in practice
• An understanding of current developments in the NHS
• Demonstrates an understanding of the concept of clinical and shared governance
• Experience of teaching at undergraduate level

Skills and Attributes

• Evidence of professional/clinical knowledge
• Evidence of relevant involvement in meeting the Trust’s clinical governance objectives
• Experience with project management

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

As part of our commitment to the Equality and Diversity at LNWUH, we are encouraging applications from BME (Black ,Minority Ethnic) candidates as we seek to ensure our workforce structures are representative of the diversity of the communities we serve.

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.