Professional Development Midwife

Imperial College Healthcare Nhs Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in London is seeking an experienced Practice Development Midwife to join the Education Team at QCCH. This role focuses on developing staff, enhancing clinical practice and delivering evidence-based maternity care, while leading education training and development strategies for the maternity service.

You will lead new educational initiatives, support professional development and manage projects, enabling clinicians to work clinically and through training.

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife with current UK registration.
• First degree and evidence of post registration education activity.
• Mentorship qualification or SSSA preparation with assessor experience.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and facilitate educational activities for pre-/post-registration students and RTP midwives with AEIs.
• Provide safe clinical placements; allocate PS/PA; deliver CPD for PS/PA including teaching and assessing.
• Support attendance at SSSA courses; enable midwives to achieve practice assessor status; maintain PA database.
• Together with the education lead, ensure students meet NMC requirements for clinical proficiencies.

Skills

Mentorship experience

Assessor experience

Teaching / education delivery

Applied research to practice

IT literacy

Education

Registered Midwife

First degree

Evidence of post registration education activity

Mentorship Qualification/SSSA prep and Assessor experience

Master's degree (Desirable)

Job description

Job summary

We are seeking an exceptionally motivated and forward-thinking midwife to join the Education Team at QCCH. This Practice Development Midwife position presents an excellent opportunity for an experienced and dedicated professional with a strong commitment to staff development, the enhancement of clinical practice, and the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based maternity care.

This role is central to fostering a positive learning culture across our maternity service. It involves leading and implementing education training and development strategies for the maternity service and will provide you with the opportunity to use your specialist skills to support clinical staff both working clinically and by more formal training.

It also involves being involved in new educational initiatives, professional & clinical development and managing projects.

If you have a passion for teaching and enabling others to meet their full potential this role is perfect for you. Support will be provided to you to develop personally and professionally to ensure that you are equipped with the necessary skills to meet the needs of this role.

Main duties of the job

• To work with the midwifery education lead to co-ordinate and facilitate the educational activities of individual pre and post registration students and return to practice (RTP) midwives, by working in partnership with the Approved Education Institutions (AEI's) to promote evidenced based learning in the development of midwifery practice, encompassing local and national service drivers.


• To provide and assure a safe and effective clinical placement for midwifery students, by ensuring that practice supervisors (PS's) and assessors (PA's) are appropriately allocated and supported to maximise learning opportunities Provide practice based continuing professional development for PS's and PA's including education provision in teaching and assessing in clinical practice


• Work with the midwifery education lead to co-ordinate and support midwives' attendance at SSSA (standards for student supervision and assessment) courses and updates. Collaborate with link lecturers to provide opportunities for midwives to achieve practice assessor status and maintain a local database of PA's


• With the midwifery education lead, work collaboratively to ensure that students achieve the NMC requirements for clinical proficiencies and practice assessments and manipulate student learning experiences where necessary to meet this need, troubleshooting when issues arise

About us

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Environmental sustainabilityClimate change and poor air quality is a health emergency that harms people's health and wellbeing and widens health inequalities. The Trust is also committed to reducing its impact on the environment by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2045. All our employees have a role to play, and we have an active green network that supports staff to act in ways that ensures that our services are efficient, sustainable and reduce our impact on the environment www.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/our-strategy/green-plan.

Details

Date posted: 04 September 2026

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 7

Salary: £58,133 to £65,261 a year

pa Inclusive

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 290-WCCS-2663

Job locations: Queen Charlottes & Chelsea Hospital, London, W2 1NY, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities: The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person Specification

Education

Essential

• Registered Midwife


• First degree


• Evidence of post registration education activity.


• Mentorship Qualification/SSSA preparation and Assessor experience

Desirable

• Has attained or is working towards a master's degree in midwifery or relevant alternative.


• Teaching qualification


• PROMPT Trainer


• NLS Trainer


• Leadership qualification

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience as a practicing midwife.


• Experience working as a mentor/practice assessor/preceptorship support


• Experience teaching in a variety of settings


• Proven experience in support of trained staff.


• Proven enthusiasm towards teaching\\sharing knowledge.

Skills

Essential

• Evidence of applying current research to practice.


• Highly developed IT skills


• Able to prioritise and meet deadlines


• Able to use own initiative.

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).

UK Registration

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