Practice Educator- Pre Registration Midwifery

The Clinical Learning and Development team provides Trust wide clinical education, ranging from pre-registration, basic skills to advance interventional skills and knowledge.

You will be joining a dynamic multi-professional team with the aim to work as a practice educator for Pre-registration Midwifery in the Clinical Learning and Development team providing high quality education. The post holder will be the main point of contact for pre-registration midwifery, practice assessors and practice supervisors. This post is a part- time (15 hrs/ week) permanent post. The post holder will be co-ordinating the educational activities and assessments of learning.

The post holder will actively promote and contribute to inter-professional learning activities across the Division and Trust wide and be an effective role model for best practice.

The suitable candidate will be an experienced registered midwife with good clinical competence and excellent ability to teach and support learning.

To maintain and assure the quality of the clinical learning environment by providing support, educational input and development activities for supervisors, assessors and students from both pre and post registration midwifery education programmes, principally in clinical practice areas. To maintain and develop the learning and development assessment governance framework to ensure that the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC 2019) Standards for pre-registration midwifery programmes and Standards for student supervision and assessment (SSSA) are met in practice. This will entail the development and maintenance of a learning environment where both education and lifelong learning are seen as integral to clinical practice. To work collaboratively with Accredited Education Institution (AEI) partners to support practice learning for midwifery students across the Trust, to ensure that the complete programmes for registration or recording a qualification with the NMC is accurate. To promote recruitment of midwifery students upon qualifying.

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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Edwin Job title: Head of Nursing Practice Development and Education Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 07597685075