Lead Practice Educator Midwife
Location
Southampton, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
5/29/2025
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Description
Job Overview
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Please see below for detailed job description of the role.
Main duties of the job
Are you passionate about training and education? Do you want to enhance your leadership skills and support the development of all levels of the maternity workforce? Are you committed to helping your colleagues and students in achieving the skills and knowledge required for the delivery of safe care to our families?
Our maternity service embodies the Trust Values, striving for excellence in everything we do, continually improving and working together to ensure that our workforce meets all national educational requirements.
We have a great fixed term opportunity for an existing UHS band 7 senior midwifery practitioner to lead the Maternity Practice Education Team. This is a full-time position to cover maternity leave of the potholder.
Working for our organisation
University Hospital Southampton is one of England's largest acute teaching Trusts, offering a wide range of learning and development opportunities to support your career aspirations.
Located on the south coast with an international airport and direct rail links to London, Southampton offers an ideal setting to live and work, with the New Forest, South Downs and Jurassic Coast.
We believe that using technology wisely shows strong time management and commitment to innovation. However, personalizing your recruitment application to highlight your unique skills and experiences is crucial. Relying too heavily on generic, AI-generated content instead of drawing from your own strengths and accomplishments may lead to your application being rejected if multiple candidates present identical or similar information.
At UHS we’re committed to providing a flexible working environment where possible. Whether you are balancing family, study, or your wellbeing with your career, we want to support you so you can help our patients.
At UHS, we proudly champion individuality, recognizing that outstanding care is only possible with a diverse, inclusive team. We’re committed to creating an anti-racist, anti-discriminatory environment where everyone feels valued, safe, and empowered to make a meaningful impact in our communities. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences to join us in building a healthcare community where everyone can belong, thrive, and contribute.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
The successful candidate will lead our dedicated Maternity Practice Education Team in their commitment to delivering high quality and effective training and education. Working at this leadership level within the Maternity Practice Education Team will offer individual professional development on both an operational and strategic level.
The successful candidate will be required to offer direction and oversight to the Practice Education programmes. This role involves decision making alongside the senior leadership team, including the consultant midwives and the director of midwifery.
Previous education experience is an essential requirement for this role as it will include providing statutory and mandatory training, clinical skills support across the midwifery workforce and contributing positively towards team culture and maternity safety programmes.
Person specification
Trust Values
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Please see below for detailed job description of the role.
Main duties of the job
Are you passionate about training and education? Do you want to enhance your leadership skills and support the development of all levels of the maternity workforce? Are you committed to helping your colleagues and students in achieving the skills and knowledge required for the delivery of safe care to our families?
Our maternity service embodies the Trust Values, striving for excellence in everything we do, continually improving and working together to ensure that our workforce meets all national educational requirements.
We have a great fixed term opportunity for an existing UHS band 7 senior midwifery practitioner to lead the Maternity Practice Education Team. This is a full-time position to cover maternity leave of the potholder.
Working for our organisation
University Hospital Southampton is one of England's largest acute teaching Trusts, offering a wide range of learning and development opportunities to support your career aspirations.
Located on the south coast with an international airport and direct rail links to London, Southampton offers an ideal setting to live and work, with the New Forest, South Downs and Jurassic Coast.
We believe that using technology wisely shows strong time management and commitment to innovation. However, personalizing your recruitment application to highlight your unique skills and experiences is crucial. Relying too heavily on generic, AI-generated content instead of drawing from your own strengths and accomplishments may lead to your application being rejected if multiple candidates present identical or similar information.
At UHS we’re committed to providing a flexible working environment where possible. Whether you are balancing family, study, or your wellbeing with your career, we want to support you so you can help our patients.
At UHS, we proudly champion individuality, recognizing that outstanding care is only possible with a diverse, inclusive team. We’re committed to creating an anti-racist, anti-discriminatory environment where everyone feels valued, safe, and empowered to make a meaningful impact in our communities. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences to join us in building a healthcare community where everyone can belong, thrive, and contribute.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
The successful candidate will lead our dedicated Maternity Practice Education Team in their commitment to delivering high quality and effective training and education. Working at this leadership level within the Maternity Practice Education Team will offer individual professional development on both an operational and strategic level.
The successful candidate will be required to offer direction and oversight to the Practice Education programmes. This role involves decision making alongside the senior leadership team, including the consultant midwives and the director of midwifery.
Previous education experience is an essential requirement for this role as it will include providing statutory and mandatory training, clinical skills support across the midwifery workforce and contributing positively towards team culture and maternity safety programmes.
Person specification
Trust Values
Essential criteria
- Patient First
- Always Improving
- Working Together
Essential criteria
- Registered Midwife on relevant part of the NMC register
- Significant clinical experience
- Associate/mentorship qualification or equivalent experience
- Diploma or degree in midwifery
- Evidence of continual professional development
- Leadership training
- Examination of the newborn qualification
Essential criteria
- Relevant and recent clinical experience or with the ability to demonstrate significant experience in midwifery practice and responsibility for managing a clinical team
- Experience of setting and monitoring standards
- Demonstrate specialist expertise underpinned by evidence-based care philosophy
- Evidence of proven leadership and management skills
- Previous involvement of multi-disciplinary team working and multi-agency working across the health and social economy
- Ability to work within a broad, inter-professional team
- Experience of writing protocols, guidelines and integrated care pathways
- High dependency course
- Team leadership role
- Evidence of audit
- Experience of leading change management programmes
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