Job summary
- Main area
- Midwifery
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- 12 months (Secondment/Fixed term until 31st December 2026)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 432-HR447-25
- Employer
- East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Colchester Hospital
- Town
- Colchester
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Educational and Practice Development Lead Midwife
NHS AfC: Band 8a
We are one of the largest NHS organisation in England. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.
Talk to us about our range of flexible working opportunities, apprenticeships and staff benefits
Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is at the heart of all we do; and it forms part of the ESNEFT’s core activities. The Trust operates and relies on everyone treating each other with dignity and respect, to receive equitable and fair treatment in the implementation of Policies, Procedures and in its Practices, to foster positive work relationships, and finally to act with integrity as a professional within ESNEFT as well as a representative of the NHS as a whole. The EDI Agenda reflects the Trust values such as Optimistic, Appreciative and Kind. In line with the NHS Long Term Plan, People Plan, People Promise and a Model Employer intrinsic in the Equality Diversity and Inclusion Agenda, we consistently strive to improve, to take the learning into Action for a better ESNEFT.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced midwife to join our established team as the Education and Practise Development Lead Midwife.
This is full time post, fixed term/secondment contract until 31st December 2026.
You will work collaboratively with the senior midwifery leadership team (SMLT) to develop and implement the midwifery education and training strategies, specifically leading on the core competency framework.
If you have the right experience and enthusiasm, we’d love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
• Lead on supporting personal and professional development of all staff and learners within the Maternity Department.
• Lead and Facilitate practice learning to the highest quality through teaching, assessing, administration and practice-based work whilst supporting the Trust’s Clinical Governance Agenda.
• Working collaboratively with the Quality, Safety and Governance Lead Midwife, ensure that learning from safety incidents and best practise from both ESNEFT and other National organisations is gully embedded within the education programme.
• Work in close collaboration with external agencies, the multidisciplinary team clinical leads and Faculty of Education to link with Higher Education Institutions to influence educational strategy.
• In conjunction with the Consultant midwife; senior midwifery team and the multidisciplinary team lead on shaping the future of midwifery practice in the light of the local, national and professional agenda.
• Lead the education provision within the Maternity department, the Facilitator will be a proficient, approachable role model in addition to an expert clinician in the field of Midwifery, with a proven track record of clinical achievement.
Working for our organisation
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NMC Registered midwife
- First degree
- Evidence of post registration education
- Mentorship qualification
- Masters qualification in education or equivalent (or willingness to work towards)
Desirable criteria
- Post graduate qualification in management or research
- Research qualification
- Evidence of study at Masters level
Experience
Essential criteria
- Proven experience in all clinical areas of Maternity
- Proven experience in support of trained staff
- Demonstrates evidence of applying current research to practice
- Teaching Qualification or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- Research contribution, including to publications
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Claire James
- Job title
- Consultant Midwife
- Email address
- [email protected]
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