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Job summary

Main area
Midwifery
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Mon-Fri, no nights, BH or weekends)
Job ref
208-8AB7D5-26-2
Employer
Northern Lincolnshire & Goole NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Humber Health Partnership - NLAG Cross site
Town
Grimsby
Salary
£49,387 - £56,515 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
21/07/2026 23:59

Employer heading

Northern Lincolnshire & Goole NHS Foundation Trust logo

Practice Development Lead Midwife

NHS AfC: Band 7

 

 

Job overview

You will work trust wide, be a highly skilled, motivated midwife who will be responsible for ensuring staff training is of a high standard. The Practice Educator Midwife will engage effectively with clinical leaders to ensure training meets the needs of the Maternity Services workforce as well as National and Local Guidance.

The Practice Educator Midwife will ensure that staff are provided with training which will enable them to provide safe, high-quality care within all maternity settings including inpatient and outpatient services. This will be achieved through formal teaching, simulation training and bespoke training needs for individuals and groups.

Main duties of the job

You will play a key role in the development and the supporting of maternity staff through education and training. Education and training are a pivotal part of ensuring the workforce are safe practitioners and you will enhance the current measures the Trust and Division has in place to ensure clinically sound staff. Collaborative working is essential for training to meet the needs of the multidisciplinary team and individuals who require additional support, and it would be the responsibility of the practice educator to develop training which meets their needs as well as meets National and Local guidance.

It is an expectation that you will lead on the structure and co-ordination of learning activities across the Division ensuring the provision of high quality, multi-professional learning environments. The practice educator will be responsible for the development and implementation of effective clinical workforce training and development strategies, to ensure the development of a flexible and sustainable maternity workforce.

You will be responsible for working locally within services where inter-professional learning opportunities can be promoted and provide expert knowledge to both trained and untrained staff by acting as a positive role model and setting high standards within area of practice.

Working for our organisation

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will play a key role in the development and the supporting of maternity staff through education and training. Education and training are a pivotal part of ensuring the workforce are safe practitioners and you will enhance the current measures the Trust and Division has in place to ensure clinically sound staff. Collaborative working is essential for training to meet the needs of the multidisciplinary team and individuals who require additional support, and it would be the responsibility of the practice educator to develop training which meets their needs as well as meets National and Local guidance.

It is an expectation that you will lead on the structure and co-ordination of learning activities across the Division ensuring the provision of high quality, multi-professional learning environments. The practice educator will be responsible for the development and implementation of effective clinical workforce training and development strategies, to ensure the development of a flexible and sustainable maternity workforce.

You will be responsible for working locally within services where inter-professional learning opportunities can be promoted and provide expert knowledge to both trained and untrained staff by acting as a positive role model and setting high standards within area of practice.

For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.

As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients. 

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients.  We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://join.humberhealthpartnership.nhs.uk/

In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Recruitment & Workforce team will use and hold your personal data for the intended purpose and in line with the Recruitment & Workforce Privacy Statement.

 “We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers”.

Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Degree or equivalent in Midwifery
  • Registered UK NMC Midwife
  • Evidence of post qualification CPD
Desirable criteria
  • Masters
  • Leadership qualification

Knowledge, training & experience

Essential criteria
  • Previous experience as a band 6 or above
  • Demonstrate evidence of clinical practice
  • evidence of clinical skills/knowledge within the speciality
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of development/supporting of staff
  • Experience of critiquing clinical evidence

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoMenopause Friendly EmployerDisability confident employerDisability confident committedArmed Forces Covenant Bronze AwardNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Yvonne Mcgrath
Job title
Director of Midwifery
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01472874111
Additional information

No work mobile - works cross site so may not be reachable via telephone

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