Job summary
- Main area
- Midwifery
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Job share
- Job ref
- 220-WHT-3092
- Employer
- Whittington Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Whittington Health
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £54,320 - £60,981 per annum inclusive of HCAs (pro rata)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Practice Development Midwife– Retention and MSSW Specialist Midwife
NHS AfC: Band 7
Covid-19 Vaccination
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We encourage and support staff to get COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose as and when they are eligible.
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Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Maternity Practice Development Team at Whittington Health, as Practice Development Midwife– Retention and MSSW Specialist Midwife. This is a full time post, although jobshare opportunities are encouraged to offer a bredth of experience and knowledge to the team. The post holder will work closely with the PDM lead and the Practice Development
Team, providing teaching and training to the multi-disciplinary team about on various subjects covered in the Core Ceompetency Framework Version 2. They will have a visible clinical presence, supporting midwives of all levels in clinical skills, as well as MSSW.
guideline development and contribute to service developments in the maternity unit.
Main duties of the job
Please see the Job Description and the Persons Specification for further details about the job role. If you are unable to access the PDF, the details
of the job description can also be found in the 'Detailed Job Description and Main responsibilities' section.
Working for our organisation
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone.
Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this
population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation,
and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will be expected to:
· Be responsible for personal and professional development of all staff and learners within Maternity team, in collaboration with the Senior Practice Development Midwife, Matron and Head of Midwifery.
· Facilitate practice learning to the highest quality through teaching, assessing, evaluation, administration and practice-based work whilst supporting the organization’s Clinical Governance agenda.
· Work as a change agent within the organization wide multidisciplinary team in taking forward and shaping the future of Midwifery practice in the light of the local, national and professional agenda.
· Play a pivotal role in education provision within the department. The practice development Midwife will be a proficient, approachable role model in addition to an expert clinician, with a proven track record of clinical achievement.
· The post holder will be required to work clinically alongside staff in Maternity for at least 50% of their contracted working time and will, in collaboration with the Senior Practice Development Midwife within the Whittington Health, develop effective systems for preceptorship and clinical supervision.
· Take a lead in recruitment and retention of staff.
In undertaking this role, the employee will be expected to behave at all times in a way that is consistent with and actively supports the organization’s values or lead the search for and development of innovative methods of teaching
Please see Job Description for Main Duties with regards to:
Education and Staff Support
Management
Clinical Practice
Research
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- At least 3 years previous band 6 midwifery experience
- Has worked in a range of clinical areas including recent intrapartum experience
- Has experience of teaching
- Experience of being actively involved in recruitment
Desirable criteria
- Experience working in senior or leadership position in/out patient clinical area
- Experience of teaching in a classroom setting
- Experience of directly managing staff
- Experience of active retention of staff
- Experience of ongoing education of MSSW
Training and Education
Essential criteria
- Has completed a mentor assessor SSSA course or equivelent
- Has teaching experience
- Evidence of ongoing professional development
Desirable criteria
- Qualified as Professional Midwifery Advocate
- Has Teaching qualification/PGCert
- Experience of facilitating and implementing programmes to meet training needs
- Has qualification in Examination of the Newborn
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- Competent in IV drug administration and Medicines management
- Competent in cannulation
- Competent in perineal suturing
- Competent in waterbirth
- IT literate - word & Excel
Desirable criteria
- Ability to carry out audit and research in the clinical setting
- Evidence of Audit implementation
- Evidence of working closely with the MDT to implement change
Applicant requirements
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jane McKenzie
- Job title
- Lead Practice Development Midwife
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02072885732
- Additional information
Please contact via email
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