Job summary
- Main area
- Maternity
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Pattern of work will vary based on service need)
- Job ref
- 419-7901465-CSM-MAT
- Employer
- York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- York Hospital
- Town
- York
- Salary
- £39,959 - £48,117 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Skills Midwife
Band 6
Please note that contact with applicants will usually be by email, and so please check all of your mail folders regularly (unfortunately some providers filter our messages into junk mail folders).
Our Values
- We are KIND
- We are OPEN
- We pursue EXCELLENCE
We are looking for applications from people who share our values to help make us a valued and trusted partner within our care system, that delivers safe effective care to our local population.
People for Patients. Our People, our Patients, our Priority
Job overview
Are you a skilled clinical Midwife with a passion for teaching? Are you looking for a new opportunity to use your skills in a different way?
Clinical Skills Midwives work within the Education team alongside our Practice Development Midwives to complement the practice development agenda. We are looking for a midwife with:
- a real flair for teaching
- a passion for safety and excellence through learning
- clinical expertise in midwifery care
The Clinical Skills Midwife will support all clinical staff with educations and practical training needs, including newly qualified midwives, experienced midwives returning from leave or rotating into a new area, and Maternity Assistants/Maternity Support Workers learning new skills and achieving competencies.
Main duties of the job
You will have established competence in clinical core skills, including cannulation, perineal repair, induction of labour methods, theatre cases and others.
You will have a strong desire to demonstrate, teach and supervise to build confidence and competence. You will value evidence and audit to inform training design and delivery.
You will have creative ideas and initiative for clinical scenario teaching, providing hands on training to preceptorship midwives, return to practice midwives and a variety of practice development across the MDT.
You will be agile and visible - creating work based learning by providing opportunities for planned teaching, pop-up learning, opportunistic drills and other continuous improvement through learning. This role is a cross-site role covering both York and Scarborough, with York as the base area.
You will be responsive - as evidence drives practice and identifies themes, and you will work with the Practice Development Team to deliver rapid action training and targeted support.
Targeted support and service need will require some flexibility - the post holder may need to work alongside colleagues and also move across sites and locations to support training and education. You may need to participate in clinical activity as required.
To find out more about our Maternity department please visit the following link:
Working for our organisation
Our benefits
We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:
- Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
- 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
- A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
- Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
- NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
- An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
- Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers
For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.
Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
Working for the Trust
Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.
Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: yhs-tr.[email protected].
As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.
Armed Forces Friendly Employer
We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.
Person specification
Education, Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Registered Midwife active NMC registration
- Mentorship qualification and experience (e.g. PEAP, SLiPs)
- Evidence of continuing professional development and education
Desirable criteria
- Certificate in education or willingness to work towards
Experience and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of people in a manner consistent with their level of understanding, culture and background and preferred ways of understanding
- Influential practitioner who is able to utilise highly developed clinical midwifery skills to work alongside staff requiring enhanced support
- Displays compassionate leadership skills, acting as role model to other staff
- Evidence of ongoing continuing professional development, and willingness to develop own clinical and professional skills through the identification of personal performance objectives.
- To act as a credible clinical midwifery leader to ensure the needs of women & babies are recognised and met by the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of writing guidelines and patient care pathways, using research-based evidence
- Leadership skills such as coaching, supporting staff and initiating or leading a change in practice
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Charlotte Copson
- Job title
- Practice Development Midwife
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0190477204295
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