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Job summary

Main area
Midwifery
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
12 months (Fixed Term)
Hours
Part time - 15 hours per week
Job ref
230-34869832-WCS-G
Employer
George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
George Eliot Hospital
Town
Nuneaton
Salary
£38,682 - £46,580 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
17/09/2025 23:59

Employer heading

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust logo

Quality Improvement Midwife – deputy practice development midwife

NHS AfC: Band 6

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust opened in 1948 and provides a range of elective, non-elective, surgical, medical, women’s, children’s, diagnostic and therapeutic services to a population of more than 350,000 people.

The hub of the Trust is located on the outskirts of Nuneaton and its services cover a large footprint, including north Warwickshire, south west Leicestershire, and north Coventry. We also provide primary and community services across Coventry, Warwickshire and Leicestershire.

Our vision is "to EXCEL at patient care". If you think you've got what it takes, help us realise this and join #TeamEliot.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour aren’t as likely to apply unless they meet every qualification of non specialist roles.

We’re dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive workplace, so if you’re excited about this role and meet our values, but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with everything in the Job Description or Person Specification– apply anyway or email the Recruiting Manager to discuss the role further 

We are proud to support the Armed Forces community. We are a Veteran Aware and Reservist Friendly organisation and welcome applications from Veterans, Reservists, Cadet Instructors, and family members of serving personnel. 

 

Job overview

Quality Improvement Midwife – deputy practice development midwife

15 hours per week

Fixed term for 12 months

Salary: £38,682 - £46,580 per annum

Closing Date: 17th September 2025

Interview Date: TBC

**This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. **

All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.

A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day. 

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces Community – get in touch to find out more

#JoinTeamEliot

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and creative midwife to join our maternity team as Deputy Practice Development Midwife on a 12-month secondment to work alongside the Lead Practice Development Midwife. You will support the design, delivery, and evaluation of engaging, evidence-based training across our maternity service. This includes creating innovative learning materials, delivering simulation and skills sessions, and ensuring all training meets CNST,CQC, Ockenden, and trust requirements.

If you are passionate about training and education, enjoy working collaboratively across multi-disciplinary teams, and want to play a key role in shaping the skills and confidence of our maternity workforce, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

Your role will also involve contributing to wider practice development work from maintaining accurate training records and producing reports, to reviewing national and local guidance, supporting clinical governance activities, and liaising with the trust’s Learning & Development team to share best practice. You will be a visible presence in clinical areas, working closely with staff to identify learning needs, deliver training sessions, embed new knowledge into everyday care, and promote a culture of safety and continual improvement.

Working for our organisation

Here at George Eliot our vision to excel at patient care’  takes centre stage.  An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do.  Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:

Effective Open Communication

excellence and safety in everything we do

Challenge but support

Expect respect and dignity

Local health that inspires confidence

Benefits:  On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus  bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, in house training and development, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.

If you are applying for a Domestic Assistant or Health Care Assistant role you may be eligible for the refer a friend scheme – find out more here: https://www.geh.nhs.uk/about-us/people-and-workforce/vacancies/refer-friend-scheme

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  • The post holder will support the department in maintaining and improving high standards of care  and achieving safety throughout the maternity footprint by working with the clinical and governance teams.
  • To support the maternity service in fostering an environment that is woman centred and upholds the highest standards of safety. 
    To work closely with clinical teams to facilitate and foster the clinical governance, risk agenda and continual quality improvement initiatives.
  • To understand new health care developments ensuring that midwifery practice is evidence based, cost effective and regularly benchmarked against best practice.

For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.

Person specification

Experience and Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Recent relevant clinical experience

Qualification(s) and Professional Training

Essential criteria
  • Registered Midwife
  • Diploma/Degree
  • Evidence of Continued Professional Development
  • Successful completion of preceptorship

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of developments in Midwifery
  • Ability to work on own initiative and within a team
  • Knowledge of national initiatives and drivers in maternity care

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria
  • Enthusiastic and motivated
  • Assertive and competent
  • Positive attitude to change
  • Demonstrates commitment to develop self and others

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Mindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.CTP The Ministry of Defence partnering with Right ManagementDisability confident employerStep into healthPride In Veterans

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Stephanie Oleary
Job title
Practice Development Midwife
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
02476 865808
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