Clinical Practice Facilitator

An incredibly exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time band 7 midwife to shape the future of midwifery practice within Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust, based on the QEW site. We are looking to recruit a Clinical Practice Facilitator to at Queen Elizabeth, who will join and be supported by the established cross site midwifery education team., You will support and improve the learning in clinical practice for both the return to practice midwives and undergraduate students whilst reducing attrition rates.

You will further develop midwives in their role as teachers and assessors, whilst ensuring students are fit for purpose at the point of qualifying.

You will ensure there is a quality learning environment.

We are very proud of our partnership working with our local HEIs who you will work collaboratively with to develop clinical education within the Midwifery Department and Universities. You will be responsible for maintaining this relationship and are the bridge from practice back to theory through supporting the facilitation of skills sessions at the Higher Education Institutes (HEIs); representing the Trust at meetings; involvement with interviews at the HEIs; encouraging and facilitating midwives involvement with HEI activities and regularly liaising with your link lecturers., 1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
3. Improving the experience of staff with disability
4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
5. Making equalities mainstream

We are looking for an enthusiastic experienced midwife who has: a passion for midwifery; a commitment to upholding professional standards and to safeguarding of the profession; is conversant with NMC and Health Education England (HEE) education pathways, plans and strategies; an extensive knowledge of applying evidence-based theory to practice and experience of practicing within a variety of areas, to support the development and educational needs of our student midwives.

The successful candidate will be a highly visible role model for clinical education, an expert practitioner and change agent promoting a learning environment in all areas of the midwifery service and provide practical, clinical training and support, to student midwives and their practice supervisors.

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations