Lead Midwifery Clinical Educator

To support and provide professional leadership to the service line based maternity education teams.
To lead the education team developing and delivering clinical and non-clinical skills, and training programmes for learners across the maternity services.
To actively promote patient safety and through the facilitation of training programmes, to ensure that learning reflects improvements to the patient experience.
To work across the trust ensuring that the educational work streams are being co-ordinated and delivering against their KPI's
To line manage and support junior members of the practice education team., + Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology.
Our Values
We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.
Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post. Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job., 1.1.1. To lead the two clinical maternity education teams ensuring that the individual education work streams and the cross-cutting elements and activities are well organised, coordinated and delivered to an excellent standard.
1.1.2. Work as part of the senior education team to review standards of training, programme content and pastoral support for learners taking prompt action to address shortfalls or concerns.
1.1.3. Support and advise ward, department and service line managers in identifying appropriate training programmes to meet the needs of their service as part of the training needs analysis process.
1.1.4. To ensure that training provided internally meets the needs of the service, is in line with best practice and that completion of training is recorded along with any competency assessments as required
1.1.5. Support managers in monitoring the performance of all learners; ensuring they have a clear induction and clinical competencies. They will ensure that each learner is monitored for safe practice and assessed against the Trust and national standards.
It is an exciting time to join the newly formed Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We run two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Our 7,500 staff provide high quality care for a growing population of around 700,000 across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas.
You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. Travel between hospital sites may be required. We have state-of-the art facilities placing us at the heart of cutting edge health care. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.
All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.