Midwifery Clinical Educator

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced midwife with excellent communication and organisational skills to join our established Midwifery Clinical Education team at Sandwell and West Birmingham (SWB).
The successful applicant will mainly be responsible for the oversight of pre-registration Midwifery Students and will work closely with our academic partners to facilitate a high quality clinical placement experience and ensure readiness for professional registration. Following qualification, the post holder will continue to offer support during the transition to professional practice through our established preceptorship program. The post holder will also work alongside our established education team to deliver multi-disciplinary professional training to qualified staff and pre-registration students.
Here at SWB we have a passion for education and practice development, enables us to maintain and continually develop both our service and the staff that work here., The successful applicant will work closely with our academic partners to ensure provision of an excellent clinical placement environment for all Midwifery students within the Trust.
+ Support placement audits and improvements
+ Provide, in collaboration with the wider MDT, clinical skills teaching for pre-registration students.
+ Work with academic partners to manage placement allocations.
+ Collate, analyse and report on Student feedback on placement experience to identify opportunities for improvement.
+ Provide line management to students undertaking apprenticeship or post-registration Midwifery training.
+ Work with the wider Perinatal Risk, Governance and Education Team to ensure learning from clinical incidents is disseminated within the multidisciplinary team.
+ Support delivery of Multidisciplinary Obstetric Emergency Training (PROMPT), Basic Adult and Neonatal Life Support training and Midwifery CPD.
For further information regarding this role please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
As a major employer in the Black Country and West Birmingham region we are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance. We want the Black Country and West Birmingham region to be the best place to work and as such will consider all requests to work flexibly taking into account personal and individual circumstances alongside the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the on-boarding process.

We are looking for a highly motivated individual who will be able to rise to the challenges of providing excellent midwifery education within our brand new maternity unit, based at Midland Metropolitan University Hospital.
You must have some experience in education and staff development. You will be required to work both independently and as part of a small team in a Maternity and Neonatal setting delivering supported learning and assessment both in practice and in more formal settings.

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) is an integrated care organisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.
Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opened in November 2024 and provides care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises.
We have three newly emerging strategic objectives:
1. Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
2. Our Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we do
3. Our Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve lives.

NHS AfC: Band 7
Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust is a friendly, integrated healthcare provider focused on improving the life chances and health outcomes of our diverse population.
We have three strategic objectives:
People: To cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff.
Patients: To be good or outstanding at everything we do.
Population: To work seamlessly with partners to improve lives.
We run services from Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, Sandwell Health Campus, City Health Campus, Rowley Regis Community Hospital, Birmingham & Midland Eye Centre, The Lyng and Leasowes Intermediate Care Centre. Our GP practices and community teams provide care in schools, healthcare centres and at home.
Developing and caring for our People is fundamental. We were one of the first Trusts to provide the Real Living Wage, as well as a Live and Work scheme to support people at risk of homelessness into paid work and training. We offer a range of staff benefits, health & wellbeing support and will help you to bring your ambition to life through our bespoke training and development programmes. As "People" is one of our three strategic objectives, we make a continued commitment to prioritise support for all our colleagues.
Healthcare services have a significant impact on the environment. We are committed to embedding sustainable practices. We expect all colleagues to support the delivery of our Green Strategic Plan and to drive positive changes in their department.