Bank Midwifery Clinical Educator -Band 7
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation TrustJob overview
Bank- Midwifery Clinical Practice Educator -Band 7 (NWL ICB people programmes)
The NWL Health and Social Care Skills Academy is looking for an experienced Midwifery Clinical Practice Educator to join our team.
You’ll lead and deliver the pastoral and education curriculum for maternity services across North West London, supporting internationally educated midwives and growing local midwifery talent.
What you’ll do
- Deliver the Midwifery OSCE programme across North West London
- Provide teaching, clinical support, and pastoral care for international midwives
- Support recruitment, induction, and retention of midwifery staff
- Develop innovative education and training initiatives with partners and colleges
This is an exciting opportunity to help shape the future of maternity services in North West London.
Apply now to join a team that is proud to put patients first.
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Reporting to the NWL Health and Social Skills Academy Lead, the Midwifery Clinical Practice Educator will be required to deliver the pastoral and education curriculum for Maternity services across the sector as part of the wider expand and diversify agenda for NWL ICB.
This role is instrumental in supporting new recruitment methods across North West London to boost the volume of people from our local areas entering non registered midwifery roles and our Internationally Educated Midwives (IEMS) entering employment in partner NHS Trusts
The post holder will use their clinical expertise to support the strategic approach to onboarding, welcoming and supporting the retention of international midwives by providing teaching, clinical support and pastoral care throughout their pre-registration and preceptorship period and contribute to service developments in maternity education, workforce planning across the NWL footprint
Working for our organisation
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital—along with award-winning clinics across North West London.
Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5 million, providing full clinical services, including maternity, A&E, and children’s services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health clinics. The Care Quality Commission rates us 'Good' in safety, effectiveness, care, and responsiveness, and 'Outstanding' in leadership and resource use.
We continually invest in our facilities, including a £30m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and Westminster and an £80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Middlesex.
We welcome applications for flexible working arrangements, accommodating requests where possible to support our staff and patient needs.
The Trust is committed to equality and welcomes applications from all, regardless of background. Adjustments can be made for disabled candidates. Early application is advised as vacancies may close once sufficient applications are received. If you haven’t heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, your application was likely unsuccessful. Employment is subject to a six-month probationary period.
Some roles may require weekend shifts at multiple sites.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Roles and responsibilities
Acting as a key liaison between all employers, training providers and local authority partners in the NWL Academy to ensure joint working arrangements relating to the Midwifery agenda.
Delivering the pastoral and educational curriculum for Internationally Educated Midwives (IEMs) appointed to North West London.
Responsible for the delivery of a Midwifery OSCE programme on behalf of the Academy and lead on the delivery of the training.
Playing a key role in supporting the orientation of IEMs during the initial arrivals and lead on a sector level induction in collaboration with Trust partners
Partnership working with colleagues across the ICB to develop new innovative ways to support to midwives and partners through OSCE and relevant clinical education training.
Important
- The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions when we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. You are therefore advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
- Please check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process.
- If you have not heard from us within 3 weeks after the closing date, we regret that this usually means your application was not successful.
- In submitting an application, you authorise the Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process, should you be appointed to the post.
- During the recruitment process your identity documentation (ie passport, driving licence, visa etc) will be scanned using a device which recognises UV, infrared and machine-readable zone security features of the documents provided.
- Employment at the Trust is offered subject to successful completion of a six month probationary period.