# Band 7 Practice Development Midwife > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-7-practice-development-midwife/e9ecd95a-eedd-44bf-828d-924cd53db921 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/band-7-practice-development-midwife/e9ecd95a-eedd-44bf-828d-924cd53db921.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Royal Free Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Midwife - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £58,133 - £65,261 Per annum inclusive of HCAS - pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 22.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-18T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-02T12:50:59.177Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Royal_Free_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Maternity/Maternity-v8262377 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8262377?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.royalfree.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This is a post for advanced midwifery practitioners, with excellent standards of clinical practice. The post is designed to provide the post holder with opportunities to develop and further enhance skills in programme planning, multi professional teaching and facilitation and communication with key stakeholders on issues related to practice development. The post is required to work alongside team members, which includes Clinical placement Facilitators, Clinical Governance team and Senior Midwifery Team in the implementation of the practice development agenda for the maternity service, with direct reference to the CQC standards, SBL and Trust objectives. Lead on agreed professional development activities, including mandatory training, essential to role and service activity. Lead on preceptorship programmes and clinical placement activity in the division and the wider organisation in line with Trust policies and procedures and national guidelines. Plan, deliver and review interventions to enable people to learn and develop. Agree with team members courses of action to address issues with their work. Provide on a regular basis both constructive and positive feedback, identify and disseminate learning from outcomes. ### Main duties of the job Support the preceptorship and induction programmes for newly registered midwives and those midwives who are new to the Trust or returning to practice AND all new staff appointed to the maternity department. In-conjunction with other members of the education team, assess the quality of clinical and other practice learning environments and proposes interventions for improvement. Contributes to the design, organisation and delivery of mandatory training and to personally participate in the delivery of mandatory training sessions. Co-ordinate the delivery and facilitation of the multidisciplinary PROMPT sessions for all staff from the directorate required to attend. Deliver training and assess competency of individuals/groups through reflective practice, demonstration, observation and presentation e.g. manual handling/infection control training/mandatory training/specific clinical skills, providing verbal/written feedback as necessary. Supports the professional development midwives in organising and facilitating the integrated midwives clinical skills development programme. To identify the training needs of staff as identified from themes arising out of clinical incidents, reflective events, complaints, supervisory reviews and from national reports. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Others **Essential** - Ability to deal calmly with a range of personalities and situations - Committed to the provision of a high quality safe service for women and their families - Ability to work collaboratively and strategically - Ability to exercise own initiative and work to deadlines. ### Experience **Essential** - Significant experience working as a midwife - Excellent clinical teaching and assessing skills. - Experience facilitating Training sessions **Desirable** - Clinical audit and service evaluation ### Personal qualities **Essential** - Demonstrable well developed leadership skills. - Self-motivating with the ability to motivate, lead and manage a team of staff - Commitment to women- centered care - Flexibility - Resilience - Commitment to furthering knowledge and responsibility - Excellent interpersonal skills ### Skills and abilities **Essential** - Good organisational and leadership skills - Ability to initiate, evaluate and sustain change - Excellent, all round midwifery skills - Good IT skills - Sound knowledge of Midwifery practice **Desirable** - Risk management and quality assurance experience ### Education and qualification **Essential** - Registered Midwife - First Degree or equivalent advanced study - An interest in education and development of practice - Evidence of Continuous Professional Development **Desirable** - Practice Teacher / Teaching qualification - NLS / ALSO - Masters or willingness to work towards achieving - NIPE or equivalent ### Royal Free World Class Values **Essential** - Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values ## Documents - [pdm (pdf, 424.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10576332) - [pdm jd & ps (pdf, 424.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10576330) - [pdm functional requirements (pdf, 352.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10576331) - [nursing and midwifery - benefits, about rfl, values and governing objectives (pdf, 626.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2755) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.