Clinical Educator Support Midwife

Job overview

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.

Job Title: Clinical Educator Support Midwife

Contract Type: 12 months Fixed Term

Purpose for Fixed Term: Short term funding

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting opportunity to join our team as an experienced midwife. We are looking for someone who is passionate about supporting others, developing the future workforce and creating an environment where newly qualified midwives feel valued, supported and inspired to build their careers within our service.

The transition from student midwife to autonomous practitioner is one of the most rewarding yet challenging periods in a midwife's career. We are committed to ensuring our newly qualified midwives receive the support, guidance and encouragement they need to develop confidence, consolidate clinical skills and achieve their full potential.

As a Clinical Educator Support Midwife, you will play a key role in supporting Band 5 midwives throughout their first year of practice. Working alongside newly qualified colleagues across maternity services, you will provide clinical, professional and pastoral support that helps them navigate the challenges of early practice and build confidence in their role.

This is a highly visible role working across all areas of maternity services and is a 12 month fixed term contract being advertised across internal and external platforms.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will provide personalised support to newly qualified midwives throughout their first year of practice, helping them translate knowledge into confident clinical decision-making whilst developing the skills, resilience and professional identity required for a successful midwifery career.

Working closely with the Practice Education Team, Professional Midwifery Advocates, Matrons, Ward Leaders and Preceptors, you will help ensure every newly qualified midwife receives a positive, supportive and developmental experience.

The role combines clinical support, pastoral care, professional development and workforce retention, helping to create a culture where newly qualified midwives can thrive.

In this role, your key responsibilities will include:

• Ensuring that midwives provide a high standard of practice based on current guidelines, policies, protocols and standards and are involved in the development and review of these.
• Actively supporting junior staff and students and be a resource for research-based information on midwifery practice.
• Assisting the Midwifery leadership team in building a dynamic workforce, contributing new and practical ideas to improve efficiency and make effective use of resources.
• Maintaining effective working relationships with all staff including medical staff, general practitioners, health visitors, independent midwives and staff from other Trusts.
• Promoting a positive ‘team spirit’ across all areas of the midwifery service.

The successful candidate will be:

• An excellent communicator who can adapt their communication skills according to the audience.
• Flexible, adaptable and able to work flexible hours and fulfil service requirements including on-call commitments.
• Able to demonstrate relevant and recent clinical experience or with the ability to demonstrate significant experience in midwifery practice and responsibility for managing a clinical team.
• A positive role model with a good level of self-awareness and personal resilience.
• Able to demonstrate behaviours that meet the Trust Values.

For an overview of the position, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification document. This includes a detailed breakdown of the key responsibilities, role expectations, and the qualifications we are looking for.

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.