# Clinical Skills Facilitator

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** William Harvey Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Clinical educator
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum
- **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed term)
- **Employment type:** Part time, Job share, Flexible working, 26.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-29T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-16T14:26:04.590Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Kent/Ashford/East_Kent_Hospitals_University_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Midwifery/Midwifery-v8374665
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8374665?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.ekhuft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

The Practice Development team for maternity are looking to expand in order to ensure our staff and students have the best support possible to deliver safe, robust care. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a clinical skills facilitator (CSF) to join the Maternity Education Team across various clinical sites.

### Main duties of the job

- To support midwives in clinical practice, prominently those undertaking a preceptorship programme, to develop and maintain clinical practice, knowledge and skills. To work clinically with those on a preceptorship programme (to include newly qualified midwives, internationally educated midwives and return to practice midwives) to assist them to develop their clinical skills and competencies throughout their preceptorship year.
- To co-ordinate with the preceptorship lead midwife and practice development midwives to regularly review the preceptorship programme, including planning and facilitating preceptorship training days and obstetric emergencies training.
- In addition, the post holder will coordinate with the practice education fellows to support individual midwives through individual programmes that develop their knowledge and skills and produces a competent workforce.
- The post holder will promote good working relationships and collaborative working with the multi-disciplinary team both within the directorate and the rest of the Trust as well as with the local education faculty.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in ‘Documents to download’.

If you have further queries please don’t hesitate to contact the line manager using the contact details below.

### 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

### Governance

**Essential**

- Awareness of role of Professional Midwifery Advocate
- Knowledge of local and national maternity transformation programme
- Knowledge of midwifery issues including statutory frameworks and national policy
- Midwives rules and code of practice.

### Other requirements

**Essential**

- To be aware of and adhere to the Trust’s Vision
- Ability to work across all sites as needed

### Qualifications and training

**Essential**

- Midwife practising on NMC register - minimum 2 year experience post NMC registration within the NHS
- Evidence of Professional development
- Relevant clinical experience
- Demonstration of previous experiences in relation to the knowledge and skills framework expected for clinical skills facilitator

### Clinical skills and experience

**Essential**

- - Completed midwifery preceptorship within the UK
- - Competencies and clinical skills related to the knowledge and skills framework for Band 6
- - Excellent communication and inter personal skills (verbal and written)
- - IT Skills

**Desirable**

- Previous teaching experience

### Personal/professional attributes

**Essential**

- Committed to a culture of continuous improvement, openness and honesty
- Self-motivation
- Organisational prioritising skills.
- Ability to motivate and develop clinical and managerial staff to their full potential

## Documents

- [working for the trust (pdf, 503.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10702737)
- [job description and person specification (pdf, 273.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10702738)

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