Senior Clinical Practice Facilitator - Midwifery

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Practice Development team.

This role provides an exciting opportunity to join the practice development team to support our student midwives across the Rosie maternity unit.

You will be required to have the appropriate knowledge and skills to provide support, educational input and development activities for clinical staff, supervisors, assessors, and students following the standards for student supervision and assessment (SSSA) guidelines.

You will encourage the development of a learning culture where both supporting pre-registration education and lifelong learning are seen as integral to clinical practice. Supporting the transition of students to preceptorship band 5 midwives will be an important focus area.

Main duties of the job

There are excellent opportunities to work closely and develop relationships with our link universities, undertaking student interviews, skills days, and student forums.

In addition to this you will be supported to deliver training such as obstetric emergencies of which students are encouraged to attend, and also assessor update training sessions. It will be important to ensure you have visibility amongst the clinical assessors to ensure support is given regarding student assessments.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have: -    applied for a Graduate visa -    or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment -    or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start

For NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough based roles, all applicants from NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough who have identified that they are at risk of redundancy will be prioritised over those not at risk. However, interviews cannot be guaranteed.

This vacancy will close at midnight on 25 May 2026

Interviews are due to be held in the week commencing 8 June 2026

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.