Job Description

Clinical Educator Midwives



An exciting opportunity has arisen for band 6 midwives to join the Maternity Education Team.



This is a well-established team who facilitate a wide variety of training for our maternity staff. This includes supporting training days such as:



PROMPT (obstetric emergency skills)



Our in house electronic fetal monitoring/human factors day



Enhanced Maternity Care



Midwives mandatory annual two day training



Weekly CTG learning MDT meetings



The clinical education team also deliver ad hoc, small group and one-to-one training on many topics as part of mandatory updates and additionally as required.



These posts offer a wealth of training and development opportunities via external courses (examples include NLS train the trainer, Advanced CTG Masterclass, NIPE module etc). The team is also responsible for arranging and keeping robust records of training, regular review of the Trust Training Needs Analysis and development of new innovative ideas to improve our training offer, access for our staff groups and staff wellbeing.



The post involves working Trust wide to ensure training needs are met for all staff groups.



If you are applying for this as a secondment please ensure your manager is aware of your intentions to apply before submitting.

The successful post holder will:

Support the delivery of the Training Needs Analysis within Maternity Services.



Work with the Professional Development Midwife, Consultant Midwife, Maternity Matrons and Ward/ Department Managers in ensuring the needs of staff training and compliance are met



To support the delivery of on-going education, in-service training and continual professional development of maternity staff in line with National standards.



Promote a positive learning environment supporting woman centred, evidenced based care, autonomous midwifery practice and normality.



Pilgrim Hospital is situated beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.



Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.



Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service



United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.



Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.



This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.



The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).



For further details regarding the job role please see the attached and Person Specification.