Job Description

15 hours per week



Fixed term for 12 months

Salary:

38,682 - 46,580 per annum

Closing Date:

17th September 2025

Interview Date:

TBC



This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly.



All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.



A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.



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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and creative midwife to join our maternity team as Deputy Practice Development Midwife on a 12-month secondment to work alongside the Lead Practice Development Midwife. You will support the design, delivery, and evaluation of engaging, evidence-based training across our maternity service. This includes creating innovative learning materials, delivering simulation and skills sessions, and ensuring all training meets CNST,CQC, Ockenden, and trust requirements.



If you are passionate about training and education, enjoy working collaboratively across multi-disciplinary teams, and want to play a key role in shaping the skills and confidence of our maternity workforce, we would love to hear from you.



Your role will also involve contributing to wider practice development work from maintaining accurate training records and producing reports, to reviewing national and local guidance, supporting clinical governance activities, and liaising with the trust's Learning & Development team to share best practice. You will be a visible presence in clinical areas, working closely with staff to identify learning needs, deliver training sessions, embed new knowledge into everyday care, and promote a culture of safety and continual improvement.



Here at George Eliot our vision to ' excel at patient care' takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate staff who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:



E ffective Open Communication



e x cellence and safety in everything we do



C hallenge but support



E xpect respect and dignity



L ocal health that inspires confidence

Benefits:

On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, in house training and development, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.



If you are applying for a Domestic Assistant or Health Care Assistant role you may be eligible for the refer a friend scheme - find out more here: https://www.geh.nhs.uk/about-us/people-and-workforce/vacancies/refer-friend-scheme



The post holder will support the department in maintaining and improving high standards of care and achieving safety throughout the maternity footprint by working with the clinical and governance teams.



To support the maternity service in fostering an environment that is woman centred and upholds the highest standards of safety.

To work closely with clinical teams to facilitate and foster the clinical governance, risk agenda and continual quality improvement initiatives.



To understand new health care developments ensuring that midwifery practice is evidence based, cost effective and regularly benchmarked against best practice.



For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.