Practice Development Midwife Student Lead - #188287

Job Overview

Band 7 | Full-Time | 12-Month Secondment

Frimley Park Hospital | Frimley Health Foundation Trust

Are you a passionate and experienced midwife with a flair for education, coaching and supporting the next generation of maternity professionals? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our friendly, innovative and supportive Maternity Practice Development Team at Frimley Park Hospital.

This rewarding Band 7 secondment offers the chance to make a real impact on the future midwifery workforce by leading and enhancing the learning experience for midwifery students, external learners and work-experience placements across our maternity services.

About The Role

As Practice Development Midwife for Students, you will play a pivotal role in coordinating and delivering high-quality clinical placements, ensuring learners receive an outstanding and inclusive educational experience within a dynamic multi-professional environment.

Working closely with our Practice Development Team, clinical staff and university partners, you will help shape a positive culture of learning, support and professional growth throughout the service.

Frimley Health Foundation Trust currently provides clinical placements for midwifery students from four universities, offering a diverse and engaging learning environment with excellent opportunities to influence and inspire future midwives.

What We’re Looking For

We Are Seeking An Enthusiastic And Motivated Midwife Who

• Is passionate about education, practice development and student support
• Enjoys coaching, mentoring and developing others
• Thrives within a collaborative multi-professional team
• Is committed to delivering high standards of learning and compassionate care
• Wants to contribute to the future of maternity services
  
  

What We Offer

As part of our supportive Practice Development Team, you will be encouraged to further develop your:

• Leadership and professional skills
• Teaching and facilitation abilities
• Coaching and mentorship experience
• Knowledge of education and practice development within maternity services
  
  

This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to broaden their experience, influence clinical education and contribute to the development of future maternity professionals in a progressive and supportive Trust.

Main duties of the job

• Lead and coordinate high‑quality clinical placements for midwifery students, external learners and work‑experience placements.
• Provide expert support, teaching and supervision to students, ensuring a positive and inclusive learning experience.
• Work closely with clinical teams, Practice Development staff and universities to support student progression and assessment.
• Support and develop practice supervisors and assessors to maintain high standards of education.
• Contribute to the delivery of education programmes, induction and preceptorship across maternity services.
• Promote a culture of continuous learning, reflective practice and high‑quality patient care.
  
  

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

For further information regarding the detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description and person specification documents.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Current Midwifery NMC registrant
• Degree in midwifery or relevant subject
• Practice assessor status and a track record of on-going student support
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Leadership/management training
• Undertaking Master study
• PROMPT/NLS intructor
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of presenting at conferences.
  
  

Skills & Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Ability to prepare, deliver and evaluate presentations.
• Demonstrates strong clinical leadership and influencing skills.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Confident in teaching and assessing students.
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Report writing skills
• Policy writing skills.
  
  

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) is proud of its strong reputation, record of achievement and ambition for the future. We serve a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire, and remain committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities.

Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first.

We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services.

We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future-proofed, featuring on-site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Through our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations.

Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care.

Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together.

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