Lead Midwife for Practice Development & Maternity Education

• Registered Midwife with relevant experience
• Teaching Qualification/Mentor course
• Educated to Masters level or equivalent level of experience in relevant subject
• Ability to demonstrate significant experience in midwifery practic
• Ability to work to deadlines
• Self-motivating and adaptable
• Ability to deliver against tight deadlines
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to network across organisation
• Ability to influence and motivate others, Negotiating skills and ability to resolve conflict
• Able to demonstrate a broad but in-depth knowledge of health policy in relation to midwifery practice
• Well-developed communication skills, able to communicate complex matters

• Evidence of Publications and research
• Accredited management and leadership development and training
• Experience of public speaking
• Proven leadership ability including ability to work effectively across organisational boundaries
• Experience and knowledge of service change and redesign
• Considerable leadership experience within health/social care settings
• Experience of developing and implementing policy
• Evidence of innovative practice that involves research or audit
• Evidence of Teaching both in clinical and University settings
• Experience of implementing strategy / Operational management experience/ Project management

Evidence of Particular: Knowledge,Skills,Aptitudes

Band 8a Maternity leave cover August 2026-March 2027

The Practice Development (PD) Team is central in our commitment to enhance the quality of the clinical learning environment and deliver meaningful, supportive learning and development opportunities within maternity services.

The post holder will operationally and strategically manage Maternity’s Practice Development Team and Maternity’s education programme.

They will lead on the educational provision of ongoing learning and development within maternity’s clinical environments by ensuring the provision of high-quality learning opportunities and supportive educational input and professional development activities for learners and staff within maternity services.

They will be responsible for the development and delivery of interprofessional learning opportunities and training programmes, ensuring a learning culture that promotes equality and values diversity.

This role has been created to work in collaboration with the Midwifery Leadership Team to provide learning and development support to all maternity staff but especially those who are newly qualified or newly appointed staff.

They will work collaboratively with the Midwifery Leadership Team to ensure learning and development within the service meet CQC standards, the MIS criteria, NMC codes of conduct and other relevant national and local guidance.

· Work collaboratively with the Midwifery Leadership Team to ensure learning and development within the service are benchmarked against and meet CQC standards, the MIS criteria, NMC codes of conduct and other relevant national and local guidance.

· With the Director of Midwifery, plan a schedule of education and training that is geared towards relevant aspects of service development.

· Lead development and delivery of inter-professional learning and develop and nurture professional education programmes for the multidisciplinary team, aimed at encouraging ‘life-long learning.

· Lead on and co-ordinate the development and on-going training for newly qualified and newly appointed midwives and maternity support workers

· Work with the Midwifery Leadership Team to develop and deliver high standards of women centred, evidence-based care

· Participate in the planning and delivery of multi-professional education provision in the maternity department. They will lead OxMUD, PROMPT and support the Fetal Wellbeing Day as well as facilitating other training

· Chair the MPEF (Maternity Practice Education Forum) working collaboratively with the Lead Midwife for Education and Programme Lead Oxford Brookes University to ensure that:

Please see the Job description for further details of the main duties. 

Please note that this job advertisement will close automatically once the application limit is reached, regardless of whether this occurs before the advertised closing date.