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This is an exciting time to join our team, as the Women & Children’s Directorate are seeking a Midwifery Clinical Educator to work as an autonomous practitioner, alongside the Maternity PEF to enhance the clinical learning environment. The successful candidate will provide on site support, educational input and development opportunities for all staff. It is an exciting opportunity to enhance and influence the clinical learning environment for all midwifery and nursing staff and learners in the Women and Children’s Directorate and on occasion provide support to other areas.
A key focus will be to provide and strengthen the ongoing links between educational and clinical institutions which will enhance the learning opportunity whilst fulfilling the organisations staff governance responsibilities.
The post will be based primarily within The Women and Children’s Directorate but the successful candidate will also work closely with the Practice Development Unit.
We are a friendly team who enjoy challenging ourselves both in and out of work and we benefit from having positive working relationships with all members of the multidisciplinary team.
NHS Forth Valley provides care for approximately 3000 births annually and covers a large geographical area composed of beautiful rural and urban areas. We support midwifery placements for students learning at Edinburgh Napier University and West of Scotland University as well as students undertaking elective placements from other universities.
We are ideally situated between Glasgow and Edinburgh with good transport links to both nearby.
The much-expanded Women & Children’s Directorate benefits from diversity and flexibility, providing services for women, children and young people within the home, community and acute hospital settings. In NHS Forth Valley, we passionately believe in joined-up, holistic care across the whole patient journey. Candidates should demonstrate commitment, drive, and resilience and share our passion and values; being keen to continuously develop the service we provide.
For essential requirements please see the job description.
For informal discussion please contact:
Gillian Morton, Director of Midwifery, gillian.morton@nhs.scot, 01324 567017
Alison McBride, Head of Midwifery, alison.mcbride@nhs.scot, 01324 567480
The duties of this post require the successful candidate to be a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. More information on this scheme can be found at www.disclosurescotland.co.uk
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NHS Forth Valley is positive about disabled people and is committed to offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job. Please contact the Recruitment Office on 0330 041 4694 if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to assist you with your application and/or interview.
NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.