Senior Midwifery Tutor
| Posting date: | 08 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £56,276.00 to £63,176.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £56276.00 - £63176.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 August 2025 |
| Location: | London, N19 5NF |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9220-25-0548 |
Summary
MAIN DUTIES Education and Student Support Identify learning needs of staff. Responsible for addressing identified learning needs in learning outcomes, core conditions and core presentations. Attend and teach at the introductory clinical skills circuit in UCL main campus each module Facilitate manikin based additional training in speculum and bimanual examination skills Support learning through history taking observation and examination Complete structured learning exercises mandatory to placement sign off Attend Single Best Answer (SBA) writing workshops and assist with writing for the 5th and final year exams. Attend OSCE writing workshops and assist with writing scenarios based in the setting of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Support the person centre pathway Deliver lectures centrally at UCL on core topics in introductory lecture weeks Deliver induction to each student cohort group Deliver weekly formal tutorial to students on placement on site at the Whittington Attend examiner training and examine in UCL examinations Management Help to design the rotas for each academic year to ensure sufficient focus on normality and deviation from this Observe others teaching (nurses, doctors, midwives) and provide structure feedback on their teaching sessions for their development. Help to support students struggling on placement to achieve their competencies Attend UCL teaching committees, student experience meetings, module meetings, exam committee meetings and quality meetings Practice Assist students with practical prescribing skills Teach clinical skills on manikins like vaginal examination, speculum examination, abdominal palpation Assist students with history taking and presenting Assist students in emergency management of obstetric and gynaecology scenarios Develop clinical reasoning skills through case based discussions Research Promote evidence/research-based quality improvement work amongst the students and pair them with clinical supervisors. Disseminate and utilize audit and research results as appropriate in departmental and organisation wide audit and QI presentations days. Support students to share their research more widely in conferences Act as a change agent and support other staff in the implementation of new practices. Develop educational research projects within the placement to enhance learning especially multi-disciplinary working Professional Identify personal objectives, reflect on progress and set a personal development plan annually. Exercise accountability and responsibility for continuing professional accreditation and registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council. Following individual performance management, liaise with the consultant lead in agreeing how identified training and development needs are to be met. Ensure that own practice is kept updated, using an acceptable model of clinical supervision. Take every opportunity to expand practice in line with current guidelines. Ensure that students are aware of, and practice in accordance with, all current guidelines and policies. Contribute to meeting the trusts strategic objectives. Develop management and leadership skills abilities under the direction of the consultant lead Demonstrate an awareness of global issues relating to clinical and professional education. Undertake any other duties that may reasonably be required. Please see the job description and person specification for further details.