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Midwifery Educator

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Description

Designs, plans, implements, and evaluates the delivery of midwifery education and staff development programmes, and manages educational resources.

Typical work tasks

Researches, plans, develops, and implements midwifery curriculum; teaches midwifery theory and skills; facilitates practical experience for trainees/midwives; observes and assesses trainees/midwives; evaluates ongoing and changing educational needs and monitors course outcomes; participates in developing and implementing policies affecting midwifery, midwifery education, and women’s health.

Typical work environment

  • Works indoors in administration areas, and meeting rooms, in public and private hospitals and training facilities.
  • Works in adequately lit, heated, ventilated, and clean, well-maintained workspaces.

Typical physical and mental demands

  • Sedentary to light demand levels.
  • Sits at office desks, in meetings, or when carrying out administrative tasks.
  • Stands and walks frequently around offices, wider hospital premises, and training facilities, to deliver and evaluate ongoing and changing educational needs for midwives.
  • There is an occasional requirement for lifting within a light physical demand range.
  • Repetitive hand and arm movements are required when using computers and when demonstrating some medical procedures.
  • There is occasional to frequent use of medical, communication, technology, and administrative equipment and machines.
  • Driving of cars may be required occasionally to attend meetings and undertake educational activities but is not typically a significant component of the job.
  • Mental skills necessary include a high level of cognitive functioning with midwifery, administrative, planning, communication, interpersonal, organisational, teaching, observational, assessment, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.
Entry signal Reviewed

Requires a substantial formal qualification. A licence may be required for some roles or employers.

Entry barrier Formal qualification
Licence / registration Licence may be required
ANZSCO skill level 1
Next-day ready No

How this was determined (model-generated): Midwifery Educator: tertiary qual OR 5yr experience; only an incidental Class 1 driver licence that may be required; det correct.

Entry Requirements

  • A relevant tertiary qualification or at least five years applicable experience (ANZSCO Skill Level 1). In some instances particular experience and/or on-the-job training may be required.
  • A Class 1 Driver Licence may be required.

Further Comments

There are opportunities for flexibility of movement.