Midwifery Educator
254211 · LightDescription
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.
Requires a substantial formal qualification. A licence may be required for some roles or employers.
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.