Job summary
- Main area
- WCCSS
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Home or remote working
- Job ref
- 153-SP04818
- Employer
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The BEACH Building, Royal Bournemouth Hospital
- Town
- Bournemouth
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Lead Professional Midwifery Advocate
NHS AfC: Band 7
As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support the preparation of their application. While this is not discouraged, we kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of your own experience and suitability. Personal integrity is an important part of the recruitment process.
Job overview
The Lead Professional Midwifery Advocate (PMA) will provide oversight of the Advocating for Education and Quality Improvement (A-EQUIP) model within the maternity department. This model provides a continuous improvement process that builds upon personal and professional resilience, enhances quality of care and supports preparedness for registered midwives in appraisal and professional revalidation. The ultimate aim is that this continuous improvement process of the “A-EQUIP” model will become an intrinsic part of everyone’s job, everyday, in all parts of the system.
· Provide a supportive function
· Support professional resilience
· Support midwives to provide high quality care and identify areas for improvement.
· Support the advocacy role of the midwife
· Include strategies which develop and invest in midwives
· Allow flexibility for local implementation
· Not to create additional financial pressures on providers
There will be a requirement to support on calls either within the community team or within the maternity unit.
Main duties of the job
Work as an experienced practitioner, ensure standards of practice and support a safe, quality service, within available resources that aims to meet the needs of the woman and her family in achieving the outcome they believe is excellent for their circumstances, referring to other professionals and outside agencies as appropriate.
Work with the Maternity Team Leaders in providing efficient and effective maternity care within available resources, meeting agreed standards; objectives and statutory requirements.
Working for our organisation
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions at interview.
Please note if a role or service relocates as part of a planned move, excess mileage will not be reimbursed. Travel from home to the new work base will be classed as a normal commute. Any other changes will be managed under relevant Trust or national terms and conditions.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Work as an experienced practitioner, ensure standards of practice and support a safe, quality service, within available resources that aims to meet the needs of the woman and her family in achieving the outcome they believe is excellent for their circumstances, referring to other professionals and outside agencies as appropriate.
Work with the Maternity Team Leaders in providing efficient and effective maternity care within available resources, meeting agreed standards; objectives and statutory requirements.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Midwifery Degree
- Post Graduate PMA Course
- NMC Registered and Practising Midwife in the UK
Desirable criteria
- Practice Assessor
- Patient Experience Course
- Leadership Course
- TRiM Trained
Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantive Midwifery Practice
- Experienced PMA
Desirable criteria
- Experience of managing complaints or feedback
Technical Skills/Competencies
Essential criteria
- Up to date core skills/training
- Completed Preceptorship
- IT and keyboard skills
- Able to provide midwifery skills in all areas
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to mentor students
Desirable criteria
- Data Collection skills
- Report Writing Skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Gemma Short
- Job title
- Recruitment and Retention Midwife
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07467 446649
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