Job requirements
Essential
10 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Experience of supporting women and families following complex, traumatic or adverse maternity experiences.
- Skills
Understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion principles within healthcare.
- Skills
Experience of multidisciplinary working and effective stakeholder engagement.
- Education
Registered Midwife with current NMC registration
- Education
Degree level qualification in Midwifery or equivalent experience
- Education
Evidence of continuing professional development
- Knowledge
Significant post-registration experience within maternity services including experience at Band 6/7 level
- Knowledge
Knowledge of complaints management, patient experience frameworks and duty of candour principles.
- Knowledge
Understanding of clinical governance, risk management and safeguarding processes.
- Knowledge
Knowledge of relevant national maternity policies, standards and initiatives.
Desirable
8 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills
Experience of investigating incidents, reviewing care, or contributing to complaint responses.
- Skills
Experience of analysing information, identifying themes and implementing service improvements.
- Skills
Experience of delivering education, presentations or facilitating learning within a clinical setting.
- Education
Leadership or management qualification, or willingness to undertake
- Education
Master's degree or equivalent level of knowledge and experience
- Education
Professional Midwifery Advocate qualification
- Knowledge
Understanding of mediation, conflict resolution and restorative approaches.
- Knowledge
Knowledge of trauma-informed care and psychological impacts of birth experiences.
Job overview
The post holder has an important role within the maternity service of coordinating the interface between the women and birthing people and families that use the maternity service and the Senior Maternity Management Team.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work closely with the Senior Maternity Management team to ensure that the depth and breadth of techniques are implemented and explored to ensure that women and birthing people have a voice within the maternity service.
The post holder will be expected to integrate patient views in a variety of ways embedding this within the Maternity service's governance structure and processes.
The post holder will be involved in coordinating the debriefing service and complaints.
They will also be involved in delivering key initiatives to ensure that women/persons and their families have the opportunity to make their voice heard and influence change and future direction of the maternity service via surveys, collaborating with the Maternity & Neonatal Voices Partnership and other forms of direct engagement such as facilitating listening and outreach events. They will work using an equity and equality lens to ensure that marginalised voices have the opportunity to be heard.
The post holder will be required to ensure that any change or lessons learned are appropriately escalated and discussed with those providing the maternity service to enable learning to take place.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attachments for detailed job description and person specification. Please note this is an initial fixed term contract for 9 months.
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.
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This advert is for Maternity Experience Midwife with James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Gorleston-on-Sea, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Midwife role. The advertised salary is £49,387 - £56,515 per annum pro rata. The contract type is Fixed term: 9 months (Maternity leave cover until 21 September). The application deadline is 25 Oct 2026.
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