# Maternity Experience Midwife > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/maternity-experience-midwife/c754c019-3eff-449b-9435-bc3f170809b9 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/maternity-experience-midwife/c754c019-3eff-449b-9435-bc3f170809b9.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** James Paget University Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Midwife - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 9 months (Maternity leave cover until 21 September) - **Employment type:** Part time - 22.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-25T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-12T08:05:50.763Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Norfolk/Gorleston/James_Paget_University_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Midwifery/Midwifery-v8345485 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8345485?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.jpaget.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Experience of supporting women and families following complex, traumatic or adverse maternity experiences. - Understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion principles within healthcare. - Experience of multidisciplinary working and effective stakeholder engagement. **Desirable** - Experience of investigating incidents, reviewing care, or contributing to complaint responses. - Experience of analysing information, identifying themes and implementing service improvements. - Experience of delivering education, presentations or facilitating learning within a clinical setting. ### Education **Essential** - Registered Midwife with current NMC registration - Degree level qualification in Midwifery or equivalent experience - Evidence of continuing professional development **Desirable** - Leadership or management qualification, or willingness to undertake - Master's degree or equivalent level of knowledge and experience - Professional Midwifery Advocate qualification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Significant post-registration experience within maternity services including experience at Band 6/7 level - Knowledge of complaints management, patient experience frameworks and duty of candour principles. - Understanding of clinical governance, risk management and safeguarding processes. - Knowledge of relevant national maternity policies, standards and initiatives. **Desirable** - Understanding of mediation, conflict resolution and restorative approaches. - Knowledge of trauma-informed care and psychological impacts of birth experiences. ## Documents - [apollo project (pdf, 12.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2896) - [recruitment 2025 (pdf, 4.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2736) - [hospital site map (pdf, 2.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1745) - [apollo care start (pdf, 12.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2895) - [princes trust support (jpg, 422.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2740) - [recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 90.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1988) - [maternity experience midwife jd (pdf, 208.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10676015) - [maternity experience midwife ps (pdf, 216.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10676016) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.