Professional Midwifery Advocate

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust seeks a Professional Midwifery Advocate to enhance midwifery practice through leadership and support for informed choices in patient care. This role integrates quality improvement and education, fostering an empowering environment for midwives and women alike. Join a leading healthcare trust committed to inclusivity and professional growth.

Benefits

Development packages for staff

Inclusive employer culture

Opportunities for career development

Qualifications

• Registered midwife with a commitment to professional development.
• Experience in quality improvement and clinical practice.
• Ability to support women's choices and midwives' development.

Responsibilities

• Implement quality improvement initiatives in midwifery.
• Provide leadership and clinical guidance to midwives.
• Facilitate group supervision and individual practice development.

Skills

Leadership

Quality Improvement

Clinical Practice

Education

Communication

Education

Midwifery qualification

Nursing Degree (if applicable)

Job description

The Professional Midwifery Advocate will support midwives in practice, either following an incident or as identified on their individual Practice Development Plan during appraisal. This role will also enable midwives to support women who make choices outside of conventional recommendations for care, promoting autonomy and accountability in midwifery practice at all times. It aims to empower women to make informed choices. This post supports the quality and governance agenda within Maternity and is key to ensuring that midwifery practice is safe, evidence-based, and current, advising on national practice changes and implementing them locally. The post holder will play a crucial role in quality improvement measures and implementing change as a credible clinical practitioner.

The role will have links with midwifery education at Keele and Staffordshire University to support learning for individuals involved with incidents.

• Implement and evaluate quality improvement initiatives using recognized methodologies.
• Encourage midwifery reflection through sharing good practice, feedback, education, audit, research participation, and complaints.
• Facilitate personal actions for quality improvement through learning, reflection, and integrating guidance into practice with individual midwives.
• Provide leadership for midwifery practice within the clinical workplace.
• Facilitate group supervision activities regularly.
• Support women’s choices by enabling midwifery practice and providing balanced, unbiased information for informed consent and decision-making.
• Act as a professional advocate for midwives and women through leadership and expert clinical practice.
• Develop and support individuals via education and practice development programs identified through incidents, investigations, or PDPs.
• Liaise with Higher Education Institutions to develop academic action plans supporting individual practice improvement.
  
  

For further duties, please see the attached JD.

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites—Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford—we serve around three million people and are highly regarded for our facilities, teaching, and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All employees contribute valuably here at UHNM. We offer a range of development packages to help everyone fulfill their potential. UHNM promotes a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer, fostering a culture where all staff feel valued and respected. We ask our employees to commit to the values co-created by staff, patients, and carers, which unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, we know that investing in, supporting, and developing our staff directly impacts the quality of care we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the populations we serve.

For further details or informal visits, please contact:

Name: Jude Davies
Job title: Lead PMA
Email: [e-mail]