Recruitment, Retention and Pastoral Lead Midwife | Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 22 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £47,810 - £54,710 pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 August 2025 |
| Location: | Hull, HU3 2JZ |
| Company: | Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7342631/356-25-7342631 |
Summary
The post holder will provide professional leadership to midwives by being an enthusiastic and visionary leader.Able to influence others through support and education for maternity staff to improve retention and recruitment.Thiswillincludesupportingearlycareer midwives,pastoralcarefor maternitystaff,providingsupportfornewlyappointed staff, including induction training. The role will involve working with Regional and National Leads tosupport the Retention programme as retention is a key component of the People Plan and the NHS Long termplan.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Provideindividualisedandgroupsupportforearlycareermidwives.
Work collaboratively with Regional and National Leads for Recruitment and retention, participate inlearning activities locally and nationally. Gather information and feedback on how to improve retentionandrecruitmentprocesses.
· Seekoutnewandinnovativesolutionstosupportretentionofthemidwiferyworkforce
· Develop preceptorship and support effective preceptorship training programmes to develop thepreceptorshippackageoffered tostaff.
· Provideexit/learningfromleavinginterviews.Analysedatafrominterviewstodevelopthemestodemonstrateareasforimprovement.
· Supportmidwivesbyprovidingandpromotingregularsessionsofrestorativeclinicalsupervision(RCS)
· Collaboratewiththelocalquality&safety,governance,andpracticedevelopmentteams,providingprofessionaladviceandsupportingqualityimprovement.
· NetworkwithPMAsand thewiderregion.ImplementnationalrecommendationsforPMA services.
· Provide professional leadership to midwives by embedding the A-EQUIP model of support. Be anenthusiasticandvisionaryleaderabletoinfluenceothersthrougheducation,multidisciplinaryworking,andin-housetraining
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
See attached Job Description and Person Specification for detailed information about the role and requirements
This advert closes on Tuesday 5 Aug 2025