Job overview

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced registered midwife who has an interest/passion for providing professional leadership to midwives by being an enthusiastic and visionary leader.

This is an exciting opportunity to support and provide robust support for newly qualified midwives and maternity staff to promote the retention and reduce attrition of the future midwifery workforce, whilst also implementing services to improve the wellbeing of staff.

Main duties of the job

You must be  able to influence others through support and education for maternity staff to improve retention and recruitment.

This will include supporting early career midwives, pastoral care for maternity staff, providing support for newly appointed staff, including induction training.

The role will involve working with Regional and National Leads to support the Retention programme as retention is a key component of the People Plan and the NHS Long term plan.

Working for our organisation

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust strongly encourages new starters to have the Covid-19 vaccine. However, it is not a mandatory requirement to work for us.

HUTH has two main sites: Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital with an annual budget of approximately £800 million. The Trust employs around 11,000 staff and serves an extended population of 1.25 million, delivering a number of outpatient services from locations across the area.

The Trust’s secondary care service portfolio is comprehensive, covering the major medical and surgical specialties, routine and specialist diagnostic services and other clinical support services. These services are provided primarily to a catchment population of approximately 600,000 in the Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire area.

HUTH provides specialist and tertiary services to a population of 1.25 million extending from Scarborough in North Yorkshire to Grimsby and Scunthorpe in North East and North Lincolnshire respectively.