Professional Midwifery Advocate

3 weeks ago


Oldham, United Kingdom Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Are you a Professional Midwifery Advocate with a passion for Staff engagement ?

An exciting opportunity has arisen with the Northern Care Alliance to be a part of the leadership team within the Maternity unit; as the Professional Midwifery Advocate/Staff engagement lead.

There is a fantastic maternity improvement programme underway at the northern care Alliance, which will enhance the services we offer to women, birthing people and their families who access our care. We would love for you to join us on this incredible journey.

We are looking for a dynamic enthusiastic and creative Midwife to lead the PMA team, using the A-Equip model, to support, monitor and maintain the high quality standards of midwifery care throughout the service.

Our staff are our greatest asset so you willalsolead on positive, compassionatestaffengagement and experienceholding regular drop in listening events, and participating with the staff focused workstreams of the improvement program.

This is an excellent opportunity for you to develop leadership and quality improvement skills in a warm friendly supportive environment, whilst maintaining clinical skills.

Support midwives to identify their own personal action for quality improvement

The post holder will use their understanding of personal and professional resilience and support others to develop this attribute

The post holder will use the data obtained from the local and national staff surveys to develop innovative and proactive strategies to improve our staff experience and engagement

To improve staff engagement the post holder will work with staff at all levels to obtain their feedback and suggestions to ensure our staff feel their opinions are valued.

Provide regular feedback to the Director of Midwifery and the senior team around themes identified, enabling prompt action to address issues arising within our workforce.

Ensure that there is a strong interface between the PMA and clinical governance at the Trust

Use their expert knowledge in midwifery practice to support the Director of Midwifery and the Senior Midwifery team in implementing and monitoring midwifery practice ensuring that there are robust clinical governance assurance systems in place relating to midwifery practice

Working for your organisation

Oldham Care Organisation is part of the Northern Care Alliance, one of the largest NHS organisations in the country. The place where the world’s first IVF baby was delivered, Oldham is a town of pioneering firsts. Today, Oldham is responsible for delivering a range of acute and community health services across the local area and at The Royal Oldham Hospital. As a designated major trauma unit for Greater Manchester and one of only three vascular centres in Greater Manchester, Oldham is a specialist hospital for acute surgery and provides state-of-the-art onsite pathology services to the North West.

The Alliance provides the benefits of scale but delivers this locally through multiple hospital sites which make up four new Care Organisations - Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford. Using our mantra of ‘Saving lives, Improving lives’, the aim is for our Care Organisations to work closely with the communities they serve to deliver safe, high quality and reliable care, which are trusted, connected and pioneering.
Our Care Organisations are designed to operate within our group arrangement of hospitals, community and healthcare services which bring together over 17,000 staff and services. Our size and geographical reach means we are creating an environment each individual will be inspired and empowered by to be the best they can be. This is a really exciting time to join our new team.

The post holder will support Midwives in their practice using the A-Equip model anduse their expert knowledge in midwifery practice to support the Director of Midwifery and the Senior Midwifery team in implementing and monitoring midwifery practice ensuring that there are robust clinical governance assurance systems in place relating to midwifery practice.

As Staff engagement lead the post holder will be responsible for developing innovative and proactive methods of supporting and engaging with our staff.

The main aim being that our staff feel valued and actively encouraged to progress and develop ;thus improving our staff satisfaction, retention and recruitment.

This post will have a clinical element within the role.



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