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Lead Professional Midwifery Advocate

The closing date is 03 August 2025

The Lead Professional Midwifery Advocate (PMA) will provide oversight of the Advocating for Education and Quality Improvement (A-EQUIP) model within the maternity department. This model provides a continuous improvement process that builds upon personal and professional resilience, enhances quality of care and supports preparedness for registered midwives in appraisal and professional revalidation. The ultimate aim is that this continuous improvement process of the "A-EQUIP" model will become an intrinsic part of everyone's job, everyday, in all parts of the system.

Provide a supportive function

Support professional resilience

Support midwives to provide high quality care and identify areas for improvement.

Support the advocacy role of the midwife

Include strategies which develop and invest in midwives

Allow flexibility for local implementation

Not to create additional financial pressures on providers

There will be a requirement to support on calls either within the community team or within the maternity unit.

Main duties of the job

Work as an experienced practitioner, ensure standards of practice and support a safe, quality service, within available resources that aims to meet the needs of the woman and her family in achieving the outcome they believe is excellent for their circumstances, referring to other professionals and outside agencies as appropriate.

Work with the Maternity Team Leaders in providing efficient and effective maternity care within available resources, meeting agreed standards; objectives and statutory requirements.

About us

Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.

UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.

This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions at interview.

Please note if a role or service relocates as part of a planned move, excess mileage will not be reimbursed. Travel from home to the new work base will be classed as a normal commute. Any other changes will be managed under relevant Trust or national terms and conditions.

Job responsibilities

Work as an experienced practitioner, ensure standards of practice and support a safe, quality service, within available resources that aims to meet the needs of the woman and her family in achieving the outcome they believe is excellent for their circumstances, referring to other professionals and outside agencies as appropriate.

Work with the Maternity Team Leaders in providing efficient and effective maternity care within available resources, meeting agreed standards; objectives and statutory requirements.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Midwifery Degree
• Post Graduate PMA Course
• NMC Registered and Practising Midwife in the UK
• Practice Assessor
• Patient Experience Course
• Leadership Course
• TRiM Trained

Experience

• Substantive Midwifery Practice
• Experienced PMA
• Experience of managing complaints or feedback
• Completed Preceptorship
• IT and keyboard skills
• Able to provide midwifery skills in all areas
• Ability to mentor students
• Report Writing Skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The BEACH Building, Royal Bournemouth Hospital

Part-time,Flexible working,Home or remote working

Reference number

153-SP04818

Job locations

The BEACH Building, Royal Bournemouth Hospital