Job summary
Shape the Future: Become Our Retention Midwife at the Northern Care Alliance
Are you passionate about supporting and empowering midwives throughout their careers? We're thrilled to offer the exciting opportunity to join the Northern Care Alliance as our dedicated Retention Midwife.
Make a Real Impact:
In this vital role, you will lead the implementation of our maternity retention strategy, working closely with the Practice Education team and Professional Midwifery Advocates to:
- Elevate the Workplace:Enhance the overall experience of working within our maternity services, creating a supportive and thriving environment
- Boost Retention:Develop and implement initiatives specifically designed to retain midwives at all stages of their careers - from preceptorship to early career and late career
- Provide Pastoral Support:Offer compassionate pastoral care to our internationally recruited midwives, fostering a welcoming and inclusive community. Collaborate with specialist midwives and senior midwifery team members to ensure comprehensive support
This is your chance to shape the future of our midwifery workforce, ensuring we attract and retain the very best talent, and ultimately deliver exceptional care to women and their families. Join us and make a lasting difference.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities of the Retention Midwife
As the Retention Midwife at the Northern Care Alliance, you'll lead the maternity retention strategy and support internationally trained midwives and learners. Your role includes:
- Providing visible support and guidance
- Sharing best practices across the Division, Trust, and region
- Collaborating with Practice Development to ensure regulatory compliance and excellent educational support
- Contributing to policy development related to placements, preceptorship, and professional development
- Analysing data to evaluate activity and identify opportunities for improvement
You'll also:
- Drive the implementation and maintenance of the maternity retention strategy
- Contribute to the specialist midwives' clinical roster
- Identify innovative solutions to enhance retention
- Work with stakeholders to implement and evaluate retention initiatives
Join us in building a robust, engaged, and committed maternity workforce that delivers exceptional care.
About us
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
Person Specification
Essential Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma in Midwifery
- Midwifery Degree
- Practice Supervisor/Assessor
Desirable
- Professional Midwifery Advocate
- Recognised Leadership Course/relevant experience (or willing to undertake)
Professional Registration
Essential
Knowledge, Training and Experience
Essential
- Able to demonstrate further relevant study (CPD)
- Highly motivated to lead change and enable development
- Excellent organisational skills, including ability to prioritise workload with minimal supervision supervision
- Ability to manage highly sensitive information
- Awareness of Equality and Diversity
- Knowledge of maternity transformation programme and national local maternity drivers
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication
Desirable
- Knowledge of overseas resourcing and recruitment services and practice with experience leading in successful retention programmes
Person Specification
Essential Qualifications
Essential
- Diploma in Midwifery
- Midwifery Degree
- Practice Supervisor/Assessor
Desirable
- Professional Midwifery Advocate
- Recognised Leadership Course/relevant experience (or willing to undertake)
Professional Registration
Essential
Knowledge, Training and Experience
Essential
- Able to demonstrate further relevant study (CPD)
- Highly motivated to lead change and enable development
- Excellent organisational skills, including ability to prioritise workload with minimal supervision supervision
- Ability to manage highly sensitive information
- Awareness of Equality and Diversity
- Knowledge of maternity transformation programme and national local maternity drivers
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication
Desirable
- Knowledge of overseas resourcing and recruitment services and practice with experience leading in successful retention programmes
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).