Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts

Midwifery Matron for Community Engagement and Innovation

The closing date is 26 February 2026

Job summary

The post holder will lead on the development, implementation and evaluation of community engagement and innovation within Maternity and Neonatal services. They will have responsibility with the consultant midwife for Health Inequalities and in collaboration with the matron for Engagement and Experience, to lead on inclusion of communities in developing delivering and evaluating programmes through feedback from active involvement of women, birthing people and families. The post holder will be part of a team of Health Ambassadors visiting schools and communities promoting careers in health and social care at the same time promoting the great work happening at NUH.

The post holder will be a registered midwife with a high level of clinical credibility and a role model who is easily identifiable, highly visible and accessible to staff, women, birthing people and families. They have leadership, analytical and judgement skills and experience of developing education and continuing professional development capacity and capability across a range of professionals and community groups and will have experience of leading projects that have made significant impact on patient care and patient experience to address health inequalities, ensuring accessible and responsive services for the most vulnerable women and families.

The post holder will work flexible across all hospital sites and external locations as required.

Main duties of the job

Working with the Consultant midwife for Health inequalities and in collaboration with the ADN for Leadership, Inclusion & Shared Governance, Clinical Lead for Shared Governance and Inclusive Leadership to produce maternity & neonatal directorate community engagement report and reviews.

Expert resource on Nursing and Midwifery community engagement methods and tools.

Evaluating and measuring impact of initiative, supporting the staff within Maternity & Neonatal services with, information and analysis.

With a maternity and Neonatal focus, supports the ADN for Leadership, Inclusion and Shared Governance to provide assurance on community engagement and inclusion activities progress updates.

Provide updates on activities and progress of the inclusion actions to the Director of Midwifery, Maternity Improvement Programme (MIP) and relevant groups both internal and external.

Provide visible and inspirational leadership with associated senior colleagues for the development of a Trust wide Nursing, Midwifery, and AHP community engagement and information service.

Provide expert resource working with the Director of Midwifery, Divisional Nurse and Human Resources to facilitate the development and continuation of community events feeding into the workforce planning, recruitment and retention, education, research and innovation services for Maternity and Neonates.

About us

'With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.'

Details

Date posted

20 February 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,690 to £62,682 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

164-7741443

Job locations

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Derby Road

Nottingham

NG7 2UH


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see detailed job description and person specification for the main responsibilities of this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see detailed job description and person specification for the main responsibilities of this role.

Person Specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential

  • NMC Registered midwife
  • Bachelor's degree in Nursing or closely Health related degree

Experience

Essential

  • Recent experience at a senior level including clinical practice experience across a range of specialities, leading project management, change management, and multidisciplinary working
  • Experience of leading projects in a complex organisation
  • Evidence of leading projects across health and social care settings/clinical practice, teaching and research
  • Experience in national /international networking and presenting to diverse audiences

Communication and Relationship Skills

Essential

  • Able to influence the direction and decisions of Nursing and Midwifery services, Trust and external audiences as required, including Higher education institutions and other stakeholders

Analytical and Judgement Skills

Essential

  • Sensitive to clinical and political demands
  • Evidence of an ability to analyse, interpret and present highly complex, multi-stranded data in appropriate forms
Person Specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential

  • NMC Registered midwife
  • Bachelor's degree in Nursing or closely Health related degree

Experience

Essential

  • Recent experience at a senior level including clinical practice experience across a range of specialities, leading project management, change management, and multidisciplinary working
  • Experience of leading projects in a complex organisation
  • Evidence of leading projects across health and social care settings/clinical practice, teaching and research
  • Experience in national /international networking and presenting to diverse audiences

Communication and Relationship Skills

Essential

  • Able to influence the direction and decisions of Nursing and Midwifery services, Trust and external audiences as required, including Higher education institutions and other stakeholders

Analytical and Judgement Skills

Essential

  • Sensitive to clinical and political demands
  • Evidence of an ability to analyse, interpret and present highly complex, multi-stranded data in appropriate forms

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts

Address

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Derby Road

Nottingham

NG7 2UH


Employer's website

https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts

Address

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Derby Road

Nottingham

NG7 2UH


Employer's website

https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Director of Midwifery

Sharon Wallis

sharon.wallis6@nhs.net

07812277899

Details

Date posted

20 February 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,690 to £62,682 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

164-7741443

Job locations

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Derby Road

Nottingham

NG7 2UH


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