Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Lead Professional Midwifery Advocate

The closing date is 10 February 2026

Job summary

The Lead PMA will provide visible leadership and expert support within maternity services, ensuring the implementation of the A-EQUIP model, a continuous quality improvement framework designed to enhance care for women and babies, build midwives' resilience, and support professional development and revalidation.

We are looking for someone with creativity and innovation who can evidence how and what they have achieved to support service user and staff experience.

Here at UHN we value our workforce and their wellbeing, as the lead PMA you will continuously drive and develop support services available to our staff to maximise their wellbeing at work and focus on retention of their valued experience.

In return we will support flexible working, personal and professional development to achieve your ambitions for job satisfaction. At UHN we foster a culture of inclusivity, safety and continuous learning with a visible and accessible senior leadership team.

Main duties of the job

The Lead PMA will:

Be responsible for embedding the A-EQUIP model across the service so that quality improvement becomes part of everyday practice.

Implement the four functions of A-EQUIP

Act as a senior advocate for midwives, promoting safe, high-quality, person-centered maternity care.

Support midwives through Restorative Clinical Supervision (RCS) and facilitate annual PMA meetings for all midwives.

Provide strategic input into maternity governance and quality assurance systems.

Work closely with Heads of Midwifery, Consultant Midwives, and multidisciplinary teams.

Work with service users, HEIs, and regional maternity networks.

Promote compassionate care and staff wellbeing through structured support mechanisms

In line with our 'UHN Quality Strategy' and 'UHN Health and Wellbeing and We Belong Strategy' we are looking for an accomplished Professional Midwifery Advocate who shares our values to lead the PMA service across UHN.

About us

Please submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close adverts once we have received sufficient applications

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is on an exciting journey with all of our divisions committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered a Group Model with neighbouring Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN). As part of this collaborative approach, there may be a requirement for you to work across both the Kettering and Northampton hospital sites, depending on the needs of the service.

Our Excellence Values

Compassion
Accountability
Respect
Integrity
Courage

We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across UHN and help to unleash everyone's full potential.

UHN encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups. We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.

We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Silver Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme.

We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds. This ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for UHN.

Date posted

27 January 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,690 to £62,682 a year Per Annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

264-7703738-FAM

Job locations

Cross Site

KGH & NGH

Kettering

NN16 8UZ

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the Shortlisting Criteria section of the document.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Knowledge, Training and Experience

Essential

Registered midwife
Demonstrable well developed leadership skills
Professional credibility with senior colleagues, and Midwives
European computer driving license (ECDL) or equivalent experience
A thorough understanding of The Code (NMC 2015)
Has been appointed as a Professional Midwifery advocate X Educated to MSc level

Desirable

Criteria that can be acquired once in employment or a means to employ the most suitable candidates
Educated to MSc Level

Skills

Essential

Possession of well developed negotiation, networking and communication skills
Knowledge of issues of confidentiality and demonstrate appropriateness in dealing with sensitive personal, patient and corporate information
Experience of working as part of a team and can demonstrate principles of effective team working

Person Specification

Knowledge, Training and Experience

Essential

Registered midwife
Demonstrable well developed leadership skills
Professional credibility with senior colleagues, and Midwives
European computer driving license (ECDL) or equivalent experience
A thorough understanding of The Code (NMC 2015)
Has been appointed as a Professional Midwifery advocate X Educated to MSc level

Desirable

Criteria that can be acquired once in employment or a means to employ the most suitable candidates
Educated to MSc Level

Skills

Essential

Possession of well developed negotiation, networking and communication skills
Knowledge of issues of confidentiality and demonstrate appropriateness in dealing with sensitive personal, patient and corporate information
Experience of working as part of a team and can demonstrate principles of effective team working

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

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Cross Site

KGH & NGH

Kettering

NN16 8UZ

Employer's website

https://www.kgh.nhs.uk/working-for-us (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Cross Site

KGH & NGH

Kettering

NN16 8UZ

Employer's website

https://www.kgh.nhs.uk/working-for-us (Opens in a new tab)