Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Patient Experience and Inclusion Midwife

The closing date is 29 December 2025

Job summary

The main purpose of this role is to:

  • Optimising opportunities for sharing intelligence gained from correlating data from patient experience, to inform service improvements.
  • Leading on personalised care and birth choice options offered to women
  • Explore the issues related to health inequalities within maternity and neonatal services, to better support these often-marginalised groups.

Main duties of the job

Contribute to the development of a maternity services strategy that maximises the positive experience of women and families at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT).

Ensure that service users are included in the co-production of services and that they can confidently make choices about their care to enable the monitoring and enhancement of the patient experience.

Work and liaise with the Maternity and Neonatal Voices partnership (MNVP) and Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS) to coproduce services which reflect the feedback from women and enhance personalisation of the service and shared decision making.

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk

Details

Date posted

15 December 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum pro rata if part time

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Job share, Flexible working

Reference number

269-SFT9414

Job locations

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Odstock road

Salisbury

SP2 8BJ


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Essential and desirable

Essential

  • Registered Midwife with current NMC registration
  • Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
  • Evidence of continuing professional development
  • Evidence of training related to equality and diversity
  • Evidence of supporting women to achieve the birth of their choice and providing informed choice
  • Thorough understanding of current research and issues relating to health inequalities in the perinatal period in particular the findings from the recent MBBRACE report
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a proven ability to communicate effectively and sensitively with a wide range of people
  • Flexibility in communication: proven track record of being able to respond appropriately and sensitively to different and challenging situations
  • Self-motivator with high standards for self and others with an adaptable and flexible approach
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team
  • Evidence of knowledge of recent midwifery research and clinical audit

Desirable

  • Experience of Quality Improvement projects
  • Experience in providing training or education to peers
  • Experience of working and collaborating with maternity service user groups
  • Knowledge of best practices in relation to EDI
Person Specification

Essential and desirable

Essential

  • Registered Midwife with current NMC registration
  • Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
  • Evidence of continuing professional development
  • Evidence of training related to equality and diversity
  • Evidence of supporting women to achieve the birth of their choice and providing informed choice
  • Thorough understanding of current research and issues relating to health inequalities in the perinatal period in particular the findings from the recent MBBRACE report
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a proven ability to communicate effectively and sensitively with a wide range of people
  • Flexibility in communication: proven track record of being able to respond appropriately and sensitively to different and challenging situations
  • Self-motivator with high standards for self and others with an adaptable and flexible approach
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team
  • Evidence of knowledge of recent midwifery research and clinical audit

Desirable

  • Experience of Quality Improvement projects
  • Experience in providing training or education to peers
  • Experience of working and collaborating with maternity service user groups
  • Knowledge of best practices in relation to EDI

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.

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.

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

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Odstock road

Salisbury

SP2 8BJ


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Odstock road

Salisbury

SP2 8BJ


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Head of Midwifery & Neonatal Services

Katherine Barrio

katherine.barrio1@nhs.net

07741015093

Details

Date posted

15 December 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum pro rata if part time

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Job share, Flexible working

Reference number

269-SFT9414

Job locations

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust

Odstock road

Salisbury

SP2 8BJ


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