Job summary
Expected Shortlisting
Date
20/04/2026
Planned Interview
Date
07/05/2026
An
exciting opportunity has arisen at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust for a
passionate and enthusiastic band 7 Midwife, to join the team as a Specialist
Health Equity Midwife. The role is a fixed term 12 month contract to cover
maternity leave in the existing team.
In
Leeds we provide maternity care to around 10,000 women a year currently
across two hospitals sites and within the community. Leeds has an ethnically
diverse and socio-economically varied maternity population. We are looking
for a midwife with a passion for improving equity in maternity services and
an energy for improving population health. You need to be dedicated and
possess excellent interpersonal skills and team work. You will be part of a
busy multi-disciplinary team who are dedicated to providing personalised care
to the women, birthing people and families that access our service.
The
successful candidate will have a remit to support the Consultant Midwife for
Health Equity to assess, review and identify ways of reducing health
inequalities within the local maternity population and support improving
population health initiatives.
Main duties of the job
The
postholder will have a remit to work alongside the consultant midwife on
health equity agenda to identify and work to engage (both directly and
through other stakeholders, community connectors so on) women, birthing
people and their families who are at risk of/or experiencing health
inequalities.
In
recognition of the well-evidenced disparities in outcomes for these groups,
the postholder will work to identify improvement strategies and improve
population health in response to the UK MBRRACE reports highlighting
increased maternal mortality for Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME)
childbearing women and birthing people, those living in poverty or complex
social circumstances, and others with protected characteristics.
The
postholder will be required to:
Establish effective and trusted
channels of communication with childbearing women, pregnant people and their
families, and ensure all members of the multidisciplinary team are aware of
the services and pathways being developed and offered. This will result in
improvements in personalised patient care in accordance with the Equity and
Equality Guidance for Local Maternity and Neonatal Services.
Use local data and service user
feedback to support care quality improvement for childbearing women and
pregnant people experiencing health inequalities to ensure safety
About us
LTHT
Maternity Services support the birth of approximately 9000 babies per year.
We are a tertiary referral unit with the largest Fetal Medicine Unit in the
North. We also have a Quaternary Paediatric and Cardiac Surgery unit the
largest Congenital Cardiac Service in the North of England and we are
specialists in Prematurity Prevention for Y&H.
Our
Vision and purpose.
We
provide outstanding Maternity care. We put women and families at the centre
of everything we do.
Our
Priorities
To
be recognised as a leading provider of outstanding Women's healthcare.
To
collaborate with our partners in local and regional networks, providing
patient-centred care via effective integrated systems.
We
prioritise the wellbeing of our teams and make sure they have the resources,
training and encouragement they need to be excellent.
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'
members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts
are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove
adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the
shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this
process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any
questions.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The
Specialist Midwife will work in partnership with service users, the
multi-disciplinary team and local stakeholders with a specific focus on
protecting the health and wellbeing, and improving outcomes for a specified
cohort of families accessing Maternity services. They will work
collaboratively with other internal and external stakeholders in primary and
secondary care and the third sector to ensure optimal support with the aim of
improving outcomes and reducing any identified health inequalities.
Key
work will focus upon improving outcomes for a specific cohort of pregnant
people. It is anticipated that the post holder will possess the requisite
skills and abilities to be the care coordinator for a group of pregnant
people with the most complex health needs. The post holder will provide
visible leadership and evidence based information and education to service
users and their families, and health professionals, in line with Leeds
Teaching Hospital NHS Trust policies, the NMC Midwives Rules and Standards,
the NMC Code and current public health guidance.
The
post holder will be responsible for providing complex and sensitive
information in a range of circumstances where interpersonal and communication
skills are essential particularly in high emotive circumstances and they will
facilitate and contribute to the delivery of a seamless integrated package of
care tailored to the needs of the individual.
The
post holder will work closely with the multidisciplinary team to support the
implementation and delivery of evidence based care.
They
will act as an expert resource and be a positive role model providing sound
professional knowledge and leadership to all members of the multidisciplinary
team within the maternity service. They will ensure the relevant guidelines
and clinical pathways reflect current evidence ensuring care is of the
highest quality.
For
full job description and personal specification, please see document attached
Job description
Job responsibilities
The
Specialist Midwife will work in partnership with service users, the
multi-disciplinary team and local stakeholders with a specific focus on
protecting the health and wellbeing, and improving outcomes for a specified
cohort of families accessing Maternity services. They will work
collaboratively with other internal and external stakeholders in primary and
secondary care and the third sector to ensure optimal support with the aim of
improving outcomes and reducing any identified health inequalities.
Key
work will focus upon improving outcomes for a specific cohort of pregnant
people. It is anticipated that the post holder will possess the requisite
skills and abilities to be the care coordinator for a group of pregnant
people with the most complex health needs. The post holder will provide
visible leadership and evidence based information and education to service
users and their families, and health professionals, in line with Leeds
Teaching Hospital NHS Trust policies, the NMC Midwives Rules and Standards,
the NMC Code and current public health guidance.
The
post holder will be responsible for providing complex and sensitive
information in a range of circumstances where interpersonal and communication
skills are essential particularly in high emotive circumstances and they will
facilitate and contribute to the delivery of a seamless integrated package of
care tailored to the needs of the individual.
The
post holder will work closely with the multidisciplinary team to support the
implementation and delivery of evidence based care.
They
will act as an expert resource and be a positive role model providing sound
professional knowledge and leadership to all members of the multidisciplinary
team within the maternity service. They will ensure the relevant guidelines
and clinical pathways reflect current evidence ensuring care is of the
highest quality.
For
full job description and personal specification, please see document attached
Person Specification
Skills & behaviours
Essential
- Excellent communication skills and ability to be responsive to highly emotive conversations.
- Act as a role model
- Flexible, highly motivated and supportive of others.
- Ability to develop excellent working relationships with all staff within the Trust and external partners.
- Strong organisational and planning skills
- Willing to develop new skills including completing appropriate training as required.
- Ability to adapt written and verbal communication skills to the audience
- Ability to undertake a wide range of work procedures without direct supervision
- Ability to analyse data and produce required reports and information.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife
- Degree in Midwifery (or demonstrable evidence of comparable experience)
- Evidence of continuing professional education and development
- Qualification/course in leadership, Masters Degree or can demonstrate that they are working at a Masters degree level.
Desirable
- Masters Degree or working towards Masters level qualification.
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post
- Able to travel between health care settings and the homes of service users
Experience
Essential
- Experience in all aspects of maternity care with a keen interest in the area of specialism specific to the midwifery post.
- Able to demonstrate equivalent knowledge, skills and competence in practice post registration qualification in speciality
- A keen interest and understanding of the area of specialism specific to the midwifery post.
- Demonstrable experience in developing self and others and changing practice.
- Proven leadership and management skills.
Desirable
- Experience in the area of specialism specific to the midwifery post.
- Evidence of leading and effectively managing quality improvement
Person Specification
Skills & behaviours
Essential
- Excellent communication skills and ability to be responsive to highly emotive conversations.
- Act as a role model
- Flexible, highly motivated and supportive of others.
- Ability to develop excellent working relationships with all staff within the Trust and external partners.
- Strong organisational and planning skills
- Willing to develop new skills including completing appropriate training as required.
- Ability to adapt written and verbal communication skills to the audience
- Ability to undertake a wide range of work procedures without direct supervision
- Ability to analyse data and produce required reports and information.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife
- Degree in Midwifery (or demonstrable evidence of comparable experience)
- Evidence of continuing professional education and development
- Qualification/course in leadership, Masters Degree or can demonstrate that they are working at a Masters degree level.
Desirable
- Masters Degree or working towards Masters level qualification.
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post
- Able to travel between health care settings and the homes of service users
Experience
Essential
- Experience in all aspects of maternity care with a keen interest in the area of specialism specific to the midwifery post.
- Able to demonstrate equivalent knowledge, skills and competence in practice post registration qualification in speciality
- A keen interest and understanding of the area of specialism specific to the midwifery post.
- Demonstrable experience in developing self and others and changing practice.
- Proven leadership and management skills.
Desirable
- Experience in the area of specialism specific to the midwifery post.
- Evidence of leading and effectively managing quality improvement
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).
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).
