An exciting opportunity has arisen within our Trust to lead the maternity services across York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals as Lead Midwife for Workforce and Retention. You will work as part of the senior midwifery leadership team to understand challenges to retention of staff and implement strategies, seeking opportunities to address these. The role is cross-site, encompassing the footprint of York and Scarborough NHS Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
The Workforce and Retention Lead Midwife will work closely with all members of the midwifery workforce, including support staff, midwives, managers, and leaders. They will be required to provide advice and support to the wider team; this will include supporting analysis of intelligence and providing innovative suggestions to support the retention and growth of the midwifery workforce. The Workforce and Retention midwife will be confident to develop and provide support to the facilitation of retention activity with staff across the Trust.
The postholder will be an autonomous practitioner, promoting the best practice and highest standards within maternity services. As a highly motivated individual, with a passion for providing high-quality solutions to problem solve, the postholder will have an in-depth understanding of the maternity workforce climate.
Leading by example, you will empower staff in their professional development. As a midwife with expert knowledge of staffing challenges, you will be responsible for liaising, guiding, and advising maternity stakeholders with meeting the requirements within the People’s Promise.
The postholder will provide professional and pastoral advice, guidance, mentorship, and coaching support to colleagues. The postholder will also participate in the education and training of the maternity workforce. The successful candidate is expected to be an autonomous practitioner, promoting compassionate leadership and high standards.
You will be actively involved with audit, quality, and service improvement.
You will be highly visible, accessible within clinical practice, demonstrating the trust vision and values in all behaviours.
Our benefits
We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:
1. Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants.
2. 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service).
3. A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard-to-fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager.
4. A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave.
5. Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family, and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme.
6. NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme.
7. An extensive range of learning and development opportunities.
8. Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema, and finance from a range of providers.
For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Bev Waterhouse Job title: Head of Midwifery Email address: b.waterhouse1@nhs.net
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