Job summary
- Main area
- Women and Children's Division
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 18.75 hours per week (Work days flexible over the week to meet service needs)
- Job ref
- 318-26-T0188
- Employer
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Gloucestershire Royal Hospital
- Town
- Gloucester
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 (pa pro rata if part-time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Lead Professional Nurse or Midwifery Advocate, Band 7
Band 7
At Gloucestershire Hospitals, our people are at the heart of everything we do. As the county’s largest employer, we are proud to provide high-quality acute, elective, and specialist services to more than 650,000 people across our county. Our care is delivered across Gloucestershire Royal, Cheltenham General and Stroud Maternity Hospital.
With over 9,000 employees representing more than 95 nationalities, bringing together a mix of cultures and experiences to the care that we deliver. Whether you’re beginning your NHS journey or looking to take the next step in your career, this is an exciting time to join us. We’re investing heavily in innovation, research, and transformation, with more than 100 active clinical studies and major developments underway across our hospitals.
We take pride in working as one team, driven by a shared ambition to grow, develop, and continually improve. Every contribution is valued and by combining our collective strengths, we support not only our diverse communities but one another. You can expect a warm, supportive culture and colleagues who are passionate about teamwork, professional development and delivering exceptional care. We offer structured development programmes, mentoring and leadership opportunities to help you progress in your career.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels they belong. By joining our Trust, you will benefit from a comprehensive package that includes flexible working opportunities, generous annual leave, the NHS pension scheme, competitive bank rates, local discounts, access to on-site nurseries, reduced public transport costs, reward and recognition schemes and a wide range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
Be part of Gloucestershire Hospitals, explore your future with us today.
Job overview
Lead Professional Nurse or Midwifery Advocate, Band 7 (18.75 hours a week)
This is an exciting opportunity for either a Professional Midwifery or Professional Nurse Advocate to lead on the delivery, strategy and planning of the Professional Advocate role across the Women & Children’s Division which covers Midwifery, Neonatal, Gynaecology and Children’s services. It provides the post holder the opportunity to enhance and support the wellbeing of our staff with the aim to support and improve retention, job satisfaction and unit culture, but also have an impact on clinical outcomes and patient safety.
Additional working pattern details: Work days flexible over the week to meet service needs
Main duties of the job
The post holder will support the continuous improvement process of the “A-EQUIP” model across the Midwifery and Nursing services to ensure it becomes an intrinsic part of everyone’s job, every day in all parts of the system (NHS England 2016).
You should be a visible role model with the ability to develop, deliver, and embed Restorative Clinical Supervision (RCS) in collaboration with other Professional Midwifery/Nursing Advocates and clinical teams in our service.
To support midwives and nurses to identify their own personal action for quality improvement if required. Use their understanding of personal and professional resilience and support others to develop this attribute.
Ensure that there is a strong interface between the PMA/PNA and Clinical Governance across the division
Working for our organisation
We take pride in placing people at the centre of everything we do, working together as a united team. Driven by a shared ambition to continually grow, develop, and learn, we recognise and value every contribution. By combining our experience and skills, we not only support our vibrant, diverse communities, but also support one another. Working here, you will benefit from the support of an experienced, friendly and enthusiastic team committed to the delivery of brilliant services to our service users and staff. The post holder will be work closely with the PMA/PNA's and senior team.
With a team of over 9,000 employees, we are proud to be the largest employer in Gloucestershire and rank among the top 10 largest Trusts in the South West region. By joining our Trust, you will benefit from an excellent package that includes exclusive benefits, flexible working opportunities and the chance to gain valuable experience in one of our innovative hospitals. As well as generous annual leave allowance, access to the excellent NHS pension scheme, competitive bank rates, discounts at local shops and restaurants, access to two on-site nurseries, discounted public transport, reward and recognition and a range of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will provide leadership to the Divisional Professional Advocates, developing a strategy and effective communication to ensure the team are kept informed of current issues so that the A-EQUIP model is implemented.
You will provide support to implement quality improvement initiatives to improve the safety and quality of patient care and staff experience leading to improved engagement and retention.
Utilise expert knowledge and leadership qualities to support the Heads of service lines in implementing and monitoring practice, ensuring that there are robust clinical governance assurance systems in place.
You will demonstrate a caring and compassionate leadership style to support the wider team managing complex and sensitive situations.
Please see the job description for a more detailed description of this role.
Person specification
Education, Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Active registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council
- Nursing/Midwifery Degree or equivalent
- Successful completion of PMA or PNA course
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
- Teaching qualification or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- Masters Level qualification or equivalent
- Experience of working in Midwifery, Children’s, Neonatal or Gynaecology Services
Knowledge, experience, skills and abilities
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable experience of broad knowledge of midwifery or nursing practice and A-Equip including Quality Improvement work
- Leadership skills e.g. presenting; report writing; managing change and excellent communication skills
- Evidence of being able to manage own diary via Microsoft Outlook, organise and manage meetings as a PMA/PNA
- Self-motivated and able to work under own initiative and prioritise workload
- Personally resilient and able to manage complexity and work in an ambiguous or changing environment
- Acts as a role model and are able to lead by example to ensure the Trust’s values and behaviours are reinforced throughout their area of practice
- Able to effectively and appropriately escalate concerns to reduce risk and promote patient safety
- Work with enthusiasm, insight and genuine interest within the multidisciplinary team. Experience of working as part of a team and can demonstrate principles of effective team working
Desirable criteria
- An appreciation of strategic issues affecting health care provision
- Knowledge of clinical governance and its implementation
Education, Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- A thorough understanding of the NMC Code and standards
Qualities; Equality & Diversity
Essential criteria
- Display a caring attitude to staff, patients, their relatives, colleagues and themselves
- Enthusiastic, perceptive, sensitive and self-aware
- Creative and flexible
- Resilient under pressure, whilst understanding own limitations
- Team focused
- Reliable, adaptive and dependable
- Respects the privacy and dignity of all individuals
- Understands the implications of Equal opportunities in practice
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jossette Jones
- Job title
- Programme Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07929 100308
List jobs with Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Nursing and Midwifery or all sectors