Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing and Midwifery
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 190-0773-DIR
- Employer
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Jessop Wing Hospital
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 pa pro rata for part time staff
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/09/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 10/10/2025
Employer heading

Specialist Midwife (Lead for Pastoral Support)
NHS AfC: Band 7
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Specialist Midwife, to join the Jessop Wing, Pastoral Team at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals. We are looking to recruit an inspirational and highly motivated Midwife with proven skills and abilities.
The post holder will also provide pastoral care and be the point of contact for newly qualified midwives, internationally recruited midwives and MSW’s working as part of a collaborative working network with other specialist midwives and members of the senior midwifery management team. To support the retention of midwives, to work alongside all new starters in clinical practice, to enhance confidence, competence and the acquisition of new skills.
The post holder will be required to work alongside the Professional Development Midwives, Professional Midwifery Advocates and core midwives, in the delivery of care and the implementation of the practice development agenda for qualified and unqualified staff working in Maternity Services.
If you are an exceptional communicator and are skilled in building positive relationships with teams and external professionals, join the Jessop Wing and bring your best self to work.
Main duties of the job
Develop relationships across the region to work collaboratively with the regional workforce and retention teams to inform and evaluate the national retention offer for midwives and maternity support workers.
Develop mechanisms for identifying and addressing individual needs.
Actively promote a culture of civility in the workplace.
The post holder will play a key role in the recruitment of midwives and maternity support workers, including internationally educated midwives.
Provide pastoral support to any staff, including overseas midwives, who are new to the organisation, working closely with the existing organisational international nursing recruitment team as required.
Provide, or signpost to, resources that will promote job satisfaction and retention including those related to pastoral care, learning support and career development.
The post holder will provide appropriate flexible and accessible support to colleagues.
Promote cultural understanding within the maternity department and wider organisation.
Use and analyse staff feedback to target interventions as required.
Monitor impact of interventions on a range of staff experience indicators including local leaver rates.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
The Directorate of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Neonatology is based at the Jessop Wing which is linked to the Royal Hallamshire Hospital. The maternity unit has over 6800 births per year and is a Regional Tertiary Maternity Service with a Level 3 Neonatal Unit of 44 cots. A tertiary Gynae-Oncology service and a changing Gynaecology Service, which includes an Assisted Conception Unit, complete the services within the Directorate.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered midwife with significant post registration experience
- Post graduate degree or working towards.
- Commitment to professional development and evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
- To have completed the national practice assessor training or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998 or equivalent or working towards.
Desirable criteria
- Professional Midwifery Advocate qualification
- Recognised management / leadership qualification (or working towards).
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of service development, leading and managing change.
- Confident to work in all clinical Settings
- Experience of working across organisational boundaries.
- Experience of guideline and policy development and implementation.
- Conversant with The Code (NMC)
- Knowledge of current reports/guidelines relating to maternity Care
- Knowledge of the processes surrounding Governance and raising concerns.
Desirable criteria
- Experience in dealing with complaints and implementing lessons learned in the clinical setting.
- Joint working across the LMNS.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Computer literate including word processing, spreadsheet and presentation skills.
- Able to demonstrate a high level of enthusiasm and commitment
- Able to work flexibly under pressure, rapid pace, and with an unpredictable work pattern
- Strategic vision and planning skills
- Ability to produce clear and effective procedures/guidance
Desirable criteria
- Able to interpret national policy on behalf of the organisation
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Able to work independently on own initiative and to meet deadlines.
- Brings a positive and open approach, is seen to be kind and friendly.
- Able to display vulnerability and ask for support when required
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
- Catherine Hopley
- Job title
- Maternity Matron for Education
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 011422368429
- Additional information
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