Job summary
- Main area
- MATERNITY PERINATAL PROJECT ADMINISTRATOR
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed term contract or secondment opportunity until 31 March 2026)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 423-7228203
- Employer
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Airedale Hospital
- Town
- Keighley
- Salary
- £24,625 - £25,674 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Perinatal Project Administrator (PPA) - Band 3
NHS AfC: Band 3
Be part of our future landscape
At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.
We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.
These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.
Job overview
We are looking for an organised, motivated and enthusiastic Perinatal Project Administrator (PPAs) to take key roles in the administration and signposting of perinatal women and people into district wide services.
This is a great opportunity to be part of a brand-new model of care to help navigate women and families into services throughout the critical first 1001 days of life. As a PPA you will be intrinsic in signposting service users into seamless support and information that will hugely impact on improving the life chances of families within the district. This is a unique roll which will enable you to broaden your field of experience, expand your skills and capabilities related to NHS career roles, increase your awareness of the wider community, and help you to further understand the local health and care system.
The post holders will be based in our Keighley Community Midwifery Team and will co-ordinate the identification and recruitment of pregnant/perinatal people who live within the geographical area, into district wide services, aimed at improving outcomes for pregnant people and their families.
Fixed Term until 31 March 2026
Main duties of the job
- Build and maintain supportive and collaborative relationships with local agencies including midwifery & health visiting teams, local Family Hubs and district wide delivery partners.
- Use information from the local maternity system to identify eligible pregnant people to contact and recruit into district wide perinatal services and support the arrangements for contacting from the service facilitators.
- Ensure all schedules of delivery are shared in appropriate ways with those in contact with families.
- Maintain records of signposting and navigation activity and provide reports to Community Midwifery Teams as needed.
- Gain feedback from district wide service delivery partners on barriers to engaging families into local services.
- Work under the direction of the Community Team Leader and Midwives to identify people to be referred into services and administer the consent process.
- Be responsible for the collection of timely, accurate and complete information / data from service users.
- Be responsible for the inputting of information / data onto the departmental database systems and producing reports as required.
- Ensure advice and information is available for all service users and their families.
- Work closely with other PPAs within the district and members of other Community Midwifery Teams to identify innovative ways of working in communities to improve access to district wide services.
Working for our organisation
We want to attract staff who embrace our Right Care behaviours of compassion, a commitment to quality of care and working together for families we want to make these part of our DNA
This position is not currently eligible for a certificate of sponsorship in line with Home Office guidance as it does not appear on the skilled worker visa occupation list.
If you currently hold a different type of visa allowing you to work in the UK we would welcome an application from you. If your visa expires or there is a change in status during your employment, the Trust will be required to review your employment which may result in the termination of your employment to comply with the relevant immigration legislation
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will work as part of the Community Midwifery Team, and the wider midwifery service, providing administrative support. As PPA the post-holder will be responsible for the planning and co-ordination of the recruitment of families into relevant district wide services, including identification of women / birthing people and consent to data sharing. They will work along-side a wide range of community-based practitioners to co-ordinate the promotion of perinatal support and information. The post holder will ensure processes are in place to support the engagement of pregnant / perinatal people into services in a timely fashion and make initial contact with service users where necessary. The post holder will contribute to the day to day running and administration of the service, identifying the target population, signposting and navigating women and families into services that support the first 1001 days.
It is expected that the post holder will work 5 mornings a week (7:30am – 12:00pm).
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NNEB
- CACHE Level 3
- BTEC Level 3 or GNVQ Level 3 in Childcare or health and social care related subject * Or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous relevant experience of working with pregnant people or young families
- Experience of working to tight deadlines
- Demonstrates past experience of team working
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working across inter-professional or multidisciplinary teams and different organisations
- Previous experience of working in maternity or childcare services
other
Essential criteria
- Able to travel and work in multiple locations within the Bradford and Craven District community
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding of the Data Protection Act 1998
- Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality
- Competent level of computer literacy
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of the Voluntary and community sector
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Zoe Ludgate
- Job title
- Early intervention midiwfe
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01535 294214
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