Senior Midwifery Practitioner - Recruitment and Retention Lead
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Hours / week
- 30
- Posted
- 10/09/2026
- Closes
- 29/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and innovative Recruitment & Retention Midwife to join University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust. The role involves leading initiatives to attract, develop, and retain a skilled and diverse maternity workforce. You will engage with staff, use feedback and data to improve retention, enhance wellbeing, and strengthen workforce sustainability. This is a fixed-term, part-time position for 12 months.
Key responsibilities
- Ensure midwives provide a high standard of practice based on current guidelines, policies, protocols and standards.
- Actively support junior staff and students and be a resource for research-based information on midwifery practice.
- Assist the Midwifery leadership team in building a dynamic workforce, contributing new and practical ideas to improve efficiency and make effective use of resources.
- Maintain effective working relationships with all staff including medical staff, general practitioners, health visitors, independent midwives and staff from other Trusts.
- Promote a positive team spirit across all areas of the midwifery service.
Essential criteria
- Registered Midwife on relevant part of the NMC register
- Significant clinical experience
- Evidence of continual professional development
- Associate/mentorship qualification or equivalent experience
- Relevant and recent clinical experience or with the ability to demonstrate significant experience in midwifery practice and responsibility for managing a clinical team
- Have ability to network, initiate and develop sound relationships with senior colleagues within and external to the Trust
- Expert clinical skills relevant to speciality and achievement of all midwifery competencies
- Synthesise information quickly and able to communicate and escalate
- Patient First
- Working Together
- Always Improving
Desirable criteria
- Experience of writing protocols, guidelines and integrated care pathways
- High dependency course
- Team leadership role
- Evidence of audit
- Experience of leading change management programmes
- Examination of the newborn qualification
- Willingness to teach practice in a formal setting
- Understanding of local and national NHS initiatives
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust
Senior Midwifery Practitioner - Recruitment and Retention Lead
The closing date is 29 September 2026
Job summary
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Job Title: Senior Midwifery Practitioner - Recruitment and Retention Lead
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Purpose for Fixed Term: Short term funding
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting opportunity to join our team an an enthusiastic and innovative Recruitment & Retention Midwife. This exciting role offers the opportunity to lead and influence initiatives that attract, develop and retain a skilled, compassionate and diverse maternity workforce.
At UHS we know that excellent care for women, birthing people, babies and families starts with excellent staff experience. We are committed to creating an environment where our colleagues feel valued, supported and empowered to achieve their full potential. As our Recruitment & Retention Midwife, you will play a key role in making this vision a reality.
This is a highly visible role where you will engage with staff at all stages of their careers, helping to ensure that maternity remains a great place to work, learn and develop.
You will use staff feedback, workforce data and organisational priorities to develop innovative approaches that improve r
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