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. Advert 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. Please note that in order to comply with the UK Government’s rules on Skilled Worker sponsorship, any applicants who do not meet the eligibility requirements or concessions on salary thresholds under the Skilled Worker visa will not be eligible to receive sponsorship from the Trust. Please keep this in mind when submitting your application. Further details on these concessions, and who qualifies for them, can be found here. Candidates are advised to read the attached guidance on using AI technology. W hen you complete your application, you are required to declare that the information in your application form is true and complete. The personal statement is exactly that; personal. When selecting to apply via NHS Jobs, you will be redirected to our preferred recruitment system called Trac. You will be asked to create and submit your application via the Trac recruitment system. You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through the NHS Jobs website, and furthermore, as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any e-mails sent to us via the NHS Jobs website. All communications should be sent via your Trac system account. If you are offered employment at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals your information will be transferred from the Trac recruitment system into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. In addition, in submitting an application form, you authorise our Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed. Please note, all communication regarding your application will be made via email sent via the Trac recruitment system, please ensure you check your junk/spam folders as emails are sometimes filtered there. The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Should you require any assistance in applying for the position please contact the General or Medical Human Resources Departments on the number identified on the NHS Jobs page for the organisation. Job Share applicants are welcome for all full time posts unless indicated but cannot be guaranteed. In addition for Fixed Term Contracts, internal secondments may be considered, please seek the approval of your current line manager before applying for the position. 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