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We are looking for an experienced, highly motivated midwife to join and lead the Professional Midwifery Advocate team
This is a great opportunity for an experienced Professional Midwifery Advocate to take on a leadership role and help shape how this service is provided. As the Lead PMA your main focus will be to work collaboratively with colleagues to improve the quality of care for women/birthing people and their babies; while also supporting midwives.
You will be trained to use and embed the A.EQUIP model within our maternity service. As the Lead PMA you will play a crucial role in promoting safe, high-quality care by promoting quality improvement, facilitating learning, improve staff wellbeing through the provision of restorative supervision and being an advocate for the rights and choices for women/birthing people in our care. This post is based at University Hospital Lewisham but requires cross site working.
The Role Requires You To Have
* Professional Midwifery Advocate (PMA) qualification and experience in delivery restorative supervision
* A strong background in midwifery leadership and service development
* Excellent communication, coaching and influencing skills
* Experience in facilitating birth reflection / options clinic
* A commitment to enhancing midwifery practice and supporting workforce wellbeing.
Please Note this post may close early.
* You will be required to lead and coordinate the sessional PMA team to deliver effective clinical restorative supervision
You will support midwives in their professional growth, resilience and wellbeing.
Working collaboratively with the wider maternity leadership team with the focus to enhance the way maternity services are provided is a key focus for this role.
Promoting a culture of safety, learning, cultural humility and continuous learning are the cornerstones upon which the delivery of this role’s objectives are based while ensuring compliance with national maternity standards and best practices.
Our People Are Our Greatest Asset. When We Feel Supported And Happy At Work, This Positivity Reaches Those Very People We Are Here For, The Patients. Engaged Employees Perform At Their Best And Our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Initiatives Contribute To Cultivate a Culture Of Engagement. We Have Four Staff Networks, a Corporate EDI Team And a Suite Of Programmes And Events Which Aim To Insert The 5 Aspirations
* Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
* Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
* Improving the experience of staff with disability
* Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
* Making equalities mainstream
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Shirley Peterson Job title: Director of Midwifery, Nursing and Governance Email address: shirley.peterson@nhs.net Telephone number: 02083333000
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