Specialist Midwife for Vulnerable Women in the Judicial System

Job summary

This is an exciting and unique opportunity for a driven and
motivated midwife to develop themselves and their skills as our Specialist
Midwife for Women in the Judicial System within County Durham and Darlington.
You will be based with the community midwifery team in Durham but will hold the
caseload of pregnant women and birthing people who who are housed in prison at
HMP Low Newton and at other secure estates across Durham and Darlington. This
full time post will be 0.8wte within the Judicial system as Band 7 lead, with
the remainder of the hours as band 6 community mw.

As a specialist midwife in a senoir role you will
benefit from a supernumerary period within our organisation and, following on
from successful interview, you will be provided with contact and ongoing support
from the team. You will be supported and welcomed into your role and given the
opportunity to continue to develop your senior midwifery skills and leadership
through our varied CPD programmes. We are keen to develop highly trained
Midwives who can deliver exceptional care to the families of County Durham and
Darlington. We can’t wait to welcome you to join us on our exciting journey for
2024 and beyond.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an experienced senior midwife who is
committed to providing exceptional care to some of the most vulnerable members
of our community. This is a challenging but highly rewarding opportunity to
make a real difference to the outcomes of a very specilised demographic during
pregnant and postnatal care. You will
spend 30 hours a week caring for this caseload and providing support to the
service as a band 7 specialist midwife. The remaining 7.5 hours of your weekly
work will be as a band 6 midwife within our community midwifery team, where you
will hold a small caseload in a community area and be a part of our established
community team.

We will take into consideration your skills and knowledge
and develop a plan with you to support your transition into this important role.
You will be welcomed and supported with a supernumary period and access to our
pastoral and practice development team, including our PROMPT training
programme. We have an active PMA service and Workforce lead midwife who will
arrange your onboarding from the time of your successful interview to ensure
that you are equipped to confidently commence in your new role with us.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Midwife with current UK NMC PIN
• Significant experience at Band 6
• Evidence of ongoing professional development

Desirable

• Recognised teaching /assessing qualification
• Post graduate certificate in health related subject
• Master or equivalent experience
• PMA qualification
• Trained NIPE practitioner

Experience

Essential

• Significant experience at Band 6.
• Evidence of on-going professional development and participation in development of maternity services.
• Evidence of providing midwifery care and health education to vulnerable and excluded groups.
• Implementation of audit/research recommendations.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, with ability to communicate within the multidisciplinary team as well as with women and their families.
• Evidence of contribution to the development of the Maternity service.

Desirable

• Experience of linking with outside agencies.
• Evidence of involvement in the audit cycle.
• Knowledge of and contribution to clinical governance framework.

Special Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• A non-judgemental and open approach to working with women and their families within the judicial system and their families.
• Must have the ability to work in collaboration across numerous stakeholders
• Awareness of political agenda in relation to social exclusion, deprivation and health inequalities and the impact that these have on women and their families.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to provide written and verbal reports.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Strong analytical skills.
• The ability to practice as an expert practitioner in relation to women within the judicial system.
• Effective organisational skills.
• Good knowledge base of clinical information systems and the appropriate application of IT to clinical practice.
• An enthusiastic and supportive leader who motivates people.
• Effective facilitator
• Critical analysis and judgment skills.
• Proven clinical skills.
• Confident decision maker.
• Evidence of significant safeguarding experience

Special Requirements

Essential

• Ability to travel to meet the requirements of the role as this is rotational across the acute sites

Statutory Registration

Essential

• Registered Nurse (adult or Child) on part 1 of the NMC register Valid UK NMC PIN

Closing Date: 16 July 2026