Job summary
- Main area
- Midwifery
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- 18 months (Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 284-26-8258519-COCM
- Employer
- Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Birmingham Women's Hospital
- Town
- Birmingham
- Salary
- £57,528 - £64,750 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/10/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 04/11/2026
Employer heading
Specialist Midwife - PAS
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Flexible working:
Flexible working arrangements may be considered and discussions with the recruiting manager regarding this are encouraged.
Job overview
Specialist Midwife - West Midlands Regional Placenta Accreta Spectrum
This exciting new role has been created to provide strategic and clinical leadership as the Specialist Placenta Accreta Spectrum (PAS) Midwife for the West Midlands Perinatal Network (WMPN). The role will focus on developing, strengthening, and coordinating the regional PAS network, working collaboratively with multidisciplinary PAS teams across the four regional referral centres to ensure equitable, high-quality care delivery.
The postholder will provide expert midwifery support to women diagnosed with PAS, ensuring a consistent, evidence-based, and holistic approach throughout the care pathway.
Given the well-recognised psychological morbidity associated with PAS, including increased rates of post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and long-term physical complications, dedicated specialist midwifery leadership is essential.
The postholder will have a special interest in psychological support and incorporate this into the direct care provided to patients. The candidate will also be passionate in providing continuity of care for women with complex obstetric needs and be an advocate throughout their journey.
Provisional interview date Wednesday 04th November
Main duties of the job
- The postholder will provide direct clinical care to women with a suspected diagnosis of PAS across all four designated PAS centres.
- Acting as a patient advocate and champion, the postholder will ensure that the patient voice remains central to all clinical network activities, embedding person-centred principles within the networked model of care and associated clinical pathways.
- The postholder must demonstrate strategic thinking and the ability to plan, coordinate, and deliver a complex programme of work spanning multiple providers, commissioners, and patient groups.
- They will possess the professional credibility, expertise, and interpersonal skills necessary to unite diverse stakeholders, manage differing perspectives, and, where required, act as an impartial facilitator to reconcile competing priorities.
Working for our organisation
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centered care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Preoperative counselling and preparation.
- Postoperative psychosocial follow-up.
- Coordination of care across multiple providers and organisations
- Support for women and families experiencing trauma, anxiety, or bereavement.
- Ensuring adherence to national guidance and quality standards.
- Contributing to clinical governance, including supporting the development of regional standard operating procedures (SOPs) and patient information resources.
- Leading audit activity and supporting robust data collection.
- Supporting the establishment of a regional patient support group.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Midwife
- Relevant post-registration qualification
- Degree Level Qualification or equivalent experience
- Master’s Degree in a healthcare related subject (or demonstrable evidence of working at Masters Level).
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable criteria
- Clinical Leadership or Management Qualification
- Teaching and Assessing Qualification
Knowledge & Nature Of Experience
Essential criteria
- Working knowledge of operational midwifery leadership within fields including Complex caesarean sections or Placenta Accreta Spectrum
- Sound knowledge and experience in managing the care of maternity surgical patients or PAS
- Sound knowledge and experience managing the care of a critically ill patient requiring stabilisation or escalation of care
- Knowledge and understanding of current professional midwifery policy and practice issues
- Knowledge & experience of Safeguarding Adults & Children
- Knowledge & Understanding of Infection Control
- Proven change management skills
- Knowledge, understanding and experience in Risk Management and Governance issues.
- Knowledge & understanding of Patient/Public Involvement, management
- Knowledge of NHS Directives and policy initiatives.
- Understanding of Local and National policy drivers
Analytical & Judgement Skills
Essential criteria
- Evidence of knowledge regarding clinical audit
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, engaging in highly complex communication situations where information is highly sensitive. Including having difficult conversations with patients, staff and regional stakeholders.
- Ability to act as a champion for patients and their interests ensuring that patients are actively engaged and their voice is at the heart of the Networks activities. Recognising that this will involve challenging situations and conversations.
Professional, Managerial, Specialist Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Proactive, self-motivated, with the ability to motivate others.
- Ability to work independently and demonstrate autonomy/decision making
- Ability to manage own workload and clinically lead groups
- Competence with Microsoft Office software including Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook
Personal Skills, Abilities and Attributes
Essential criteria
- Able to lead policy implementation
- Completes/finishes work streams and tasks punctually
- Committed to the BWH Trust Values
- Committed to Inclusion and Diversity
Desirable criteria
- Proven Leadership skills
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel across the West Midlands and occasionally beyond (i.e. hospital & face to face event sites)
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kiran Sehmi
- Job title
- Deputy Lead Midwife: Specialist Maternity
- Email address
- [email protected]
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