Job overview

Secondment will end April 2027 (approximately 12 months - dependent on start date). 

The Retention Midwife will play a key role in supporting, developing, and retaining the midwifery workforce. The post holder will be a pivotal resource integrated alongside the senior midwifery team, midwifery practice educators, and Professional Midwifery Advocates (PMAs), working collaboratively to deliver targeted support for midwives across the service.

The role focuses on improving staff retention through the provision of high-quality  professional, and pastoral guidance. The Retention Midwife will support midwives at various stages of their careers,  experiencing professional or personal challenges. By fostering a supportive, inclusive, and compassionate working environment, the post holder will help enhance staff wellbeing, confidence, and job satisfaction.

This role will contribute to workforce sustainability by identifying retention risks, supporting flexible and innovative approaches to practice, and promoting professional development opportunities. The Retention Midwife will also play an important role in promoting safe, effective midwifery practice and a positive culture aligned with professional standards and organisational values.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work in collaboration with the Professional Practice Team who work cohesively to develop and support the multi-professional team within maternity. The team includes (but is not exclusive to) PDMs with specific focus, for example on Preceptorship (PDMP), Maternity Support Workers, and Enhanced Maternal Care, Fetal Surveillance Midwife, and Professional Midwifery Advocacy (PMA) services.

The job description outlines the core responsibilities for the post.

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 physical and mental health 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-centred 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. 

Parkview Clinic is a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service Mental Health (CAMHS) facility in Moseley, for young people aged 11-18 years who require admission due to significant psychiatric difficulties.

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.