Job summary
- Main area
- Neonatal
- Grade
- Session by session payment
- Contract
- 3 months (Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Home or remote working - 8 hours per week
- Job ref
- 159-LWH-266-25
- Employer
- Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Liverpool Women’s Hospital
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £150 per 8 hour session (there is a possibility of more hours)
- Closing
- 06/01/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Maternity & Neonatal Voices Partnership Neonatal Representative
Session by session payment
Liverpool Women’s NHS FT became part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHLG) in November 2024, following the coming together with Liverpool University Hospitals NHS FT. UHLG was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide to our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues who are dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, UHLG is also their local NHS, providing general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
At Liverpool Women’s Hospital, each year we deliver approximately 7,500 babies, carry out around 50,000 gynaecological inpatient and outpatient procedures, care for over 1,000 poorly and premature newborns, perform around 1,000 IVF cycles, and conduct over 4,000 genetic appointments.
We believe that this, along with a strong dedication to research and innovation, makes us the specialist health provider of choice in Europe for women, babies and families.
Liverpool Women’s has an excellent reputation and is a centre of excellence. It is an exciting environment to work in and a great place to develop your career for many years to come.
We invite you to review why Liverpool Women's Hospital is a great place to work: https://vimeo.com/556197652
We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received sufficient applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
Job overview
Liverpool Women's Hospital Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership (MNVP) is a service user centred multi-disciplinary NHS working group.
This is an exciting opportunity for a driven and enthusiastic person who is passionate about neonatal care to join our Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership and help us review, shape and improve maternity and neonatal services at Liverpool Women's. This role will directly influence care for women, babies and families, and will ultimately lead to improved family experience and delivery of services.
This is a temporary engagement for three months, consisting of fifty, 8 hour working days, to be worked flexibly.
Liverpool Women's Hospital is a Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, providing Neonatal Intensive Care, High Dependency and Special Care. We have 12 intensive care cots, 12 high dependency cots and 20 special care cots plus 6 cots providing transitional care. The unit also has a community outreach team who work across the 7 day week visiting families once they have been discharged from hospital.
We are in partnership with Alder Hey Children's Hospital and are moving towards the opening of a purpose built Neonatal Surgical Intensive care unit in 2026, this partnership will eliminate the need for unnecessary transfers across the city.
Main duties of the job
The role would suit someone who is passionate about developing neonatal care and engaging with families from diverse communities across Liverpool.
The ideal candidate:
- is passionate about helping to develop and improve the experience of neonatal services for women, birthing people and their families whose babies require neonatal care.
- is keen to engage families and seldom heard groups to inform neonatal service development
- is a good communicator
- is organised and willing to work flexibly
- can attend fortnightly MNVP meetings, quarterly formal MNVP meetings, and Neonatal Parent Advisory Groups.
- Can work with key stakeholders and partners such as the NHS Trusts, Local Maternity & Neonatal System (LMNS), MNVP service user leads and MNVP volunteers.
This role is for someone with lived experience and is not suitable for clinical staff. We define lived experience as being a parent of a baby who has accessed neonatal care within the previous 5 years.
Working for our organisation
Liverpool Women’s NHS FT became part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHLG) in November 2024, following the coming together with Liverpool University Hospitals NHS FT. UHLG was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide to our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues who are dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, UHLG is also their local NHS, providing general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
At Liverpool Women’s Hospital, each year we deliver approximately 7,500 babies, carry out around 50,000 gynaecological inpatient and outpatient procedures, care for over 1,000 poorly and premature newborns, perform around 1,000 IVF cycles, and conduct over 4,000 genetic appointments.
We believe that this, along with a strong dedication to research and innovation, makes us the specialist health provider of choice in Europe for women, babies and families.
For roles at Liverpool University Hospitals, visit their careers page.
UKVI guidelines prohibits sponsorship for all Band 2 posts. Guidelines state that many non-clinical posts are not eligible for sponsorship. Please use UKVI guidance on Skilled Worker Visas to determine your eligibility for sponsorship if you were to gain a conditional offer for this role.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details, please refer to the attached job description:
Attend quarterly formal MNVP meetings, contributing to discussions as a service user with lived experience of neonatal care.
Regularly meet with key stakeholders as required, to ensure effective partnership working.
Represent the perspective and voices of neonatal and maternity service users in strategic and governance meetings as required.
Always ensure GDPR compliance. Information must be stored securely, and confidentiality adhered to.
Contribute to annual reviews of the MNVP Terms of Reference.
Support the ongoing review of the MNVP membership, promoting a diverse membership base with representatives from a wide range of key stakeholders.
Remain up to date with key relevant national, regional and local reports pertaining to neonatal services and MNVPs.
Work closely with the MNVP Lead and Deputy Lead, providing cross cover where required.
Actively gather feedback from families who have recent lived experience of neonatal care in Liverpool in a variety of methods e.g. in person and remote listening events, Walk the Patch, 15 steps - paying due regard to the need for a sensitive, trauma-informed approach.
Identify and analyse trends in service user feedback and create clear, relevant recommendations for service development.
Present data collected to relevant stakeholders both orally and via report writing
Regularly follow up on feedback, monitoring any changes to service delivery or design.
Recruitment and support of service user volunteers.
Share and contribute to the MNVP social media feeds (Facebook, Instagram and others as needed).
Contribute to administrative tasks such as agendas, meeting minutes, action plans etc as required.
Working closely as part of multi-disciplinary teams, including alongside midwives, neonatal nurses, MNVP Lead/Deputy Lead
Person specification
Skills and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Competency in Microsoft Office applications
Desirable criteria
- Experience in using Microsoft Teams
- Confidence in using social media platforms
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of communicating with people from a wide range of personal and professional backgrounds
- Experience of prioritising workloads and meeting deadlines
- Good understanding of national and local neonatal issues
Desirable criteria
- Basic understanding of health inequalities
- Administration experience
- Good understanding of recent maternity and neonatal reports
Lived Experience
Essential criteria
- Lived experience of using neonatal services within the last five years
Desirable criteria
- Lived experience of neonatal services in Liverpool
- Member of/prior involvement with a neonatal PAG
- Member of/prior involvement with a MNVP
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jackie Balmer
- Job title
- Neonatal matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
"Mahdieh Irvine-Naderali" <[email protected]>
MNVP Lead
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
L9 7AL
- Telephone
- 0151 706 4666
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