Peri-natal Health Inequalities Midwife

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a passionate and motivated midwife to join our maternity team in a role dedicated to reducing health inequalities and improving outcomes for women, birthing people, babies and families.

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual who is committed to making a real difference by identifying and addressing barriers to accessing maternity care, supporting our most vulnerable communities and championing equitable, personalised and inclusive services. This is a fantastic opportunity to influence positive change, develop innovative approaches to care and work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams and community partners to ensure every family has the best possible start.

As a team we are working hard to ensure we put women and families at the heart of everything we do. We are on an exciting improvement journey and can offer you a rewarding, flexible and supportive role providing a full range of midwifery care.

The Perinatal Health Inequalities Specialist Midwife will provide senior clinical, strategic, and professional leadership reduce avoidable inequalities in access, experience, and improve outcomes across the perinatal period for women, birthing people, babies, and families in East Kent.

The postholder will work in partnership with communities, service users, staff and multi-agency colleagues to identify barriers to equitable perinatal care and develop, implement and evaluate sustainable improvements. They will ensure that the voices and lived experience of women and families who are least likely to be heard directly shape service design, care pathways and quality-improvement priorities.

East Kent has communities experiencing significant deprivation, coastal and rural isolation, transport and digital exclusion, language barriers, insecure housing, migration and asylum-related challenges, and varying levels of trust in statutory services. The postholder will lead work that responds to these local needs, including engagement with refugee and asylum-seeking families, Nepali-speaking communities, women and families who book late or do not consistently engage with care, and people experiencing complex social, psychological or practical barriers.

The role will operate across community and hospital settings and will support the Consultant Midwife to provide an equity lens to perinatal strategy, clinical governance, quality improvement, education and patient experience.

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates for a Skilled Worker Visa for roles that are eligible at the time of application.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jo Shayler Job title: Deputy Director of Midwifery Email address: joanne.shayler@nhs.net Telephone number: 07811835682