Cultural Safety Midwife in Sheffield

Site Jessop Wing, Royal Hallamshire Hospital Town Sheffield Salary £49,387 - £56,515 pa/pro rata for part time staff Salary period Yearly Closing 21/10/2026 23:59 Interview date 04/11/2026

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Job overview

The Cultural Safety Midwife will work to reduce inequality in maternity outcomes and experiences of Black, Asian and other women from an Ethnic Minority background, through engagement and co- production with other members of the maternity and multidisciplinary team, and community groups and service users representing these populations.

The post holder will have responsibility for gathering information, reporting, raising awareness, training and working towards solutions in these areas as they relate to both service users and staff within maternity services.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking an experienced, dynamic and values-driven leader to join our maternity team as a Cultural Safety Lead, driving our commitment to equity, inclusion and improved outcomes for women and families from diverse communities.

This is an exciting opportunity to lead the delivery of a cultural safety agenda within maternity services. You will play a key role in reducing health inequalities, particularly for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic women and those with additional language needs, ensuring safe, personalised and culturally responsive care.

You will provide leadership to link workers and interpreting services, ensuring effective systems that improve both safety and experience. Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, community organisations and system partners, you will co-design solutions that reflect local population needs.

You will influence practice and culture across the organisation, working with senior leaders, clinical teams, EDI and patient experience colleagues to embed cultural safety. You will also lead education and training to support staff development and accountability.

We are looking for a proactive, innovative leader passionate about reducing inequalities and improving outcomes for marginalised communities.

Working for our organisation

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its employees. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

Person specification

Education and qualifications

• NMC registered Midwife educated to degree level or higher
• Evidence of ongoing professional development
• To have completed the national practice assessor training or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998.
• Evidence of study/CPD within the area or EDI and/or cultural safety awareness.
• Working knowledge of the challenges and priorities around improving outcomes for Black, Asian and other ethnic minority women accessing maternity care

Experience

• Significant relevant experience at Band 6
• Experience working with multi-agency and multi-disciplinary teams supporting vulnerable women
• Ability to undertake audit and service evaluation
• Experience of delivering training and MDT education
• High level of personal motivation
• Demonstrate a positive and solution focused attitude

Please note that in order to comply with the UK Government’s rules on Skilled Worker sponsorship, any applicants who do not meet the eligibility requirements or concessions on salary thresholds under the Skilled Worker visa will not be eligible to receive sponsorship from the Trust. Please keep this in mind when submitting your application. Further details on these concessions, and who qualifies for them, can be found here .

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The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community.

All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks being met to a satisfactory standard including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, references and qualifications in addition to professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check and occupational health check if these are deemed to be a requirement for the position to be undertaken.

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Name Paris Pinnock-Cowell Job title Matron for Perinatal Health and Wellbeing Services Email address paris.pinnock-cowell@nhs.net Telephone number 0114 2265989

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