Specialist Lead Midwife for Prison and Detained settings

Specialist Lead Midwife for Prison and Detained settings

Band 7

Main area Midwifery Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 30 hours per week (Mon - Sun working 9am to 5pm) Job ref 320-W&C-1256

Site Royal Derby Hospital Town Derby Salary £49,387 - £56,515 pro rata pa Salary period Yearly Closing 07/10/2026 23:59 Interview date 20/10/2026

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

With over 14,000 members of staff you can expect huge variety and new opportunities every day! Our staff go above and beyond and take pride in caring for our patients.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is fully committed to promoting inclusion, equality, diversity and human rights in employment and delivery of its services. The Trust is committed to providing an environment where all employees, patients, carers and visitors experience equality of opportunity by means of understanding and appreciating the value of diversity.

As a Trust we promote an inclusive environment and welcome applications from a diverse pool of talent and backgrounds. All individuals are valued and given every opportunity to succeed based on merit.

The Trust actively encourages applications from members of our Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities. These groups are under-represented in our organisation, and it’s important to us that our workforce reflects the diversity of our communities as much as possible.

Armed Forces and Disability Confident guaranteed interview scheme

To further support the pledges in the Armed Forces Covenant and to make a positive contribution to support ex-armed forces personnel (veterans) make the transition to civilian life, the Trust has introduced a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for veterans who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification, to help them overcome barriers to find civilian employment. The scheme will operate for all external recruitment.

The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer and committed to both employing and retaining people with disabilities. This commitment is to guarantee an interview for any candidate that has disclosed a disability under the Equality Act 2010 and who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification. Reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010 will be considered upon request.

if you are blind or visually impaired and require application material in an alternative format- such as Braille, large print, audio or accessible electronic formats oryou require support/adjustments with your application please contact the recruitment team on 01332 788466

The Trust is proud to be a signatory of the Care Leavers Covenant and is committed to supporting care-experienced people into employment.

Applicants who identify as a care leaver and who meet the essential criteria for the role, as detailed in the person specification, will be guaranteed an interview.

If you wish to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this within your application.

Join us and help make a real difference to our Trust.

Here’s more about the role and what we’re looking for;

Job overview

The Lead Specialist Midwife for Prison and detained settings will ensure current multidisciplinary pathways of care are fully developed and embedded within midwifery and prison services to facilitate a collaborative approach to care.

The post holder will be responsible for leading a small team of specialist midwives in providing continuity of care for women in the prison service and providing support and care for women within other detained settings such as police custody. The lead midwife will ensure that the care provided is aligned with national guidance and the 8 principles of care for pregnant women in detained settings.

They will provide a vital link between the multi-agency care provision and facilitate a collaborative, joined up care approach between the prison service, police, probation, prison healthcare, hospital, safeguarding and social services.

They will have the specialist knowledge of supporting maternity care within a detained setting.

Closing date of applications:

Interview date:

Main duties of the job

Ensure evidence-based care planning for the patient group, including reproductive healthcare. Maintain effective communication within HMPPS standards and the Trust, promoting openness and trust. Support the team in delivering clinical patient care.

Lead audits supporting effective management, staffing, quality improvement and service evaluation. Lead the development and evaluation of policies, guidelines and SOPs for the specialist care and monitoring of pregnant women in prison and detained settings.

Lead and develop maternity clinics within HMP/YOI Foston Hall and provide clinical expertise. Contribute to clinical effectiveness and governance, including incident management, investigations, learning, improvement, risk management and complaints.

Ensure effective multidisciplinary communication and care planning for pregnant women, including admissions, releases and ongoing care. Ensure referral pathways with external agencies, including HMPPS Mental Health, PPG, Social Care, Substance Misuse, Safeguarding and other hospital trusts.

Plan and manage own and service workload flexibly to meet patient needs, acknowledging and mitigating health inequalities. Promote, implement and evaluate sustainable service improvements.

Closing date of applications: 7th October 2026

Interview date: 20th October 2026

Working for our organisation

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and Person Specification.

UHDB is committed to fair and transparent recruitment. We welcome authentic applications that reflect your own skills, experience and motivations for the role. While we understand that candidates may use AI tools for grammar, formatting or accessibility purposes, applications that appear to be substantially AI‑generated may be subject to additional review. If this applies to your submission, we will let you know and may ask for clarification. Please ensure your application accurately represents your experience and is written in your own words.

Education, Training and Qualifications CPD Requirements

• NMC registration as a midwife
• Evidence of continued professional development in related subjects to specialist role
• Leadership qualification or working towards
• Prison service training

Experience & Knowledge

• Demonstrate significant band 6 midwifery experience
• To be able to demonstrate recent experience in Antenatal, Intrapartum and postnatal care
• Demonstrable experience of working with pregnant women with safeguarding concerns
• To be able to demonstrate understanding of the 8 Principles of Safe care for Pregnant Women in Detained Settings.
• Experience of working with pregnant women in detained settings
• Experience of working with women who's baby's have been removed from their care.
• Experience of managing a caseload of women.
• Experience of line management

Skills and Ability

• Demonstrable experience of supporting service improvements
• To be able to demonstrate good understanding of the purpose of audit
• To be able to demonstrate good understanding of the UHDB governance process and incident review process
• Experience in completing audits, guideline writing and incident reviews.
• Understanding of the shared partnership between Prison, Healthcare and UHDB.

Communications and interpersonal skills

• Effective communication skills with a wide multi-disciplinary team.
• Demonstrable experience in working together with external partners such as Social services, Probation, GP's, Housing officers, Birth Companions, Police, Prison officers and Healthcare teams.
• To be able to demonstrate contemporaneous and clear record keeping across multiple patient record systems.
• Experience and or training in communicating with patients with enhanced communication needs.
• Experience of supporting patients from disadvantaged backgrounds.
• Experience in supporting patients who have a lower engagement with healthcare systems.

Values

• Evidence of showing compassion and respect for patients from all backgrounds.
• Evidence of supporting and advocating for women

Our Trust aims to provide the highest quality care to patients within Derbyshire and South East Staffordshire and we want the very best people to work with us.

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION

If we receive a high number of applications for this position we reserve the right to withdraw the post before the closing date, therefore it is advisable that you apply as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

At UHDB , we offer different ways to work flexibly to each and every one of our colleagues, many of whom already work flexibly at all sites of the Trust.

For our roles we are open to discussing the possibility of part-time/ reduced hours/ compressed hours/ flexible start and finish times/ fixed/flexible shifts/annualised hours/ term time hours/ hybrid working – working partly in the trust/partly at home.

Why don’t you talk to us at interview about the flexibility you would like to explore and what it means to you, and we will discuss what’s possible for the job and team, and the opportunities we might be able to create together.

We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise to work with you to look at all the available options.

Most of our posts are subject to a DBS check, however having a criminal record will not necessarily bar you from obtaining a position. Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.

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• the points-based immigration system
• the EU settlement scheme
• eVisa

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UHDB is committed to fair and transparent recruitment. We welcome authentic applications that reflect your own skills, experience and motivations for the role. While we understand that candidates may use AI tools for grammar, formatting or accessibility purposes, applications that appear to be substantially AI‑generated may be subject to additional review. If this applies to your submission, we will let you know and may ask for clarification. Please ensure your application accurately represents your experience and is written in your own words.

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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.