Specialist Lead Midwife Prison and Detained settings

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.

• 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

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.

• 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

• 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.

For further details / informal visits contact:
Name:
Joanna Harrison-Engwell

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