Patient Engagement Lead Midwife | Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 18 May 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £49,387 - £56,515 pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 17 June 2026 |
| Location: | Hull, HU3 2JZ |
| Company: | Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 8001246/356-26-8001246 |
Summary
ThePatient Engagement Lead Midwife provides expert leadership in maternity communications, digital engagement, and responsive midwifery advice services across our organisation.
You will demonstrate specialist midwifery knowledge, advanced communication and relationship‑building skills and leadership in service improvement. The role operates within broad professional policies and contributes to shaping communication pathways and service development related to public‑facing maternity information.
The postholder will lead, coordinate and evaluate the Trust’s Ask a Midwife service — a key channel for providing timely, accessible, evidence based maternity advice through digital and telephone platforms. They will ensure the safety, consistency and quality of information shared with women, birthing people, and families, working collaboratively with multidisciplinary colleagues to standardise communication approaches aligned with national and local guidance.
The role provides professional leadership in digital maternity communication strategy, including supporting staff education on communication standards, promoting consistent messaging across maternity channels, and enhancing the service user experience through proactive engagement.
The postholder will also support quality improvement initiatives relating to maternity information, digital access, and communication safety, contributing to robust audit, learning, and service development activity in line with the new national emphasis
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
We reserve the right to close the advert early in the event of high levels of interest. Therefore, early applications are encouraged.
We welcome applications from candidates who require Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship to work in the UK, and these will be considered alongside all other applications in line with our commitment to equality and inclusion.
Applicants can determine their potential eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship by reviewing the Skilled Worker Visa criteria set out by UKVI on the gov.uk website.
This advert closes on Monday 1 Jun 2026