Antenatal Clinic and Assessment Unit Lead Midwife

NHS; Ashton-under-Lyne; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

The NHS is seeking an experienced and passionate Antenatal Clinic and Assessment Unit Lead Midwife to deliver high-quality maternity care. This senior leadership role involves ensuring effective maternity services through staff management and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams, aiming for continuous improvement in patient care and departmental standards.

Benefits

Flexible working

27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Sick pay

NHS Pension Scheme

Free eye tests and health checks

Gym discount

Free bicycle loan scheme

Support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance

Qualifications

• Significant post-registration experience of NHS midwifery, particularly antenatal care.
• Knowledge of risk management, clinical governance, and audit.

Responsibilities

• Ensure delivery of exceptional standards of safe, effective, and personalised maternity care.
• Provide clinical and managerial leadership for the Antenatal Clinic and Assessment Unit.

Skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Ability to manage own work without supervision

Excellent interpersonal skills

Motivated to lead a team

Education

Degree in midwifery or working towards

Registered midwife with current NMC registration

Evidence of CPD

Recognised leadership course

Job description

Go back Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Antenatal Clinic and Assessment Unit Lead Midwife

The closing date is 09 July 2025

As we continue to expand and develop our maternity services, we are seeking an experienced, motivated, and passionate midwife for this senior leadership role. This is an exciting opportunity to join our well-established maternity unit and requires someone who is very well organised, adaptable, knowledgeable, and has the ability to lead and inspire others.

It is vital you can demonstrate an understanding of antenatal care/services, excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and a flexible approach and commitment to work.

Our most recent CQC inspection recognised our maternity unit to have an open culture and staff were proud to work for our service, felt respected, supported and valued; the recent report found our staff and services to be focused on the needs of and engage well with birthing people and the community. We are keen to continuously develop and improve, and are looking for a compassionate and dedicated midwifery leader to support us in our vision.

Main duties of the job

The Antenatal Clinic and Assessment Unit lead midwife will ensure the delivery of an exceptional standard of safe, effective, andpersonalised maternity care to service users. You will achieve this through effective management of staff, finances, and resources while working collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary and multi-agency teams, senior leadership team, stakeholders, and service user groups.

You will be an exemplary role model for all staff, leading by example and empowering staff to constantly develop and improve patient care.In this role you will be visible, accessible, and provide clinical and managerial leadership on Antenatal Clinic and Assessment Unit and will provide management support to the maternity matrons and senior leadership team.

About us

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children.Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.

We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:

• Compassion
• Accountability
• Respect

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+& Disabled people.

Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.

Job responsibilities

The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focuses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.

Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found on this job advert.

All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered midwife with current NMC registration
• Degree in midwifery or working towards
• Evidence of CPD
• Recognised leadership course

Experience

• Significant post-registration experience of NHS midwifery, particularly antenatal care

Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to manage own work without supervision, work flexibly, and prioritise
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Motivated to lead a team and enable development

Knowledge

• Knowledge of risk management, clinical governance and audit

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

£46,148 to £52,809 a yearpro rata per annum