Antenatal Clinic Lead Midwife

NHS; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare institution in Milton Keynes is seeking a Lead Antenatal Clinic Midwife. In this role, you will be responsible for leading a dedicated team to ensure high standards of care for pregnant women. Your expertise in midwifery, combined with strong leadership and communication skills, will drive improvements in patient experience and safety. Join a supportive team committed to innovation and the highest quality care for women and their families.

Qualifications

• Post registration clinical experience in all areas of practice.
• Evidence of teaching and mentoring.
• Experience in HR and Management related issues.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the smooth running of antenatal clinic services.
• Provide support and information to service users.
• Manage antenatal team members and undertake appraisals.

Skills

Leadership skills

Excellent communication

Clinical competence in suturing/cannulation/venepuncture

Ability to manage difficult situations

Education

Registered Midwife with NMC

Degree level qualification

Leadership qualification

Newborn Advanced Life Support trained

Job description

Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Antenatal Clinic Lead Midwife

The closing date is 21 January 2026

Hours: 37.5 per week, all MKUH roles will be considered for flexible working

Due to retirement, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a Lead Antenatal Clinic Midwife to join our team. As Antenatal Clinic Lead Midwife, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the highest standards of care for women and families during pregnancy. You will lead and support the antenatal team, driving improvements in patient experience, safety, and quality. This role requires excellent leadership, communication, and organisational skills, with a strong commitment to evidence‑based practice and collaborative working across multidisciplinary teams. It is a fantastic time to join us at Milton Keynes, we have a supportive and compassionate team, we are committed to development, innovation, safety and quality of our services and the experience of our women, their families and our staff is a top priority.

The job description provides further information about this role within our service and, if you have any questions or would like to have an informal discussion, please do not hesitate to contact Natalie Lucas – Outpatient Matron – [e-mail]. If you are ready for a new chapter in your Midwifery journey, we would welcome an application from you to take that next step.

Main duties of the job

"- NHS Survey, 2024" 94% feel that their role makes a difference to patients and service users.

The post holder will work as a member of the team, providing and leading midwifery care to the women in the antenatal period.

The postholder will maintain own clinical skills and competencies and have excellent communication skills. The postholder will work within the NMC rules and standards and Trust guidelines and procedures.

The postholder will work within the multidisciplinary team and will be responsible for the planning, development, smooth running and maintenance of the antenatal clinic for pregnant women attending the Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

The postholder will provide accurate, unbiased, non‑judgemental evidence‑based information to both the multidisciplinary team and service users.

About us

Milton Keynes University Hospital, in proud partnership with the University of Buckingham, is a University Teaching Hospital committed to advancing patient care through cutting‑edge research and education. With a "Good" rating from the CQC and significant investment underway, this is an exciting time to join our team and grow your career.

As a medium sized general hospital, we provide a full range of general medical and surgical services, including a busy Emergency Department, Maternity, and Paediatrics. As the population of our city and surrounding areas continues to grow rapidly, we are expanding and enhancing our facilities to meet rising demand and improve access to care for all our communities.

We are also proud to offer a growing portfolio of specialist services. In January 2025 we opened our state‑of‑the‑art Radiotherapy Centre, bringing advanced cancer treatment closer to home. Our services also include neonatology, specialist surgical care, and a wide range of diagnostics, supported by the new Community Diagnostic Centre at Whitehouse Health Centre.

Further investment is underway, including the construction of Oak Wards – a new ward block featuring two 24‑bed wards – and the recently approved Women and Children’s Centre, set to open by 2030.

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Job responsibilities

Clinical Responsibilities:

• Ensure the smooth running on a day‑to‑day basis of full antenatal clinic services
• Provide support, information, advocacy and referral to other agencies as required
• Participation in the care and investigation of women with high‑risk pregnancies who require further investigation. Liaise with obstetric and the wider multidisciplinary team to ensure high‑risk women receive personalised care.
• Provide specialist clinical care and advice to maternity staff within the unit and, to others within the community.
• Liaise with others within the multidisciplinary team, e.g. Diabetic Service, Safeguarding team, Antenatal and Neonatal screening specialist midwife, Neonatal team, Blood Bourne virus team.

Managerial Responsibilities

1. Required to manage antenatal team members on a day‑to‑day basis and undertake appraisals of all staff members within the team.

2. Required to promote and provide opportunities and resources for staff development and training.

3. Required to create, implement and support change management within the department.

4. Required to disseminate information to create understanding and ensure all are working to the same goal.

5. Participate in Clinical Governance Programme and demonstrate awareness of Clinical Governance agenda.

Please refer to the job description for further details.

Person Specification

Qualifications and knowledge

• Registered Midwife with NMC
• Degree level qualification, additional course in relevant speciality or postgraduate diploma
• MSPP/ENB 998 or similar teaching qualification
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• Leadership qualification or completion of leadership programme
• Completion of specialist fetal monitoring training
• Masters level qualification or equivalent level of knowledge and experience
• Newborn Advanced Life Support trained
• Newborn Initial Physical Examination (NIPE)
• Experience of Human Factors training

Experience

• Post registration clinical experience in all areas of practice, including caring for service users at high risk of complications
• Audit and risk management experience
• Evidence of implementing a change in practice
• Evidence of teaching and mentoring
• Experience in HR and Management related issues
• Resource management

Skills

• Demonstrate leadership skills, knowledge and experience to enhance effective maternity care
• Able to act in a clinical and managerial role to support and advice others in delivering clinical care.
• Clinically competent in suturing/cannulation/venepuncture
• Ability to negotiate and influence decision making
• Ability to manage own workload without supervision and delegate workload of the maternity unit to midwives and other staff according to their competence.
• Ability to manage difficult situations in a non‑confrontational manner
• Demonstrates a good understanding of IT and technology to enable report writing, presentations, data entry and analysis
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Ability to analyse problems and the implementation of appropriate solutions
• Motivates others and demonstrates enthusiasm for the clinical specialty
• In depth knowledge of midwifery, current issues in health service/profession
• To have an understanding of resource management and budget control.

Personal and people development

• Ability to motivate and innovate other staff in a climate of change with a flexibility and willingness to embrace change management.
• Ability to undertake clinical assessment and individual performance review of staff.
• Willing to develop new skills including completing appropriate training as required.
• Demonstrates an understanding of the assessment process for students and of creating a positive learning environment

Communication

• Excellent communication skills and ability to be responsive to highly emotive conversations.
• Recognising when staff may require further debriefing following adverse events.
• Evidence of excellent documentation and written skills

Specific requirements

• Able to perform the duties of the post with reasonable aids and adaptations
• Professional appearance and manner
• Ability to participate in the hospital on‑call rota

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.

Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust