B7 Lead Midwife - Maternity Triage/Maternity Day Case

NHS; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

A National Health Service organization is seeking a Lead Midwife for Maternity Triage and Day Case. The position involves leading clinical teams, ensuring high-quality care, and managing day-to-day operations. Candidates must have NMC registration, relevant educational qualifications, and demonstrate leadership skills. This role offers opportunities for development and a chance to make a significant impact on patient care across multiple sites. Key responsibilities include mentoring staff and implementing policies effectively.

Benefits

Development opportunities

Employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership

Onsite fitness classes

Qualifications

• Evidence of degree or relevant experience.
• Registration with NMC.
• Experience in management and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary teams in maternity services.
• Ensure safe and effective midwifery care.
• Coach staff and mentor students.
• Manage day-to-day operations of the department.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical assessment

Mentoring and coaching

HR management

Education

NMC Registration

Degree in Midwifery or relevant field

Leadership Qualification

Job description

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

B7 Lead Midwife - Maternity Triage/Maternity Day Case

The closing date is 04 January 2026

As a Senior Midwife for Maternity Triage and Maternity Day Case you will take overall responsibility and accountability in ensuring women receive safe, clinically effective, women‑centred care. Working across the two sites of UHDB you will have a sound knowledge of the Birmingham Symptom‑specific Obstetric Triage System (BSOTS).

You will lead by example, offer expert midwifery clinical advice, operationally support and manage teams and services ensuring the delivery of high quality, effective and compassionate midwifery care across Maternity Triage and Maternity Day Case cross site at both Royal Derby Hospital and Queens Hospital, Burton.

Main duties of the job

• You will work closely with multidisciplinary teams to deliver care to women, and will work flexibly across the service in supporting the delivery of midwifery care. Senior midwives provide expert clinical and professional midwifery leadership and are accountable for the women, babies, public and staff experience. This will be in line with local, Trust wide and national policies, procedures, values and behaviours.
• To be visible and accessible as a leader in maternity services.
• To be a role model and someone for whom women, staff and the public can turn to for assistance, advice and support.
• Trust policies and procedures are implemented, monitored and adhered to.
• The ward / department team is managed on a day‑to‑day basis reflecting HR policies and procedures, including staff performance / sickness and absence.
• Staff will be coached, supported and appropriately signposted to other agencies.
• Systems and processes are in place for women to receive high quality midwifery care across the 24‑hour period and clinical staff feel empowered to make their own decisions in the midwifery matron/senior midwives’ absence, reflecting the ward / department team philosophy of care.

Closing date of applications: 4 January 2026

Interview date: 20 January 2026

About us

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.

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Education, Training and Qualifications

• Evidence of degree/working towards degree or relevant experience.
• NMC Registration and revalidation requirements.
• Leadership Qualification.
• Evidence of degree / working towards higher degree or equivalent experience.

Experience and Knowledge

• To be able to demonstrate theoretical knowledge of the Birmingham Symptom‑specific Obstetric Triage system.
• To be able to demonstrate clinical experience relevant to the post.
• To be able to demonstrate evidence of management/leadership skills gained through theoretical knowledge and or experience.
• Demonstrable experience of mentoring, supporting, coaching and developing staff.
• Specific knowledge of the clinical area/speciality.
• Evidence of teaching/nurturing.

Skills and Ability

• Takes the lead for implementing policies/procedures and able to influence change to practice/procedure where necessary.
• Demonstrable experience in assessing associated risks and takes appropriate action.
• To be able to demonstrate the ability to manage clinical workload prioritising and re‑prioritising.
• Experience of managing a delegated budget.
• Experience of E Roster.
• Experience of facilitating appraisals, staff development and confirmers to support NMC revalidation.
• Experience in HR policies, including management of performance and sickness absence.

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.