Band 8b Consultant Midwife- Maternity

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 8b Consultant Midwife to lead intrapartum complex care within the Maternity service. The post focuses on clinical leadership, expert advisory support and contributing to governance and national transformation priorities.

The role balances clinical practice (about 50%) with professional leadership, education and service development, promoting evidence-based midwifery, research and audit to improve outcomes and women's

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife with a Master’s qualification and commitment to CPD.
• Experience in senior midwifery and leading service development.
• Experience in research and audit and knowledge of NHS agendas.

Responsibilities

• Expert clinical practice.
• Professional leadership and consultancy.
• Education, training and development.
• Practice and service development, research and evaluation.

Skills

Leadership

Research

Audit

Teaching

Education

Master's Qualification

PHD (Willingness to work towards a PhD)

Job description

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Band 8b Consultant Midwife- Maternity

The closing date is 18 November 2026

This is an exciting opportunity to join the maternity team at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB).

UHB is a multi-site maternity service providing care for women and families across Birmingham and Solihull, including those with complex pregnancy and intrapartum care needs.

The post holder will have a specialist focus on intrapartum complex care, working collaboratively with the Consultant Midwife for Midwifery-Led Care and Public Health. Together, they will provide strategic and professional support to the Director of Midwifery and Heads of Midwifery, contributing to the strategic development of maternity services.

The key purpose of this role is to provide a high level of clinical, intellectual and professional expertise within the senior maternity leadership team, offering specialist advice, clinical leadership and guidance to support safe, effective and compassionate care.

Working alongside the senior midwifery team, the post holder will lead and evaluate developments in midwifery practice, ensuring care reflects current evidence, national guidance and local policies. They will contribute to the Trust's Clinical Governance agenda and national maternity transformation requirements, supporting best practice, workforce development and improvements in clinical outcomes and women's experiences.

The role will also promote midwifery audit, research and evidence-based practice, translating learning into improvements in care.

Main duties of the job

UHB provides specialist tertiary maternity services, supported by a Level 3 Neonatal Unit and neonatal cooling centre at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital and a Level 1 Neonatal Unit at Good Hope Hospital.

This is a 12-month secondment or fixed-term opportunity.

Main Duties:

The Consultant Midwife role will be characterised by four principal functions:

• Expert clinical practice.
• Professional leadership and consultancy.
• Education, training and development.
• Practice and service development, research and evaluation.

The post holder will spend 50% of their time in clinically facing practice. The balance of responsibilities across the four functions may vary in response to service priorities, in consultation with the Director of Midwifery and Heads of Midwifery.

• Provide visionary and inspirational professional leadership, influencing colleagues to improve standards, quality and the development of midwifery practice.
• Support and empower midwives to realise their full potential as autonomous practitioners, promoting physiological birth and normality while ensuring timely recognition and appropriate management of complications.
• Act as a visible and accessible role model for midwives, students and junior medical colleagues, providing expert advice, supervision, support and debriefing.

About us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Job responsibilities

Main Duties Continued:

• Build midwives' confidence and capability in evidence-based practice, empowering them to challenge established approaches, influence positive change and strengthen the contribution and profile of midwifery.
• Act as an expert advisor and ambassador for UHB maternity services, representing the Trust internally and externally and promoting excellence in midwifery practice at regional and national levels.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife
• Master's Qualification
• A track record of research
• Evidence of ongoing and sustained CPD
• PHD (Willingness to work towards a PHD)
• Management or leadership course

Experience

• Evidence of a substantial clinical experience and ability to function at level required of the post
• Previous experience in a broad range of clinical midwifery experience and continued clinical practice and significant experience in a senior midwifery
• Experience of working in partnership with a multi-disciplinary team
• Demonstrate experience of managing change within a clinical environment
• Evidence of innovative practice that involves research and or audit
• Evidence of research
• Evidence of participation in regional and national networks
• Awareness of National NHS agenda and the National Maternity Transformation requirements
• Knowledge of current developments in midwifery and political awareness of NHS
• Ability to both influence and work across professional boundaries
• Experience of developing staff
• Experience of leading on a change project
• Evidence of teaching
• Understanding of the local priorities within the local health community
• Knowledge of standard setting and audit process.
• Knowledge of quality standard setting 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.

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust