Band 8b Consultant Midwife- Maternity

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 67,000 - 77,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust seeks a Consultant Midwife to lead complex intrapartum care across Birmingham and Solihull, providing expert clinical leadership and driving improvements in outcomes and women's experiences.

The role combines strategic governance, education and service development with clinical practice, aligning with national maternity transformation priorities. Senior midwives with extensive practice and change-management experience are encouraged to apply.

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife
• Evidence of ongoing CPD
• Track record of research
• Experience of leading on change in a clinical environment
• Ability to work across professional boundaries

Responsibilities

• Provide visionary and inspirational professional leadership, influencing colleagues to improve standards and the development of midwifery practice.
• Act as expert advisor and ambassador for UHB maternity services, promoting excellence at regional and national levels.
• Build midwives' confidence in evidence-based practice and empower autonomous practice.
• Contribute to clinical governance, audits, and national maternity transformation priorities.

Skills

Clinical governance

Professional leadership

Research

Education & training

Audit

Education

Master's Qualification

Mentorship Qualification

PhD (Desirable)

Job description

Job Summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join the maternity team at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB), a multi-site service providing care to women and families across Birmingham and Solihull, including those with complex pregnancy and intrapartum needs.

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

As part of the senior maternity leadership team, the role will provide expert clinical advice, professional leadership and guidance to promote safe, effective and compassionate care. The post holder will lead and evaluate developments in midwifery practice, ensuring services reflect current evidence, national guidance and local policies.

Key responsibilities include contributing to clinical governance and national maternity transformation priorities, promoting best practice, workforce development and improved clinical outcomes and women's experiences. The role will also support midwifery audit, research and evidence-based practice, ensuring learning is translated into meaningful improvements in care.

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

Main duties, tasks & skills required

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 Description

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

Essential

• Registered Midwife
• Master's Qualification
• Mentorship Qualification
• A track record of research
• Evidence of ongoing and sustained CPD

Desirable

• PHD (Willingness to work towards a PHD)
• Management or leadership course

Experience

Essential

• 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
• Project management skills
• 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Professional Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Pay scheme

Agenda for Change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£66582.00 to £77368.00 Yearly

Contract

Fixed Term

Duration

12 Month(s)

Working pattern

Full-Time, Flexible Working

Reference number

304-9019062

Job locations

Trustwide

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH