Community Lead Midwife

VerseOne Group; Leigh on Sea; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 7 Lead Midwife to take on a 24-hour rotational clinical leadership role within the maternity service at Southend Hospital. You will guide antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to sustain high standards of care.

You will lead, support, and develop the team under the Maternity Matron/Head of Midwifery, ensuring alignment with national standards and local strategies.

Qualifications

• Registered midwife with UK registration and current practice.
• Post-registration experience at senior/managerial level.
• Knowledge of national initiatives impacting maternity services.
• Band 6 experience or equivalent leadership exposure.

Responsibilities

• Have 24-hour rotational clinical responsibility for the Maternity service and provide expert guidance to the multidisciplinary team.
• Lead and support the Maternity Matron/Head of Midwifery and contribute to service development.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to promote maternal and neonatal health in line with standards.

Skills

Leadership

Senior/Managerial experience

Data analysis

Budget management

Education

Registered Midwife

Master’s Degree

Job description

Job summary

We are pleased to announce an exciting new opportunity to join our dedicated midwifery team at Southend Hospital as one of our Community Lead Midwives.

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest Trusts in the country. As a fully established, merged trust we are extremely proud of the maternity services across MSE. Our sites include Southend, Basildon and Broomfield Hospital and two Freestanding Midwifery Units.

Providing high quality patient care, a positive experience for both Women and their families and being an excellent, compassionate and respectful workforce is at the centre of our service.

Our maternity units are both modern and well equipped which helps contribute to development and progression of our midwives.

Facts/Achievements

• One of the largest Trust's in the country serving a population of 1.2 million people.
• Our Maternity units have around 12,000 births a year
• Won the Management Award 2019 for our preceptorship programme at the London Maternity and Midwifery Festival
• A number of midwives at MSE were awarded the CMO silver Award, which is the equivalent of a midwifery OBE
• A supportive Occupational Health and Wellbeing Team to support all staff across MSE.

You could help shape the future of our midwives here at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust.

Main duties of the job

Have overall (24 hour rotational) continuing clinical responsibility for the Maternity service demonstrating excellent clinical, leadership and professional skills. The ability to develop effective programmes for antenatal, intrapartum and postpartum care, and provide highly specialised advice to the multidisciplinary team. The post-holder will provide strong leadership support to the Maternity Matron / Head of Midwifery, and will demonstrate expert clinical skills, providing advice to staff and colleagues.

You will be working in collaboration with other multidisciplinary professionals enhancing and promoting the health and wellbeing of mothers and neonates in line with local and national standards relating to maternity care and referrals as appropriate.

About us

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Details

Closing date: 28 October 2026

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 7

Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)

Contract: Secondment

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 390-NM-WAC-SO-6894

Job locations: Southend, Prittlewell Chase, Westcliff-on-Sea, SS0 0RY, United Kingdom

Essential qualifications

• Registered Midwife
• Leadership course or equivalent experience

Desirable qualifications

• Master's Degree or evidence of studies at this level

Essential knowledge and experience

• Post-registration experience working at Senior/Managerial level
• Current knowledge of national initiatives directly impacting on Directorate specialties
• Demonstrable band 6 experience

Desirable knowledge and experience

• Experience of data analysis and audit evaluation
• Experience of financial and budgetary management

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.

UK Registration

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

Employer contact

Maternity Outpatient Services Matron, Hayley Dear, [e-mail], 03004436099

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