Consultant Midwife

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Winchester; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Consultant Midwife to shape maternity care across our three sites, including Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester. You will lead across clinical practice, education and service development, driving safe, equitable and evidence‑based care.

Join a collaborative leadership team committed to innovation, improvement and partnership with women, families and colleagues.

Job description

Join our award-winning and forward-thinking maternity leadership team as Consultant Midwife at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and ambitious midwife to shape the future of maternity care across our Trust, improving outcomes and experiences for women, babies and families.

Working across the four pillars of consultant midwifery practice, expert clinical practice, professional leadership and consultancy, education and workforce development, and service development, research and evaluation, you will be a visible and influential clinical leader. You will provide expert guidance in complex situations, drive innovation, support workforce development and champion safe, personalised, equitable and evidence-based care.

As part of a supportive and collaborative team, you will work closely with women, families, staff, multidisciplinary partners and the Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership to co-produce meaningful service improvements. You will use insights from lived experience, research, audits, incidents, complaints and national maternity reviews to lead change and deliver sustainable improvements in quality and safety.

This role offers a genuine opportunity to influence maternity services at both strategic and operational levels, translating evidence into practice and inspiring others to deliver exceptional care. If you are passionate about leadership, service improvement and making a lasting difference to maternity care, we would love to hear from you.

Be part of a team that is committed to innovation, learning and excellence, and help shape the future of maternity services across Hampshire HospitalsRole Summary

Provide expert, autonomous clinical leadership in complex and uncertain maternity care, offering advice on clinical decision‑making, escalation, referral and transfer of care. Maintain a visible clinical presence of up to 50% of the role, supporting women with complex needs and enabling midwives to practise confidently and autonomously. Champion equitable, culturally responsive care, challenging bias and addressing variation in access, experience and outcomes.

Provide strategic professional leadership, working across organisational boundaries to drive service redesign, innovation and continuous improvement. Work with women, families, the MNVP and system partners to co‑produce improvements and ensure lived experience, safety, workforce and outcome data inform service development. Contribute to maternity strategy, regional and national networks, deputise for the Director of Midwifery and participate in the on‑call rota.

Lead education and workforce development, working with higher education, governance and improvement teams to translate learning into practice and strengthen clinical judgement, leadership and improvement capability.

Lead audit, evaluation and evidence‑based practice, using clinical, workforce, experience and disaggregated perinatal data to identify variation and improvement priorities. Promote research participation, evaluate the impact and equity of service changes, and disseminate learning and best practice.

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

Your Next Career Move Made Easier – Accommodation May Be OfferedWe understand relocating can be a big step. Hampshire Hospitals may be able to provide accommodation options for successful candidates, depending on availability. If this something you would like to explore please contact Southern Housing on 02080 360017

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Wendy Randall Job title: Director of Midwifery Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07745306997

Alternatively contact Becky Parker, Consultant Midwife

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