Deputy Midwifery Team Leader – Birth Centre

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare institution seeks an experienced Deputy Team Lead Midwife to enhance maternity care. The role involves overseeing daily operations, ensuring clinical compliance, and fostering team development in a supportive environment, with opportunities for further leadership growth.

Qualifications

• Experience in midwifery and clinical governance.
• Strong leadership and management skills essential.
• Ability to work collaboratively in multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and supervision to midwifery staff.
• Support day-to-day operations and quality improvement.
• Assist in managing compliance with clinical standards.

Skills

Leadership

Teamwork

Clinical Governance

Quality Improvement

Midwifery Skills

Education

Registered Midwife Qualification

Job description

We are looking for a dedicated experienced band 6 to join our dynamic team as birth centre deputy team leader. This is a fantastic opportunity to play a pivotal role in delivering excellent, woman-centred maternity care in a supportive and progressive environment.

As Deputy Team Lead Midwife, you will support the Team Lead in managing day-to-day operations, clinical governance, and fostering a positive team culture. You will be instrumental in maintaining excellent standards of care, supporting staff development, and driving continuous quality improvement.

This is a great opportunity to develop further leadership and management skills such as workforce planning, staff management, governance, complaints, and quality improvement.

• Provide leadership and supervision to midwifery staff within the Birth Centre.
• Assist in ensuring compliance with clinical standards, policies, and guidelines.
• Support effective multidisciplinary collaboration to enhance care delivery.
• Participate in service development and quality improvement initiatives.
• Act as a role model, promoting best practice and professional development.
• Manage daily staffing and resources to meet the needs of women and families.
• Support junior staff with clinical skills throughout all aspects of midwifery led care such as canulation, suturing, venepuncture, vaginal examinations and amniotomy.
• Support junior midwives and maternity support workers to ensure they are confident and competent in providing high quality care including out of the guidelines care.
• With support, participate in the investigation of complaints in accordance with UCLH Policy and ensure that recommendations for change are implemented and shared access the service so other wards and departments can also benefit from this learning.
  
  

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
  
  

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Ellie Newton Job title: Birth Centre Team Leader Email address: [e-mail]

For More Details Please Contact

Ellie Newton

Birth Centre Team Leader

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Chloe Wallace

Recruitment & Retention Lead Midwife

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