Lead Midwife for Complex care (Band 7) - Midwifery - University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS[...]

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a Lead Midwife for Complex Care Needs at a leading NHS Trust. This innovative role focuses on providing continuity of care for women and birthing people with complex needs, advocating for health equality and improving outcomes. The successful candidate will lead a specialist team, ensuring high standards of midwifery practice and supporting staff development.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Development packages

Work-life balance support

Qualifications

• Current NMC registration required.
• Recent experience in charge of a ward/community setting.

Responsibilities

• Manage specialist team for women with complex needs.
• Lead innovative midwifery practice and support clinical team.
• Facilitate data collection and improve service efficiency.

Skills

Advocacy

Leadership

Flexibility

Education

Degree in Midwifery

Mentorship Qualification

NIPE Qualification

Job description

Employer University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Stoke/ County- Community midwifery Town Stoke-On-Trent Salary £46,148 - £52,809 pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 28/05/2025 23:59

Lead Midwife for Complex care

Band 7

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Lead Midwife for Complex Care Needs to join the maternity team at UHNM. This is new and innovative role that will allow the Lead Midwife for Complex care to develop a team to provide continuity of carer for women and birthing people during the antenatal and postnatal period.

You will work closely with the multidisciplinary team to address and reduce health inequalities for a cohort of women that includes, care of young people under 16 years, those birthing people seeking asylum and also people with a Learning disability.

We are looking for someone to be an advocate for this cohort of women and birthing people and to have a genuine passion for improving outcomes.

Main duties of the job

1. The lead midwife has designated responsibility for the management of the specialist team for women and birthing people with complex needs based at Royal Stoke and County Hospital and within the community. The scope of the caseload will include, but is not limited to, women and birthing people with complex needs including care of young pregnant people under 16 years, women and birthing people seeking asylum and women and birthing people with a Learning Disability.

2. The lead midwife will lead and facilitate innovative and evidence based midwifery practice through professional leadership and supporting the clinical team by motivating staff, articulating vision and encouraging creativity within maternity services.

3. The lead midwife will act as a credible and professional role model and encourage and empower staff to develop both personally and professionally and achieve their maximum potential.

4. The lead midwife will have a responsibility to facilitate the collection of data and ensure that audit information is utilised to improve the efficiency of the service to incorporate new ways of working where necessary.

5. Ensure that all staff is aware of and practice within Trust Health and Safety policy and guidelines and adhering to risk management strategies. Implement Trust policies relating to Child Protection and work closely with the multidisciplinary agencies and provide support for Staff.

Participate in the on call rota for homebirth and escalation purposes.

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. We serve around three million people and we’re highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research.

The Trust has around 1,450 inpatient beds across two sites in Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford. Our 11,000 strong workforce provide emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care from Royal Stoke University Hospital and County Hospital in Stafford.

We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales. We have put together a wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their potential. Our goal is to be a world-class centre of achievement, where patients receive the highest standards of care and the best people come to learn, work and research.

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff is really important to us. We offer a range of options for our staff to help maintain a good work-life balance including full time, part time hours and bank hours. We are also committed to offering flexible working wherever we can and where relevant to the role and the service, agile working. You can select your preferences upon application.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information on working for the Trust, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Current NMC registration
• RM with a degree in midwifery
• NIPE Qualification
• Mentorship qualification or equivalent
• PROMPT trainer
• Recent experience taking charge of a ward/ community setting
• Ability to work flexibly

Important information about your application

• All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.
• References - please ensure you provide email addresses for all referees for the last three years of employment.
• We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
• Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies
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University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) has been awarded the Gold Award for proudly supporting those who serve. We actively encourage applications from the Armed Forces community.

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If you would like support completing an application form, please contact the recruitment department on 01782 675533 where one of our trained assistants will be able to help

At UHNM we are fortunate to receive a high volume of applications for many of our roles, on this occasion we would reserve the right to close any advert early, therefore please apply without delay!

If you obtained your qualifications overseas, you will be required to provide an official government translation through ECCTIS (formerly known as NARIC). Please note, this is in addition to any professional registration requirements and not a replacement for your qualifications.

If you are currently in the UK on a visa, you must have at least six months remaining on your visa at the time of application to ensure sufficient time for the recruitment and training process associated with the role. The requirement of at least six months remaining on your visa does not apply to a Skilled Worker Visa, as a new Skilled Worker Visa would be required for a new role.

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