Lead Midwife for Professional Practice and PMA

NHS; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare trust in Birmingham is seeking a Lead Midwife for Professional Practice to drive excellence in midwifery education and workforce development. This leadership role involves managing a dedicated team and shaping the culture of maternity services. Candidates should be registered midwives with a master's degree and proven leadership experience. The position offers a salary range of £55,690 to £62,682, with additional benefits.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Professional Practice Team for midwifery services.
• Manage operational aspects and ensure compliance with governance standards.

Skills

Excellent communication

Problem-solving skills

Education

Master's degree or equivalent

Registered Midwife with current NMC Registration

Recognised leadership module/qualification

Job description

Go back Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Lead Midwife for Professional Practice and PMA

The closing date is 21 November 2025

Are you a dynamic and compassionate midwifery leader with a passion for professional development, staff wellbeing, and cultural transformation? Birmingham Women's Hospital is seeking an inspirational Lead Midwife for Professional Practice and Professional Midwifery Advocates (PMA) to join our forward-thinking maternity leadership team.

This pivotal role will lead our Professional Practice Team, driving excellence in education, workforce development and advocacy across maternity services. You will provide strategic leadership to our Professional Midwifery Advocates, embedding the AEQUIP model and ensuring that professional practice, learning, and wellbeing are at the heart of how we deliver safe and outstanding care.

As a senior leader, you will play a key role in our Trust-wide culture improvement programme, aligning staff engagement, leadership behaviours and workforce development to our shared vision and values. You will champion a culture that is inclusive, supportive and focused on collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement.

If you are ready to lead a team that empowers midwives, supports wellbeing and shapes the culture of maternity services for the future, we'd love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

Based at Birmingham Women's Hospital site, with a need for visibility amongst clinical and operational teams.

The post holder will be responsible for the leadership and operational management of the Professional Practice Team, working collaboratively with the maternity Governance Team to drive the maternity safety agenda. They will have direct line management responsibility for their team, as outlined in the organisational structure chart.

The post holder will participate in the operational manager on-call rota for BWC (site based).

Further information of specific responsibilities and duties is below.

About us

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world‑class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world‑leading neo‑natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family‑centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife with current NMC Registration
• Master's degree or ability to demonstrate working at master'slevel/postgraduate level.
• Recognised leadership module/qualification
• Prior experience as a supervisor of midwives.

Knowledge & Nature of Experience

• Extensive clinical experience of working in the midwifery profession
• Knowledge of inpatient, antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal issues and pathways of care.
• Sound understanding of the AEQUIP model and clinical governance framework, systems and processes.
• Previous experience in implementing systems to support governance.

Analytical and Judgement Skills

• Ability to work under pressure and prioritise effectively and manage time appropriately

Professional/Managerial/Specialist Knowledge

• Proven track record of a leadership role, taking an assertive and positive approach.
• An appreciation of strategic issues affecting health and health provision.
• Willing to work a shift system/ 24 hour/7 days a week.
• Able to participate in the operational management on-call rota.

Personal Skills/Abilities and Attributes

• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
• Able to undertake research, audit and guideline development and produce reports as required.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Able to present to a wide audience.
• Basic/intermediate IT skills - as a minimum, word and excel.

Other Requirements

• Ability to travel throughout the region and to attend national events

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.

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

£55,690 to £62,682 a year1.5% uplift for operational manger on call