Senior Midwife- Private Maternity Services

NHS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 64,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in London is seeking a Senior Midwife for their Private Maternity Services to ensure outstanding patient care. This role involves leading midwifery teams, promoting safe clinical practices, and enhancing service quality. Ideal candidates will have strong leadership and communication skills, a Registered Midwife status, and experience in private healthcare settings. Competitive salary with opportunities for professional development offered.

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife with evidence of continual professional development.
• Strong understanding of private healthcare service expectations.
• Proven leadership in clinical governance and patient safety.

Responsibilities

• Provide strong leadership to dedicated midwifery teams and ward areas.
• Ensure delivery of outstanding care in line with private healthcare expectations.
• Influence quality of care provided to private maternity patients.

Skills

Leadership

Excellent communication skills

Organizational skills

Problem-solving

Customer-focused service

Education

Registered Midwife

Educated to Masters level

Job description

Go back University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Midwife- Private Maternity Services

The closing date is 10 November 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Private Healthcare Service to appoint a Lead Midwife for the Private Maternity Services at the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing, University College Hospital.UCLH has ambitious plans to expand and enhance its private patient services -- supporting exceptional patient care while generating income to further strengthen the Women's Health Division. This post offers an excellent opportunity to join our Private Healthcare Team, working closely with clinicians and patients to deliver high-quality, personalised, and customer-focused care within The Fitzrovia Suite.The successful candidate will provide strong leadership to dedicated midwifery teams and ward areas, setting clinical standards and ensuring the consistent delivery of outstanding care in line with private healthcare expectations. As a key member of the private healthcare management team, you will play an integral role in promoting safe, high-quality clinical care aligned with divisional business objectives.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking a highly motivated and proactive individual with excellent organisational and decision-making skills. A strong understanding of private healthcare service expectations is highly desirable. You should be able to lead and inspire midwifery and clinical teams, build effective relationships with consultants and NHS colleagues, and demonstrate a proven ability to deliver exceptional patient experiences and clinical excellence with a professional, "can-do" approach. This is an outstanding opportunity to join a growing and dynamic team, directly influencing the quality of care provided to private maternity patients. For the right candidate, this role offers both challenge and reward -- along with the chance to develop your leadership skills and advance your career within a high-profile and successful NHS Trust.

About us

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.

Job responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*

* UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the third year in a row.

UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff To find out more, visit: Flexible working.

To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?

Person Specification

Knowledge and Qualifications

• Registered Midwife
• Educated to Masters level or for completion within 12 months of appointment, or evidence of equivalent relevant experience
• Evidence of continual professional development (CPD)/ postgraduate clinical study

Experience

• Ability to demonstrate significant experience in midwifery practice including responsibility for aspects of case management, managing a clinical area, leading elements of service provision and of supporting staff in the clinical environment.
• Experience of performance review and people management.
• Experience of communicating difficult or complex information to healthcare professionals/patients
• Experience of working in a private healthcare provider or within delivery of private patient services within the NHS.
• Proven experience in service improvement and development.
• Leadership of clinical governance and patient safety.
• Experience of budgetary management

Communication

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• The ability to both work co-operatively with other clinical teams in the Trust and to develop effective working relationships.
• Ability to work with and influence others.

Skills and Abilities

• Able to demonstrate a broad but in-depth knowledge of health policy in relation to midwifery practice.
• Ability to demonstrate up to date clinical practice within a labour and post-natal setting.
• Detailed knowledge of midwifery issues and their impact.
• Quality focussed with an innovative approach and the ability to solve complex problems.
• A commitment to improving private patient services through an ability to sustain a clear focus on achieving goals.
• Able to provide a customer focused service.

Personal and People Development

• Commitment to service improvement and the benefits this can deliver to patient care.
• A strong sense of personal and team accountability
• An understanding and experience of staff and organisational development.
• A strong understanding of multi-disciplinary issues and commitment to multi-disciplinary working

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.

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£64,156 to £71,148 a year Per Annum Inclusive of HCAS