Senior Midwife

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in England is seeking a passionate Midwifery Ward Manager to join their Senior Midwifery team. In this role, you will lead a busy team on a mixed antenatal/postnatal ward, ensuring women-centered care and supporting multidisciplinary teams. Ideal candidates are experienced midwives with strong leadership and communication skills. This position offers extensive professional development opportunities and benefits including discounted gym membership and additional support programs.

Benefits

Employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership

Onsite fitness classes

Car schemes

Qualifications

• Experienced midwife motivated for a managerial role.
• Ability to manage a 61-bedded mixed antenatal/postnatal ward.
• Commitment to women-centered care across maternity pathways.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and motivation for a busy team of Midwives.
• Ensure safe, clinically effective, and high-quality maternity care.
• Support operational functions and manage services.

Skills

Leadership

Excellent communication

Interpersonal skills

Clinical advice expertise

Education

Registered Midwife

Job description

Overview

Are you an experienced midwife motivated and ready for your next development opportunity? If so, there has never been a more exciting time to join the Senior Midwifery team and University Hospitals of Derby and Burton. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a forward‑thinking, dynamic and pro‑active Midwifery Ward Manager on Ward 314/315 – Maternity Ward on the Royal Derby Hospital site.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and motivation for a busy team of Midwives and Support Workers.
• Work alongside the existing Senior Midwife to manage a 61‑bedded mixed antenatal/postnatal and transitional care ward.
• Maintain an effective and coordinated approach to ward management by demonstrating excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Take overall responsibility and accountability for ensuring women, babies and families receive safe, clinically effective, women‑centred care across the whole maternity care pathway.
• Offer expert midwifery clinical advice, operationally support and manage teams and services to deliver high‑quality, effective and compassionate care.
• Work closely with multidisciplinary teams to deliver care to women and babies within acute clinical environments whose needs are complex.
• Support the delivery of midwifery care flexibly across the service, using a range of service models, including continuity of carer.
• Ensure compliance with local, Trust‑wide and national policies, procedures, values and behaviours.

Benefits

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development.
• On‑going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes.

Key Facts

• We see on average 4,810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2,077 per week.
• An average of 1,115 patients are seen in A&E across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research‑active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Closing date of applications: 20 January 2026

Interview date: 2 February 2026