Specialist Midwife

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Sutton-in-Ashfield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Foundation Trust in the UK is seeking an experienced Senior Midwife to join the Maternity Governance Team. This pivotal role involves driving maternity quality and safety initiatives, supporting NHS standards and Ockenden actions. The ideal candidate will be compassionate and effective in promoting high standards of care, engaging with staff on service enhancements. The position aims to contribute to a supportive environment focused on patient care. Apply by Sunday, 11 Jan 2026.

Qualifications

• Experienced Senior Midwife with a strong focus on maternity quality and safety.
• Ability to engage with staff for effective communication of service developments.
• Commitment to patient-centered care.

Responsibilities

• Promote high standards of care in maternity governance.
• Ensure service developments are clearly communicated.
• Support NHS Resolution standards and Ockenden actions.

Skills

Compassion

Quality improvement

Patient safety focus

Influence and communication

Job description

Overview

An exciting 12-month opportunity has become available for an experienced Senior Midwife to join the Maternity Governance Team at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We are seeking a motivated, forward-thinking and enthusiastic midwife to take on the role of Clinical Governance Midwife, working closely with the Matron for Maternity Governance, the Deputy Head of Midwifery and the wider Governance Team.

This pivotal role offers the opportunity to play a key part in driving the system-wide maternity quality and safety agenda, supporting NHS Resolution standards and the implementation of Ockenden actions, while contributing to meaningful and sustained service improvement.

Responsibilities

The role involves promoting consistency of practice and high standards of care, actively engaging with staff to ensure service developments are clearly communicated, understood and embedded into everyday practice.

Qualifications

We are looking for a compassionate, approachable and influential midwife with a strong focus on patient safety, quality improvement and innovation.

About the Trust

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. We put patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

Visa and Sponsorship

Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here: Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK. Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

This advert closes on Sunday 11 Jan 2026.