Job summary
We are seeking a Consultant
Midwife to lead and deliver expert care for women with complex medical, social,
or obstetric needs, ensuring safe, personalised, and evidence-based care. This
senior clinical leadership role will focus on leading midwifery care for women
who require care outside of standard clinical pathways.
This role requires strong clinical judgement, excellent
communication skills, and a passion for improving outcomes for women with
complex or non-standard care needs. You will lead work collaboratively across
obstetric, neonatal, safeguarding, and community services to ensure equitable,
compassionate, high-quality maternity care.
The Consultant Midwife will work closely with the Head and
Director of Midwifery and the wider midwifery team, ensuring the provision of
exemplary professional practice.
If
you are a strategic midwifery leader with extensive clinical experience and a
commitment to advancing personalised maternity care, we would warmly welcome
your Application.
The Consultant Midwife will act as an expert midwifery advisor internally and externally. This will include acting as an ambassador for the Trusts maternity service, representing it as a centre of excellence internally and nationally as required by the Director/Head of Midwifery.
Main duties of the job
You will have a pivotal role in leading clinical care pathways, including the introduction of midwifery-led, multi-agency clinics for women with complex needs and ensuring successful implementation of The Maternal Care Bundle.
You will demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills and have the ability to work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team and wider stakeholders and partners.
The role encompasses the four principal functions:
- Expert midwifery practice and service development.
- Professional leadership and consultancy.
- Education and training.
- Research, audit and evaluation.
Reporting to the Director of Midwifery, you will provide advanced clinical expertise, strategic leadership, and professional guidance to multi-disciplinary teams. You will function as a key advocate for women requiring individualised care planning, contribute to service development, and promote best practice aligned with national standards.
Family Care is an exciting place to work that will provide you with an opportunity to grow and develop. Many of our staff work flexibly, including part-time, and we are committed to supporting flexible approaches to work wherever possible for our people. Please enquire to see how we might work flexibly with you in this role.
If you are interested in becoming part of our fantastic team then we would welcome your Application.
About us
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One Team One Trust - There are many reasons to work at our Trust. From our commitment to putting people first to our accessible services and award winning teams. We have a passion for research, innovation and tackling inequalities. We are committed to respect, fairness and civility and promote a compassionate, caring and positive culture / working environment.
We welcome all applications irrespective of peoples race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups. Looking after our workforces health and wellbeing is a priority for us. We also provide access to high quality education, training, career progression and support. Flexible working is supported via our Flexible Working Policy.
The Trust employs around 8,746 people and provides a range of hospital services to a local community of around 430,000 residents. We also provide a range of more specialised services outside this area. We offer our staff outstanding benefits - Fitness Centre (SRH), libraries at both hospital sites, chaplaincy support and access to a Care Co-ordinator to help staff with childcare arrangements.If you use AI,
and it poses a risk to the integrity of your individual recruitment process, we
may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The role of the Consultant Midwife is to provide leadership, expert practice, support service development and research / evaluation.
PLEASE REFER TO ATTACHED JOB DESCRIPTION FOR FULL DUTIES OF THE ROLE.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The role of the Consultant Midwife is to provide leadership, expert practice, support service development and research / evaluation.
PLEASE REFER TO ATTACHED JOB DESCRIPTION FOR FULL DUTIES OF THE ROLE.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- In-depth professional theoretical knowledge and experience of Midwifery across antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal services.
- Evidence of substantial knowledge/clinical experience in public health and inequalities.
- Experience of working in partnership with multidisciplinary teams.
- Evidence of innovative practice that involves research and or audit.
- Project management skills.
- Awareness of National NHS agenda and the National Maternity Transformation requirements.
- Knowledge of current developments in midwifery and political awareness of NHS.
- Evidence of teaching and mentoring staff / students.
Desirable
- Previous experience working as an advanced midwifery practitioner.
- Experience in public speaking and presenting at conferences or similar.
- Evidence of academic publications.
Physical Skills
Essential
- Standard keyboard skills and IT literacy including knowledge of Microsoft, Outlook, Excel, Teams and BadgerNet.
- Ability to participate in a Midwifery Manager On-Call rota as part of the Trusts out-of-hours management provision.
- Must meet the travel requirements of the Post i.e. supporting services across multiple sites during working hours.
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC Registered Midwife.
- Degree in Midwifery studies or healthcare-related subject (UK equivalent) with additional clinical and professional experience with relevant to maternity.
- Masters Qualification in a relevant clinical subject or currently working towards.
- Mentorship qualification or equivalent demonstrable experience.
- Evidence of continual professional development in specialist areas of midwifery.
- Leadership/Management Course or equivalent demonstrable experience.
Desirable
- Professional Midwifery Advocate.
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Well-developed verbal and written communication skills including presentations and publications.
- Highly-developed interpersonal skills with meticulous attention to detail.
- Ability to develop policies and procedures.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to lead, influence and negotiate with staff at all levels internally and externally.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
- Demonstrate awareness of priorities, deals with workloads, adapts to changing requirements and uses initiative.
- Able to work sensitively and collaboratively across organisational boundaries, recognising changes in circumstances and to incorporate them into practice.
- Awareness of equality and diversity issues.
- Negotiating and ability to resolve conflict.
- Ability to compile, analyse and disseminate complex information.
- Ability to develop educational programmes, teach and support education of staff.
- Ability to work on own initiative and organise workload, allocating work as necessary, working to tight and often changing deadlines.
- Demonstrate sound judgement in the absence of clear guidelines or precedent, seeking advice as necessary from more senior leaders when appropriate.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to chair / organise and lead work streams/meetings involving a range of staff.
- Able to think strategically and translate vision for local service into delivery by collaboration and partnership.
- Highly-developed leadership skills with the ability to motivate and involve individuals.
Desirable
- Budget management skills.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- In-depth professional theoretical knowledge and experience of Midwifery across antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal services.
- Evidence of substantial knowledge/clinical experience in public health and inequalities.
- Experience of working in partnership with multidisciplinary teams.
- Evidence of innovative practice that involves research and or audit.
- Project management skills.
- Awareness of National NHS agenda and the National Maternity Transformation requirements.
- Knowledge of current developments in midwifery and political awareness of NHS.
- Evidence of teaching and mentoring staff / students.
Desirable
- Previous experience working as an advanced midwifery practitioner.
- Experience in public speaking and presenting at conferences or similar.
- Evidence of academic publications.
Physical Skills
Essential
- Standard keyboard skills and IT literacy including knowledge of Microsoft, Outlook, Excel, Teams and BadgerNet.
- Ability to participate in a Midwifery Manager On-Call rota as part of the Trusts out-of-hours management provision.
- Must meet the travel requirements of the Post i.e. supporting services across multiple sites during working hours.
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC Registered Midwife.
- Degree in Midwifery studies or healthcare-related subject (UK equivalent) with additional clinical and professional experience with relevant to maternity.
- Masters Qualification in a relevant clinical subject or currently working towards.
- Mentorship qualification or equivalent demonstrable experience.
- Evidence of continual professional development in specialist areas of midwifery.
- Leadership/Management Course or equivalent demonstrable experience.
Desirable
- Professional Midwifery Advocate.
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Well-developed verbal and written communication skills including presentations and publications.
- Highly-developed interpersonal skills with meticulous attention to detail.
- Ability to develop policies and procedures.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to lead, influence and negotiate with staff at all levels internally and externally.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
- Demonstrate awareness of priorities, deals with workloads, adapts to changing requirements and uses initiative.
- Able to work sensitively and collaboratively across organisational boundaries, recognising changes in circumstances and to incorporate them into practice.
- Awareness of equality and diversity issues.
- Negotiating and ability to resolve conflict.
- Ability to compile, analyse and disseminate complex information.
- Ability to develop educational programmes, teach and support education of staff.
- Ability to work on own initiative and organise workload, allocating work as necessary, working to tight and often changing deadlines.
- Demonstrate sound judgement in the absence of clear guidelines or precedent, seeking advice as necessary from more senior leaders when appropriate.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to chair / organise and lead work streams/meetings involving a range of staff.
- Able to think strategically and translate vision for local service into delivery by collaboration and partnership.
- Highly-developed leadership skills with the ability to motivate and involve individuals.
Desirable
- Budget management skills.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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