This is an exciting opportunity for an exceptional midwife to influence strategic direction, provide expert clinical leadership and drive innovation in the promotion of physiological birth and midwifery-led models of care. As a Consultant Midwife, you will:
Lead on the development and delivery of midwifery-led pathways, including birth centre services.
Act as a clinical expert, supporting midwives to provide safe, personalised and compassionate care.
Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team, service users and external partners to enhance choice and experience for women and families.
Provide leadership of the Practice development and Education to ensure continual improvement and the highest standards of care.
Influence policy, service design and workforce development to promote midwifery-led care across both maternity units.
About You
You will be a highly experienced midwife with a proven track record in clinical leadership, service development and promoting midwifery-led practice. You will demonstrate:
Advanced clinical expertise in physiological birth and midwifery-led care.
Strong leadership and influencing skills, with the ability to inspire, educate and support others.
A passion for improving outcomes and experiences for women, birthing people and families.
Excellent communication and partnership-working skills.
A Master’s degree or equivalent experience, with a commitment to research and evidence-based practice.
You will be required to work cross-site as part of the multi-disciplinary team in Maternity services, across organisational boundaries.
You will be a clinical expert in midwifery practice, with a focus on improving midwifery led practice through the antenatal intrapartum and the postnatal period.
You will share cross site lead responsibilities with the consultant midwife on the opposite site with a specific focus on perinatal mental health, health inequalities, public health, education and research and improving postnatal care and wellbeing.
You will lead on practice and service specific initiatives and innovations in midwifery.
All consultant midwives will work collaboratively across the sites to improve midwifery practice
Please see JD for further information.
Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
Improving the experience of staff with disability
Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
Making equalities mainstream
This post is a unique opportunity to combine excellence in clinical practice with academic achievement. The post-holder will be expected to deliver clinical care for 50% of their time. The other 50% of their time will be devoted to professional, personal and service development.
This job description is indicative of the areas of activity and responsibility encompassed by this role. These may be refined and adjusted with the successful candidate once an appointment has been made.
There will be a requirement to be part of the manager on-call rota for the maternity services within this role

Please refer the Job description for details