Job summary
- Main area
- Maternity
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- 12 months (Secondment: 12 months)
- Hours
- Part time - 7.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-WCCS-2742
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Queen Charlottes & Chelsea Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £66,274 - £73,496 pa inclusive pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/10/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Maternal Medicine Network Co-Lead Midwife
Band 8a
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
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With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
The NW London Maternal Medicine Network was established in 2022, with a leadership team consisting of Clinical Director, Lead Obstetric Physician, Lead Obstetrician and Lead Midwife (one WTE).
The Network is seeking to employ a senior midwife to work 7.5 hours pw alongside the Lead Midwife who has reduced working hours to 30 hours per week. This will be a secondment post until end December 2027.
The role of the Co-lead Midwife will be to work as part of the Maternal Medicine Network leadership team to develop and implement a shared vision for midwifery within maternal medicine and to deliver the Network objectives, as cited in the NW London Maternal Medicine Network Service Specification (2023).
The postholder will be undertaking duties commensurate with 7.5 hours pw which will include supporting the development of maternal medicine midwifery across NW London; helping local maternal medicine midwives to develop business cases to increase their midwifery teams and helping local teams to implement the Maternal Care Bundle (NHS 2026).
If you are an experienced senior midwife, with previous experience of working within maternal medicine, looking to influence midwifery input into this field, then we are keen to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
- Leading and facilitating further development of maternal medicine midwifery practice and roles in each maternity unit, by providing local staff practical support. Areas might include (but not limited to):
- Supporting the development of maternal medicine midwifery antenatal continuity, including Booking and postnatal input.
- Supporting local teams to develop business cases to develop or increase the maternal medicine midwifery team.
- Implementing relevant aspect of the NHS Maternal Care Bundle (2026), especially in non-maternity settings.
- Working as part of the Network leadership team in developing and implementing a shared vision for midwifery within the Network.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Environmental sustainability
Climate change and poor air quality is a health emergency that harms people’s health and wellbeing and widens health inequalities. The Trust is also committed to reducing its impact on the environment by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2045. All our employees have a role to play, and we have an active green network that supports staff to act in ways that ensures that our services are efficient, sustainable and reduce our impact on the environment www.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/our-strategy/green-plan.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
- Registered Midwife- NMC registrant
- Educated to Masters’ level in relevant subject, or for completion within 12 months, or evidence of equivalent and relevant level of experience.
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) or other postgraduate clinical study.
Desirable criteria
- Teaching course or equivalent.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Operational management experience in acute hospital setting
- Substantial experience of teaching and mentoring junior staff.
- Relevant acute care and/or maternal medicine clinic experience
- Familiarity with Microsoft IT applications (Word, Excel, SharePoint, PowerPoint)
Desirable criteria
- Teaching qualification
- Experience acting as on-call manager
- Emergency department, HDU or ITU experience
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to inspire confidence, to lead staff, motivate and involve individuals and teams to enable them to understand the Trust’s and Maternal Medicine Network’s performance expectations.
- A commitment to improving patient services through ability to sustain a clear performance focus on achieving demanding goals.
- High level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude.
- Ability to analyse and interpret performance data to identify areas for improvement
- Ability to present data in a way which makes it accessible for all; IT literate with experience of spreadsheets and data manipulation.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nora Farrelly
- Job title
- Consultant Midwife for Complex birth
- Email address
- [email protected]
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