Job summary
- Main area
- Maternity
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- 12 months (Secondment to 30th September 2026.)
- Hours
- Full time - 34 hours per week (8.5 hour days, 9 days per fortnight, includes weekends and bank holidays, on call commitments)
- Job ref
- 390-WAC-SO-7330
- Employer
- Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Southend
- Town
- Westcliff-on-Sea
- Salary
- £47,810 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Community Lead Midwife
Band 7
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute hospital provider in the Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS), which is a system of health and care partners working together for our local population.
Within Mid and South Essex there are 149 GP practices, operating from over 200 sites, forming 27 Primary Care Networks and one Ambulance Trust. There are also three main community and mental health service providers who work together through a community collaborative.
We collaborate with other valuable partners, including three Healthwatch organisations, nine voluntary and community sector organisations and three top tier local authorities, with seven district, borough and city councils, as well as our local universities.
Job overview
We are pleased to announce an exciting new opportunity to join our dedicated midwifery team at Southend Hospital as one of our Community Lead Midwives.
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest Trusts in the country. As a fully established, merged trust we are extremely proud of the maternity services across MSE. Our sites include Southend, Basildon and Broomfield Hospital and two Freestanding Midwifery Units.
Providing high quality patient care, a positive experience for both Women and their families and being an excellent, compassionate and respectful workforce is at the centre of our service.
Our maternity units are both modern and well equipped which helps contribute to development and progression of our midwives.
Facts/Achievements
- One of the largest Trust’s in the country serving a population of 1.2 million people.
- Our Maternity units have around 12,000 births a year
- Won the Management Award 2019 for our preceptorship programme at the London Maternity and Midwifery Festival
- A number of midwives at MSE were awarded the CMO silver Award, which is the equivalent of a midwifery OBE
- A supportive Occupational Health and Wellbeing Team to support all staff across MSE.
You could help shape the future of our midwives here at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust.
Main duties of the job
Have overall (24 hour rotational) continuing clinical responsibility for the Maternity service demonstrating excellent clinical, leadership and professional skills. The ability to develop effective programmes for antenatal, intrapartum and postpartum care, and provide highly specialised advice to the multidisciplinary team. The post-holder will provide strong leadership support to the Maternity Matron / Head of Midwifery, and will demonstrate expert clinical skills, providing advice to staff and colleagues.
You will be working in collaboration with other multidisciplinary professionals enhancing and promoting the health and wellbeing of mothers and neonates in line with local and national standards relating to maternity care and referrals as appropriate.
Working for our organisation
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details and information please see attached Job Description and Personal Specification.
We look forward to your application!
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Midwife
- Leadership course or equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- Master’s Degree or evidence of studies at this level
Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Post-registration experience working at Senior/Managerial level
- Current knowledge of national initiatives directly impacting on Directorate specialties
- Demonstrable band 6 experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience of data analysis and audit evaluation
- Experience of financial and budgetary management
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Marie Whipps
- Job title
- Maternity Outpatient Services Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 443 6099
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