Lead Midwife for Maternal Medicine
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust – Lead Midwife for Maternal Medicine.
The closing date is 05 May 2026.
Main duties of the job
You will have responsibility for the provision of effective and efficient service within the midwifery unit(s) in your Trust. You will provide clinical and professional management and leadership for the team. You will work alongside the Lead Clinician for your Trust, and with the Local Maternity System Maternal Medicine Clinical lead. You are responsible for ensuring the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of care programmes are maintained to a high standard. You will manage the reporting aspects of the Maternal Medicine provision within your unit and ensure cost effective use of resources.
Job responsibilities
See attached Job Description and Person Specification for detailed information about the role and requirements.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
- Registered Midwife with current UK NMC Registration
- Degree level qualification or equivalent in Midwifery
- PROMPT or other relevant emergency skills qualification
- Evidence of further study and development of professional and academic skills
- Level 3 Safeguarding Training
- Masters or working towards master’s level in an appropriate subject
- Recognised teaching qualification
Knowledge, Training & Experience
- Relevant post registration experience at Band 6 or above
- Experience of teaching/presenting
- Proven ability to communicate well within a multidisciplinary team (both verbally and non-verbally)
- Ability to motivate self and others and influence change
- Understanding of clinical governance and the importance of identification, management and monitoring of risk processes
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Proven ability to deal with any potentially difficult or sensitive issues
- Understanding of confidentiality in the workplace
- Proven ability to prioritise own workload and meet deadlines
- Ability to work from both hospital sites as required to meet the demands of the service
- Safeguarding experience
- Demonstrate additional training to underpin knowledge for speciality
Knowledge & Experience
- Communication and Interpersonal Skills
- Leadership and management skills
- Competent in IT and able to produce detailed and accurate reports
- Able to work independently and autonomously as well as part of a wider multidisciplinary team
- Participate in standard setting and research projects
- Evidence showing clinical and professional development
- Ability to produce high quality reports for use internally and externally to the Group
- Demonstrate empathy and diplomacy
- Ability to prioritise care associated with changing environment/patient demands
- Facilitate learning of others.
Special Attributes and other
- Flexible and reliable
- Good timekeeper
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.
We welcome applications from candidates who require Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship to work in the UK, and these will be considered alongside all other applications in line with our commitment to equality and inclusion.
Applicants can determine their potential eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship by reviewing the Skilled Worker Visa criteria set out by UKVI on the gov.uk website.
We reserve the right to close the advert early in the event of high levels of interest. Therefore early applications are encouraged.
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