Antenatal Day Unit Midwife

Job overview

Join Our Dynamic Maternity Team

We are seeking an enthusiastic, compassionate and motivated midwife to join our Antenatal Day Unit and Maternity Triage services. This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference to women and families by delivering safe, responsive and high-quality care throughout pregnancy.

You will work autonomously within your scope of practice, providing expert assessment, care planning and interventions for women attending triage both in person and via telephone. Working closely with the multidisciplinary team, you will help ensure women receive personalised, effective care when they need it most.

The role includes assessing care needs, developing and evaluating individualised care plans, monitoring outcomes, managing test results and supporting home blood pressure monitoring programmes. You will use your clinical judgement to respond confidently to both routine and emergency situations while maintaining the highest standards of care.

As an integral member of the team, you will build strong collaborative relationships, contribute to a positive patient experience and support the development of colleagues and students through supervision, mentoring and teaching.

If you are passionate about delivering exceptional maternity care, thrive in a fast-paced environment and are committed to improving outcomes for women and their families, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

Lead the Future of Maternity Care

We are seeking an experienced and inspirational midwifery leader to help shape and deliver high-quality, evidence-based maternity services.

In this influential role, you will provide strategic leadership across maternity services, driving excellence in clinical care and championing continuous improvement. You will lead on clinical governance, quality initiatives, service development, research and audit activity, ensuring women and families receive safe, compassionate and personalised care.

Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams and key stakeholders, you will support the delivery of national and local maternity priorities and contribute to the development, implementation and evaluation of policies, guidelines and clinical protocols that promote safe and effective practice.

You will play a key role in driving innovation and modernisation, identifying opportunities to improve services and embed new ways of working. You will also contribute to the public health agenda, supporting initiatives that enhance the health and wellbeing of women, babies and families.

This is an excellent opportunity for a passionate leader who is committed to improving outcomes, influencing positive change and helping shape the future of maternity care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

The NCA is committed to providing inclusive, accessible care and building a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all backgrounds, identities and beliefs.

We are proud supporters of the Armed Forces community and offer a guaranteed interview to eligible applicants who meet the essential criteria. As a Disability Confident Employer, we also guarantee interviews for disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria.

Vacancies may close early where high application volumes are received or an internal redeployee is identified.

For fixed-term roles, current NHS staff will be considered for secondments, while fixed-term contracts will be offered to external (non-NHS) applicants.

If you are applying for a secondment, please discuss this with your line manager before applying. Any secondment offer will be subject to management approval and service needs. Where release cannot be supported, the secondment may unfortunately be unable to proceed.

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.