Consultant Midwife- Clinical Effectiveness and Innovation

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, visionary Consultant Midwife to join our team at Sherwood Forest Hospital.

The role of the consultant midwife is to provide expert clinical care and leadership within the maternity service. By working in collaboration with the Head of Midwifery, Clinical Director and wider perinatal senior team, the Consultant Midwife will ensure there is effective leadership, education and training, practice and service development and research/evaluation within the maternity service.

The successful candidate will be an expert, autonomous practitioner of midwifery, a role model for midwives, a lead for midwifery research and practice development, and a reference for multi-professional colleagues. The Consultant Midwife will function as an expert midwifery advisor internally and externally. This will include acting as an ambassador for the Trust's maternity and neonatal services, raising the profile of Sherwood Forest Hospitals Trust as a maternity and neonatal centre of excellence internally and nationally as required by the Director of Midwifery/Divisional Director of Nursing and/or Chief Nurse.

Apply now to join our team and make a difference in healthcare!

Main duties of the job

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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