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Job overview
We are pleased to offer an exciting opportunity to join one of the UK’s largest Foundation Trusts, internationally recognised for its innovation and excellence in healthcare.
If you are passionate about delivering exceptional maternity and neonatal care and are seeking to develop a rewarding career, UCLH maternity services is the place for you. You will join a motivated, friendly, and enthusiastic multidisciplinary team, dedicated to excellence within a nationally recognised centre for maternity care.
We are looking for a skilled and experienced midwife to primarily join our dynamic postnatal ward team as team leader. This is an outstanding opportunity for someone with a passion for postnatal care to advance their career in a supportive and innovative setting.
Key Attributes and Skills • Enthusiastic and highly motivated. • Strong leadership and organisational skills. • Expertise and proven competence in postnatal care. • Excellent communication skills with the ability to nurture positive and collaborative working relationships. If you are ready to embrace this opportunity and make a difference in postnatal care, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
As Inpatient Midwife Team Leader, you will:
- Provide advanced and compassionate midwifery care and ensure prescribing for women with diabetes in pregnancy, ensuring timely assessments, follow-up and evidence-based care planning.
- Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary postnatal services, working closely with consultants, neonatologist, specialist support workers, perinatal mental health team, and senior management team,e.t.c..
- Offer expert advice, education and support to colleagues across maternity, primary care and the wider trust, ensuring best practice is shared and implemented.
- Line manage and appraise team members, supporting their development and ensuring service resilience.
- Champion patient education, empowering women and families to understand and manage their condition throughout pregnancy and beyond.
- Take an active role in governance, clinical audit, complaints investigation, and implementation of national initiatives such as the Saving Babies’ Lives Care Bundle.
- Contribute to service development, research and quality improvement to enhance outcomes and patient experience.
Promote a culture of safety, compassion and inclusivity, ensuring women’s voices and experiences are at the heart of service delivery.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*
* UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the third year in a row.
UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff – To find out more, visit: Flexible working.
To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- • Demonstrates excellent clinical skills with a commitment to family-centred care.
- • Awareness and application of research-based practice.
- • Proven managerial experience across all areas of midwifery care, including recruitment, development, and performance management.
- • Experience in prioritising workloads, working on own initiative, and managing team workloads effectively.
- • Understanding and engagement with clinical governance and quality issues (e.g., benchmarking).
- • Experience in developing mechanisms for financial control and cost-effectiveness.
Communication
Essential
- • Acts as a key communication resource within the multidisciplinary team, ensuring effective information sharing and collaboration.
- • Demonstrates strong written and verbal communication skills.
- • Demonstrates strong interpersonal and non-verbal communication skills.
- • Excellent IT skills with experience using Microsoft Office Software (Excel, MS Teams, Word etc)
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- • Sound knowledge of current midwifery issues and their local and national relevance
- • In-depth understanding of safeguarding, including the provision of staff support.
- • Strong skills in organisation, conflict resolution and negotiation, and complex problem-solving.
- • Demonstrates the ability to think creatively and develop innovative solutions.
Specific Requirements
Essential
- • Ability to work flexibly to support in the clinical area as required.
- • Employs effective strategies to manage stress and work pressures in a professional manner.
Knowledge and Qualifications
Essential
- • Registered midwife.
- • Mentorship/SSSA qualification.
- • Recognised leadership training or equivalent experience.
Desirable
- • MSc qualification or working towards a master’s degree.
Personal and People Development
Essential
- • Provides supervision and support to staff, fostering a psychologically safe and inclusive working environment.
- • Actively engages in knowledge sharing and contributes to continuous improvement across the organisation.
- • Actively seeks, monitors, and evaluates feedback from staff and patients to inform service improvement.
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This advert is for Inpatient Team Leader with University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in London, London, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Manager and corporate role. The advertised salary is £58,133 - £65,261 Per annum inclusive of HCAS. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 13 Jul 2026.
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