# Lead Midwife for Pre-term Birth > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/lead-midwife-for-pre-term-birth/50350b26-eaf6-4638-84b8-8b30dffcc967 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/lead-midwife-for-pre-term-birth/50350b26-eaf6-4638-84b8-8b30dffcc967.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Sutton In Ashfield - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Midwife - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (No unsocial hours) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-21T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-05T13:31:29.059Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Nottinghamshire/Sutton_Ashfield/Sherwood_Forest_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Maternity/Maternity-v7984913 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7984913?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Lead Midwife for Preterm Birth is a senior clinical leadership role within the maternity service at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The post holder will lead and coordinate preterm birth prevention and optimisation work in line with national initiatives including Saving Babies’ Lives Care Bundle Version 3 (SBLCBv3), MatNeoSIP and NHS Resolution standards. The role involves overseeing the development, implementation and monitoring of evidence-based pathways and clinical practices to improve outcomes for women and babies at risk of preterm birth. Working across multidisciplinary teams, the Lead Midwife will support service improvement, governance, audit, education and quality improvement initiatives. Responsibilities include supporting the preterm birth clinic, monitoring compliance with national standards, leading audits and reporting, delivering staff training, and contributing to research and policy development. The post holder will also work collaboratively with obstetric, neonatal, governance and regional maternity teams to ensure safe, equitable and seamless care across the maternity pathway. This role requires advanced midwifery knowledge, strong leadership and communication skills, and the ability to drive service development and improve patient outcomes within a complex clinical environment. ### Main duties of the job To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification. ## Job Details The Lead Midwife for Preterm Birth is a senior clinical leadership role within the maternity service at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The post holder will lead and coordinate preterm birth prevention and optimisation work in line with national initiatives including Saving Babies’ Lives Care Bundle Version 3 (SBLCBv3), MatNeoSIP and NHS Resolution standards. The role involves overseeing the development, implementation and monitoring of evidence-based pathways and clinical practices to improve outcomes for women and babies at risk of preterm birth. Working across multidisciplinary teams, the Lead Midwife will support service improvement, governance, audit, education and quality improvement initiatives. Responsibilities include supporting the preterm birth clinic, monitoring compliance with national standards, leading audits and reporting, delivering staff training, and contributing to research and policy development. The post holder will also work collaboratively with obstetric, neonatal, governance and regional maternity teams to ensure safe, equitable and seamless care across the maternity pathway. This role requires advanced midwifery knowledge, strong leadership and communication skills, and the ability to drive service development and improve patient outcomes within a complex clinical environment. ## Job Description To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification. ## Responsibilities To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - A good understanding of SBLCB and preterm birth prevention and management - Demonstrate insight in the use of data to influence patient care and services - Ability to respond to, prioritise analyse complex problems/situations and ensure effective interventions are put in place. - Ability to generate and present reports and documents - Deal effectively with clinical issues within defined procedures/ guidelines - Use of appraisal, personal development review and training needs analysis **Desirable** - Demonstrate a knowledge of current issues related to NHS strategy and policy - Use of clinical benchmarking to influence patient care) - Use of the knowledge and skills framework ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of caring for women at risk of or in preterm labour - Substantive Managerial / leadership experience at band 6 in the NHS - Evidence of participating in organisational change that has led to changes in quality - Proven track record in leadership and management - Evidence of leading projects - Ability to respond to, prioritise and analyse complex problems/situations and ensure effective interventions are put in place. - Ability to generate and present reports and documents. - Deal effectively with clinical issues within defined procedures/guidelines - Recruitment and selection of staff **Desirable** - Audit or research within the clinical area - Formal teaching of groups of staff - Budget management - Has undertaken packages relevant to role and specialty - Successful implementation and management of a change process - Evidence of formal teaching experience ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Midwife - Degree level study (or equivalent) - Evidence of continuing professional development - Continuing professional development/ reflective profile - Teaching and Assessing qualification **Desirable** - Completion of all local competency packages - Research training/experience ECDL - Masters level qualification - Attendance at conferences / study days ### Contractual Requirements **Essential** - Flexible and adaptable - Enhanced CRB clearance ## Documents - [benefits leaflet (pdf, 834.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2702) - [application guide (pdf, 584.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2448) - [our staff networks (pdf, 810.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2938) - [nursing, midwifery & ahp strategy 25-28 (pdf, 2.6mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2492) - [job description lead midwife for preterm birth (pdf, 248.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10268228) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.