# Midwifery Team Leader - Burnley Birth Centre

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
- **Location:** Burnley General Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Midwife
- **Grade:** Band 7
- **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum pro rata
- **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (12 months maternity cover)
- **Employment type:** Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-06T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-02T11:12:34.687Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Lancashire/Burnley/East_Lancashire_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/Family_Community_Care_Group/Family_Community_Care_Group-v8247603
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8247603?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.elht.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Within ELHT Maternity services, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a Fixed Term 12 month post as Midwifery Team Leader for the Burnley Birth Centre. This is a temporary Band 7 post, involving managerial duties, and clinical duties as required. The post holder will oversee the daily management of the Birth Centre, for a temporary 12 month period.

The successful candidate will oversee the daily management of the Birth Centre and coordination of Community activity and staffing, leading on clinical activity and patient flow, whilst supporting the needs of patients and staff. The role enables opportunity for professional development and leadership within a dynamic area of the Maternity services, supporting the provision of safe, personal and effective care for women and babies throughout pregnancy and the postnatal period.

The successful candidate will work within the Midwife Led alongside Birth Centre, and also in collaboration with the wider Multidisciplinary team and Neonatal colleagues to ensure a high standard of care is maintained.

### Main duties of the job

Please see the attached Job Description and person specification for a detailed overview of the main duties of this post.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

### 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.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience in a Midwifery leadership or managerial position
- Experience of working with Safeguarding Children legislation
- Experience of developing services as part of multidisciplinary team
- Experience of working in a multi-agency setting
- Experience of managing change

**Desirable**

- Analysing evidence based practice and statistics
- Managing a budget

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Registered Midwife having had experience at a band 6
- Degree (or working towards) in Midwifery or related subject

### Personal Attributes

**Essential**

- Interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively with multidisciplinary agencies
- Highly motivated and able to motivate others
- Able to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary setting
- Able to motivate others through change and negotiate new ways of working across organisational boundaries
- Evidence of well-developed leadership skills

### Knowledge and Skills

**Essential**

- Working knowledge of child protection legislative framework
- Ability to manage conflict constructively
- Knowledge of advantages and barriers to partnership working
- Ability to lead and motivate team
- Understanding the distinctive contribution of other agencies
- Effective management of resources
- Organisational skills, including ability to prioritize workload
- Evidence of continued professional development
- An understanding of IT systems.
- Understanding of the local area and issues
- Working knowledge of governance framework and risk management processes

**Desirable**

- Ability to design, implement and evaluate monitoring and evaluation processes

## Documents

- [privacy notice (pdf, 305.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1761)
- [benefits of working at elht (pdf, 1.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2405)
- [additional candidate information 2024 (pdf, 408.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2494)
- [job description and personal specification (pdf, 304.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10653921)

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