Job summary
We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Midwife to join our team in the specialist Fetal Medicine Unit at St Mary's Hospital. As a specialist Fetal Medicine Midwife you will provide and coordinate care pathways to women and families experiencing fetal conditions and complications in pregnancy.

This is an exciting opportunity to work with a highly experienced and knowledgeable multidisciplinary team across maternity, obstetrics, neonates and genomics.

If you are an advanced practitioner with a passion for improving outcomes, driving service development and supporting families through complex journeys, we would love to hear from you.

Saint Mary's Hospital Managed Clinical Service is the largest maternity service in the country providing care for women across Manchester, its surrounding areas and the North West. Saint Mary's Hospital is a well-known centre of excellence with a vibrant and lively working atmosphere.

To support your career, we offer a wide range of development and educational initiatives that will assist your career here at MFT.

Main duties of the job
The post holder will be expected to:

• Develop and implement programmes of evidence based care planning for patient group and their families including reproductive health care.
• Develop personalised care plans.
• Ensure women and their families receive information in a sensitive way to enable them make an informed decision.
• Provide direct patient care and have detailed clinical knowledge of the specialist area.
• Assist the Fetal Medicine team to ensure that high standards of quality of care are delivered and maintained.
• Assist consultants when performing invasive procedures including feticide.
• Arrange and co-ordinate with the multidisciplinary team intrauterine transfusion and red cells or platelets.
• Arrange appropriate appointments for women choosing to terminate a pregnancy for medical reasons.
• Enable women and family's choice and involvement and initiate appropriate action, acting as an advocate for the woman and her family.
• Develop and maintain effective communication systems both within and outside the Trust and create an environment that encourages open communication and trust.
• Ensure that child protection and vulnerable adult legislation is adhered to within own practice and service.

About us
Join Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) and become part of a 30,000 plus strong team, delivering exceptional care to over 1 million people every year. As the largest provider of specialist services, and our Oxford Road Campus in Manchester, the largest health academic campus in Europe, we are forward-thinking, committed to clinical excellence and driven to deliver innovation, and continuous improvement.

Whether you're beginning your career or taking the next step, MFT offers a stimulating and supportive environment where your contribution truly matters. Our Hive Electronic Patient Record system enables safer, smarter, and more efficient ways of working - empowering you to deliver the best possible outcomes for our patients.

You'll be part of a collaborative, multi-disciplinary community, working alongside professionals from a wide range of clinical backgrounds. Together, we push boundaries, share knowledge, and deliver care that transforms lives.

At MFT, you'll find a workplace where everyone is respected, supported, and encouraged to thrive. We offer clear clinical pathways for professional development, helping you grow your skills and achieve your ambitions.

Your journey at MFT is more than a job - it's an opportunity to make a lasting impact. We'll support you as you shape the future of healthcare, one patient at a time.

Details
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year Per Annum (Pro Rata)
Contract: Secondment
Working pattern: Part-time, Job share
Reference number: 349-SHCG-8327033-RL3
Closing date: 26 October 2026

Qualifications

• Essential: Registered Midwife Graduate level
• Essential: Evidence of continuing professional development

Knowledge and Experience

• Essential: Knowledge of Fetal Medicine
• Essential: Knowledge of multi-agency working together in child protection
• Essential: Evidence of multi-disciplinary/multi agency working
• Essential: Experience of clinical audit
• Essential: Experience of research activities
• Desirable: Experience in Fetal Medicine
• Desirable: Experience of leadership skill
• Desirable: Evidence of training for delivering bad news

Skills

• Essential: Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Essential: Exemplary personal standards of conduct and behaviour.
• Essential: Clinically competent
• Essential: Effective organisational skills
• Essential: Good analytical and clinical decision making skills
• Essential: Record keeping and documentation
• Essential: Able to work flexibly
• Essential: Capacity to work within a multidisciplinary team
• Essential: Ability to make calm rational decisions in the face of adversity
• Essential: Treats colleagues with dignity and respect
• Essential: Inspires others and leads by example
• Essential: Evidence of teaching and assessing skills/abilities
• Essential: Proven workload management
• Essential: Proven ability to solve problems
• Essential: Awareness of Clinical Governance process
• Essential: IT Skill
• Desirable: Experience of communicating complex and sensitive information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see the NHS Careers website.

Contact
Fetal Medicine Unit Manager: Megan Daley, megan.daley@mft.nhs.uk, 01612766385

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce. All individuals are encouraged to apply for this post.