Job summary

Join Our Dynamic Maternity Team
We are seeking an enthusiastic, compassionate and motivated midwife to join our Antenatal Day Unit and Maternity Triage services. This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference to women and families by delivering safe, responsive and high-quality care throughout pregnancy.

You will work autonomously within your scope of practice, providing expert assessment, care planning and interventions for women attending triage both in person and via telephone. Working closely with the multidisciplinary team, you will help ensure women receive personalised, effective care when they need it most.

The role includes assessing care needs, developing and evaluating individualised care plans, monitoring outcomes, managing test results and supporting home blood pressure monitoring programmes. You will use your clinical judgement to respond confidently to both routine and emergency situations while maintaining the highest standards of care.

As an integral member of the team, you will build strong collaborative relationships, contribute to a positive patient experience and support the development of colleagues and students through supervision, mentoring and teaching.

If you are passionate about delivering exceptional maternity care, thrive in a fast-paced environment and are committed to improving outcomes for women and their families, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

Lead the Future of Maternity Care
We are seeking an experienced and inspirational midwifery leader to help shape and deliver high-quality, evidence-based maternity services.

In this influential role, you will provide strategic leadership across maternity services, driving excellence in clinical care and championing continuous improvement. You will lead on clinical governance, quality initiatives, service development, research and audit activity, ensuring women and families receive safe, compassionate and personalised care.

Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams and key stakeholders, you will support the delivery of national and local maternity priorities and contribute to the development, implementation and evaluation of policies, guidelines and clinical protocols that promote safe and effective practice.

You will play a key role in driving innovation and modernisation, identifying opportunities to improve services and embed new ways of working. You will also contribute to the public health agenda, supporting initiatives that enhance the health and wellbeing of women, babies and families.

This is an excellent opportunity for a passionate leader who is committed to improving outcomes, influencing positive change and helping shape the future of maternity care.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Learn more about us in our Candidate Information Pack

Job responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Qualifications
Essential

• Degree / Diploma in Midwifery studies or equivalent

Desirable

• Masters Degree

Professional Registration
Essential

• Registered Midwife with current NMC registration

Knowledge, Training and Experience
Essential

• Current experience in Midwifery Practice
• Team Working
• Evidence of acting as a mentor/preceptor
• Awareness of change management

Skills and Abilities
Essential

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Effective written and verbal communication
• Time management
• Evidence of multidisciplinary working
• Demonstrate an awareness of research and audit

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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 (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).