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 sservices 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 lead. 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, • 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.
Working for our organisation
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research. We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites: • University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing) • National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery • Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals • University College Hospital Grafton Way Building • Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine • University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre • The Hospital for Tropical Diseases • University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology. We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.