Band 7 Birth Centre Manager
This is a leadership position; the post holder will act as a professional role model, inspiring, leading and coordinating the birth centre team, behaving in an exemplary manner at all times. You will have responsibility for the day-to-day management and organisation of midwife-led intrapartum care in this setting, within available resources.
You will be accountable for the overall provision of excellence in midwife-led birthing care, providing evidenced based, woman-centered midwifery care, delivered in a variety of models.
The post holder will work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team, other agencies and service user representatives.
Facilitate and have responsibility for the effective assessment, implementation and evaluation of all midwife-led intrapartum care within the Birth Centre.
· Monitor and evaluate standards of care in conjunction with other colleagues as part of the multiprofessional team, ensuring best practice
· To assess the effectiveness of current practices within the Birth Centre team and introduce innovations that lead to improved quality of care.
· Be confident and competent in caring for women/birthing people who choose to birth outside of the guidelines and coordinate others in the delivery of this care.
· Be confident and competent in dealing with and leading obstetric emergencies and mobilising the team in the hospital: for example: collapse in the water, shoulder dystocia, postpartum haemorrhage, neonatal resuscitation, maternal resuscitation, sepsis, unexpected breech birth and other emergencies.
· As the lead midwife, you will develop and maintain systems for clinical audit in conjunction with the Consultant Midwife team, risk management team and midwifery management.
· Advocate for women/birthing people and support them in their choices surrounding pregnancy and birth, whilst empowering them and promoting birth as a normal, physiological process
· Facilitate Personalised Care Plan clinics for women/birthing people who are choosing to use the Birth Centre but are classified as “out of guidance”.
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
Please see attached job description for main roles and responsibilities, and further explanation of what the post entails.
This advert closes on Wednesday 13 May 2026
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