Job summary
Are you an ambitious, compassionate and motivated midwife looking to take the next step in your career? Are you passionate about improving quality, safety and the experiences of women, birthing people, babies and their families? If so, we would love to hear from you. This is an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic Governance Team where you will play a pivotal role in supporting the delivery of safe, high-quality maternity care. Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary colleagues, you will contribute to the continuous improvement of clinical standards, patient safety and service quality across our perinatal services. As an experienced midwife, you will bring excellent communication, leadership and relationship-building skills. You will be confident in inspiring and supporting colleagues, fostering a culture of learning, openness and continuous improvement, and driving positive change across the service. Working flexibly across the organisation, you will help monitor, evaluate and enhance clinical practice while supporting governance, quality improvement initiatives and organisational learning. This role offers an excellent opportunity to influence practice, champion high standards of care and make a meaningful difference to the experiences and outcomes of women, birthing people, babies and families. If you are committed to service excellence and want to be part of our supportive, forward-thinking organisation, we would be delighted to receive your application. About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation. We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands. Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here: Apply through our website.
Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list. Details
Date posted: 30 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year pro rata per annum
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 214-W&C-8130783
Job locations: King's Mill Hospital, Mansfield Road, Sutton in Ashfield, NG17 4JL, United Kingdom Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements
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. UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Employer contact details
Deputy Head of Midwifery: Lisa Butler
Email: View email address on meeveem.com
Phone: View phone number on meeveem.com
Are you an ambitious, compassionate and motivated midwife looking to take the next step in your career? Are you passionate about improving quality, safety and the experiences of women, birthing people, babies and their families? If so, we would love to hear from you. This is an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic Governance Team where you will play a pivotal role in supporting the delivery of safe, high-quality maternity care. Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary colleagues, you will contribute to the continuous improvement of clinical standards, patient safety and service quality across our perinatal services. As an experienced midwife, you will bring excellent communication, leadership and relationship-building skills. You will be confident in inspiring and supporting colleagues, fostering a culture of learning, openness and continuous improvement, and driving positive change across the service. Working flexibly across the organisation, you will help monitor, evaluate and enhance clinical practice while supporting governance, quality improvement initiatives and organisational learning. This role offers an excellent opportunity to influence practice, champion high standards of care and make a meaningful difference to the experiences and outcomes of women, birthing people, babies and families. If you are committed to service excellence and want to be part of our supportive, forward-thinking organisation, we would be delighted to receive your application. About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire. We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation. We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands. Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here: Apply through our website.
Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list. Details
Date posted: 30 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year pro rata per annum
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 214-W&C-8130783
Job locations: King's Mill Hospital, Mansfield Road, Sutton in Ashfield, NG17 4JL, United Kingdom Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements
- Essential
- Evidence of Professional development
- Evidence of Professional and research awareness
- Desirable
- Computer Literacy
- Risk Management (NHSR)
- Clinical Governance
- Health and Safety issues
- Essential
- Registered Midwife
- Degree or Equivalent
- Desirable
- Essential
- Teaching Qualification
- Perineal Repair
- Epidural training
- Cannulation training
- IV administration
- Management or Leadership Qualification
- Current Driving Licence
- Desirable
- ALSO course
- Essential
- Excellent Communication skills
- Experience as a Band 6 Midwife
- Experience of development and leadership of change in clinical practice
- Experience in all aspects of Midwifery care
- Desirable
- Demonstration of tact and diplomacy
- Management of people
- Understanding of current clinical governance national and local drivers
- Essential
- The ability to develop and maintain communication with people on complex matters, issues and ideas and/or in complex situations
- The ability to develop a culture that improves quality
- The ability to work in partnership with and develop, take forward and evaluate direction, policies and strategies
- The ability to use data to inform changes required in care delivery and to effectively implement the change
- The ability to effectively support staff to achieve their full potential through effective supervision and direction
- The ability to demonstrate the SFH organisational care values and behaviours
- Desirable
- Able to demonstrate significant personal involvement in change management
- Experience in clinical audit
- Essential
- Demonstrates a passion for improving care
- Demonstrates resilience in the face of complex issues
- Ability to treat all employees and other hospital information confidentially
- Recognition of factors in maintaining own and others health, safety and security
- Supportive of equality and values diversity
- Desirable
- Essential
- Experience in normal midwifery and high risk obstetric care
- Knowledge of statutory regulations governing nursing and midwifery
- Knowledge of midwifery issues both strategically and nationally
- Practice is underpinned by research based evidence and theory
- Knowledge and understanding of managerial responsibilities
- Knowledge of the NHS governance agenda
- Desirable
- Essential
- Committed to organisation and achieving departmental goals
- Ability to coordinate and liaise within the multidisciplinary team
- Ability to achieve deadlines and work under pressure
- Enthusiastic and motivated
- Adaptable and flexible
- Assertive and innovative
- Able to manage own stress
- Desirable
- Essential
- Adherence to trust policy and guidelines
- Desirable
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. UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Employer contact details
Deputy Head of Midwifery: Lisa Butler
Email: View email address on meeveem.com
Phone: View phone number on meeveem.com
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