Specialist Midwife in Maternity Medicine | Barts Health NHS Trust

Overview

The maternity service at Newham University Hospital is on a maternity transformation journey. We are the busiest maternity service in the Barts Health NHS Trust group of hospitals and are looking for a special individual to join our innovative maternity leadership team. We are looking for an exceptional individual to lead our midwifery maternal medicine service at Newham University Hospital, part of Barts Health NHS Trust, to support and provide clinical excellence in this speciality ensuring effective management of women with complex needs. This will result in high standards in the delivery of midwifery care, communication between teams, appropriate referrals for escalation and will be responsive to individualised needs, thus increasing client satisfaction, in line with Ockenden, Better Births and the Long-Term Plan Reports.

Responsibilities

You will support the on-going analysis of current trends; benchmarking process flows and cultural norms for Nursing and Midwifery care across the sites.

Requirements

You must have sufficient midwifery experience at band 6 level and have evidence of completed CPD. If you are passionate about providing excellent care and keen to support and nurture our staff to develop confidence and competence with their practice and support the women with their experience at Newham, then this is the opportunity for you. We are looking for a knowledgeable, inspirational, and confident individual to work with our team to improve the support for our staff and students within our service.

About Barts Health

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers. The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Additional Information

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

This advert closes on Thursday 20 Nov 2025.