At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and transform maternity services across Jersey, ensuring high-quality care for women and families.
- Company: Health & Care Jersey, a close-knit community focused on impactful healthcare.
- Benefits: Opportunity to shape maternity care, competitive salary, and a unique living environment.
- Other info: Collaborative role with opportunities for professional growth and legacy building.
- Why this job: Make a meaningful difference in maternity services and influence an entire population.
- Qualifications: Senior leadership experience in midwifery and a passion for service transformation.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
Develop your career as a senior leader in maternity services with Health & Care Jersey. As Lead Midwife, you will provide strategic, professional, and transformational leadership across Jersey Maternity Services. This is a pivotal senior role, responsible for shaping the future of maternity care across inpatient, outpatient, and community settings.
Working closely with senior clinical leaders and system partners, you will lead on service transformation, workforce development, quality improvement, and governance, ensuring the delivery of safe, high quality, person centred care for women, babies, and families. Set within a close-knit island community, this is a rare opportunity to make a visible and meaningful difference.
Jersey offers a distinctive healthcare environment where your leadership influences an entire population, and where you can clearly see the outcomes of your work. The breadth of this role is unique. You will operate across organisational and system boundaries, working collaboratively with partners and experts to design and deliver services that support people throughout their lives.
As the senior professional voice for midwifery, you will lead Jersey’s maternity transformation programme, driving modern, sustainable models of care aligned to both local needs and national standards. Focused on strategy, leadership, and system-wide level impact, rather than day to day operational management, this role offers the powerful opportunity to shape the future of maternity services, combining professional challenge, collaboration, and the ability to leave a lasting legacy.
For an informal conversation, please contact Ros Bullen-Bell – Director of Midwifery.
Lead Midwife - Head of Midwifery in Southampton employer: Government of Jersey
Health & Care Jersey is an exceptional employer, offering a unique opportunity to lead and transform maternity services within a supportive island community. With a focus on professional development, collaborative work culture, and the chance to make a tangible impact on the health of women, babies, and families, this role provides a fulfilling career path in a distinctive healthcare environment. Employees benefit from strategic leadership opportunities, quality improvement initiatives, and the ability to influence service delivery across various settings, ensuring a rewarding and meaningful career.
