Lead Midwife

We are seeking an experienced, motivated and compassionate Triage Midwife Lead to provide clinical leadership and operational oversight of our maternity triage service. This is a key role in ensuring women and birthing people receive safe, timely and high quality care at their first point of contact with maternity services.

Working 20 hours per week, the post holder will play a pivotal role in driving quality, safety and service improvement within triage, while supporting and developing the triage midwifery team.

The interview for this role will be 30th March 2026.

Key Responsibilities

Provide clinical and professional leadership for the maternity triage service

Ensure safe, effective and timely assessment, prioritisation and management of women presenting to triage

Lead on quality, safety and governance, including incident review, audit and learning

Support the development, supervision and appraisal of triage midwives

Contribute to service development, pathway redesign and implementation of best practice guidance

Work collaboratively with obstetric, neonatal, emergency and community teams

Act as a clinical role model, promoting compassionate, womancentred care

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing Trust, currently rated

Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and achieving significant progressin the delivery of our strategic objectives, including our ambition to be thebest Place to Work

We scored bestin the country in the most recent NHS Staff Survey for teamwork, compassionateleadership, and supporting work/life balance. In 2024's survey, the Trust alsoscored above average in every theme of the NHS People Promise the promise NHS colleagues make toeach other to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone

We are proud ofthe commitment of our colleagues to ensuring a strong and sustainable futureand our organisation is highly valued by our local communities

There has neverbeen a better time to join Barnsley Hospital. It is moving at pace and a wecan do this attitude is evident right through the organisation

Barnsley Hospital NHS FT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity and fair treatment to all applicants

For individuals who may require sponsorship under the skilled worker or health& care visa route please use the link on the right hand side of the advertto check your eligibility, please note that band 2 and 3 entry roles are nolonger eligible for sponsorship

Thecost of the DBS (criminal records check) for Band 6 and above roles will onlybe met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction

We reserve the right to close positions early

Job Description for Lead Midwife

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role and responsibilities.

Supporting Documents

Please refer to the values-based recruitment guidance and associated documentation.

• Registered Midwife - with valid NMC registration ENB 997/998 or other equivalent teaching qualification
• Educated to post graduate Degree level/or equivalent
• Mentorship and preceptorship training
• Trained in extended roles (perineal repair, epidural top-ups, venipuncture, cannulation and IV additives
• Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO) course
• Newborn Life Support (NLS) course

• Basic life support training
• Demonstrable experience of taking charge of a ward environment
• Experience of leading and managing a team of nurses
• Previous experience of change management and problem solving
• Experience of handling clinical incidents and complaints

• Please describe in around 100 words:
  What Equality & Diversity means to you and why they are important
• Please describe in around 100 words:
  What motivates you to do a good job?
• Please describe in around 100 words:
  What do you do to get the best out of people?

• Excellent clinical skills
• Relevant specialist skills and abilities for the ward/ department
• Excellent managerial, leadership and organisational skills (compatible with organisationally defined leadership values and attributes)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent teaching and training and preceptorship skills
• Able to motivate and develop a team of staff
• Able to problem solve and initiate change
• Able to work across professional boundaries
• Ability to delegate and prioritise
• Interviewing skills

• Thorough speciality knowledge relevant to the department
• Understanding of audit and research methodologies
• Understanding of resource management, health and safety, clinical risk and quality issues
• Handling clinical incidents and complaints
• Awareness of equality and diversity
• Knowledge of web site access

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…