Consultant Midwife

We are seeking an experienced and forward thinking Consultant Midwife to lead and deliver expert care for women whose pregnancies in the intrapartum period and with a specialist interest in those families that fall outside standard clinical guidance pathways. This senior clinical leadership role focuses on supporting women with complex medical, social, or obstetric needs, ensuring safe, personalised, and evidence-based care.

The successful candidate will provide advanced clinical expertise, strategic leadership, and professional guidance to multidisciplinary teams. You will act as a key advocate for women requiring individualised care planning, contribute to service development, and promote best practice aligned with national standards.

This role requires strong clinical judgement, excellent communication skills, and a passion for improving outcomes for women with complex or non-standard care needs. You will work collaboratively across obstetric, neonatal, safeguarding, and community services to ensure equitable, compassionate, and high-quality maternity care.

If you are a strategic leader with extensive midwifery experience and a commitment to advancing personalised maternity care, we would welcome your application.

The post holder will provide a pivotal role in leading and evaluating the training strategy across the intrapartum areas, ensuring education and development for the maternity workforce and will be responsible for leading in developing Midwifery Led Care opportunities and support in the preparation of midwives for these roles in all care settings

• - Expert Midwifery Practice and Service Development
• - Professional Leadership and consultancy function
• - Education and Training Function
• - Research, audit and evaluation function

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference’. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates for a Skilled Worker Visa for roles that are eligible at the time of application.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Michelle Cudjoe Job title: Director of Midwifery Email address: michelle.cudjoe@nhs.net

Hannah Horne - Head of Midwifery at QEQM - hannah.horne@nhs.net

Jo Shayler - Head of Midwifery at WHH - joanne.shayler@nhs.net

Katie Christie - Consultant midwife -Katie.Christie4@nhs.net

Zeenath Uddin - Consultant midwife - zeenath.uddin@nhs.net