Local Clinical Midwifery Lead

Posting date:	18 July 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	Negotiable
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	27 July 2025
Location:	London, W1B 1NT
Company:	NHS Jobs
Job type:	Contract
Job reference:	B0273-25-0004

Summary

Local Clinical Midwifery Lead - Avoiding Brain injury in Childbirth, ABC Us We are health innovation specialists. We work with others to transform healthcare through innovation. We help generate new ideas and innovations or adapt existing ones. We test, evaluate, and scale the best approaches, working with NHS colleagues to implement these solutions in hospitals, communities, GP practices and beyond. We draw on diverse expertise from healthcare, universities, industry and communities, breaking down silos and creating connections as we build healthcare fit for the future. Please visit our website to find out more about us, our values and how we work. The Role UCLPartners are seeking an experienced and dynamic Midwife with a strong background in high-risk maternity care, education, and quality improvement,QI to join our Clinical Faculty for the new Avoiding Brain Injuries in Childbirth,ABC) Programme. This national initiative aims to significantly reduce avoidable brain injuries during childbirth by 2027 through improved clinical practice, teamwork, and communication. This role is pivotal in promoting the delivery of safe, high-quality care while supporting a positive, collaborative culture that enhances outcomes for women, birthing people and their families. The successful candidate will demonstrate clinical excellence, leadership capabilities, and a passion for supporting professional development and continuous improvement within maternity services. The ABC Programme focuses on two key clinical challenges: Detecting and responding to fetal deterioration during labour, IFD Managing impacted fetal head at caesarean birth, IFH By implementing the tools with structured training, were striving to improve outcomes and experiences for mothers, babies, and families across England. If successful, this programme could reduce litigation costs by up to £1.4 billion annually, alongside significant improvement in care quality. More details can be found here. Key Responsibilities Provide clinical leadership to the implementation of the programme across the region Deliver training to Trust or site leads on managing intrapartum fetal deterioration, IFD and impacted fetal head, IFH, ensuring fidelity to the ABC Programme methods. Provide ongoing coaching and support- both informal remote support and formal on-site supervision to Trust training leads to ensure continuous adherence to ABC training methods. Support visits to individual Trusts/sites to oversee and validate training delivery. Collaborate closely with Patient Safety Collaboratives, PSCs and maternity colleagues, offering clinical insight to support implementation, quality improvement initiatives, and alignment with existing maternity safety and deterioration strategies. Participate in monthly reporting meetings with the national Perinatal Deterioration Operational Group, PDOG, providing feedback on training and implementation progress. Support effective integration of ABC training into mandatory staff training schedules within Trusts/sites Support any planned events or cascade of key messages to perinatal colleagues. Work alongside the senior project manager at UCLPartners and clinical colleagues in North Central and North East London trusts, contributing valuable clinical insights. Additional deliverables may be required but will be discussed and agreed prior to initiation of the workstream. You Below we have outlined key skills and experience required for this role. Experienced midwife, senior band 6, 7 or 8a, passionate about improving maternity safety. Understanding of the aims and objectives of the ABC implementation programme. Professional NMC Midwife clinical registration. Strong communicator with experience of delivering multidisciplinary training, ideally to perinatal teams. Strong influencing and negotiating skills Knowledge of quality improvement methodologies and experience in improving care Interest in contributing to national-level improvements in maternity care Ability to manage any part-time working hours flexibly to meet the demands of the role Ability to travel in their geographic locality Experience of a clinical leadership role is desirable Experience of working across system boundaries, e.g. in leadership role, or in change programme is desirable Current employment within the NCL/NEL system is desirable. Terms and Conditions Job details The Local Clinical Midwifery Lead Midwife lead will report to the Director of Implementation, UCLPartners Patient Safety Lead. The role is a fixed term position, until 31st March 2026, with possibility of extension, with a 8 hour work week, 2 PAs.The remuneration for this post is competitive depending on experience and we welcome applications from senior band 6, 7 and 8a. Secondments will be considered. Please discuss the possibility of a secondment with your line manager before applying. Ideally the postholder will start in early September 2025. Comprehensive subject matter training and support will be provided to you before you begin training others. The office base will be Hale House, 76-78 Portland Place, London W1B 1NT, and the role will involve regular travel to all North Central and North East London Maternity units. You will attend all Trusts in North Central and North East London. Applicants must have availability Mon-Fri 9am-5pm to work within our team. Ideally, this will be a set day each week, and will be alongside the obstetric faculty lead. We offer flexible working arrangements. Our staff combine on-site and remote working, enabling us to come together when it matters most and promote a healthy work-life balance. Please note: The postholder is expected to view this job description as a guide, rather than an exact description of all duties and responsibilities which may be subject to change as our work develops.