Specialist Midwife for Fetal Medicine | Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 19 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £47,810 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 January 2026 |
| Location: | Basildon, SS16 5NL |
| Company: | Southend University Hospital NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7694994/390-WAC-BA-7370-A |
Summary
At Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, we’re looking for a passionate and skilled Specialist Midwife in Fetal Medicine to help us deliver exceptional, family-centred care.
You’ll play a key role in providing safe, compassionate, and personalised support to women, birthing people, and their families throughout complex pregnancies. Working autonomously within your professional scope, you’ll be a visible clinical role model, ensuring high standards of care and excellence across the Fetal Medicine service.
Collaboration is at the heart of our approach. You’ll work closely with the multidisciplinary team to promote best practice, continuous improvement, and innovation — helping us provide outstanding care in line with our Trust values of Excellent, Compassionate and Respectful.
Please be aware that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a suitable number of applications.
The Specialist Midwife for Fetal Medicine will provide expert, evidence-based care and support to women, birthing people, and their families throughout the fetal medicine pathway.
You will deliver compassionate communication of complex and sensitive information, coordinate multidisciplinary care, and provide expert support for procedures such as CVS and amniocentesis.
As a key member of the team, you will lead and mentor staff, contribute to education and training, and play an active role in clinical governance and service development. You will uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and quality, working closely with antenatal and screening teams to ensure safe, timely, and high-quality care in line with Trust values and national best practice
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.
Are you looking for an exciting role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you.
For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description.
We look forward to your application.
This advert closes on Monday 12 Jan 2026