Preterm Birth Lead Midwife | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 07 May 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £49,387 - £56,515 Per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 June 2026 |
| Location: | Ipswich, IP4 5PD |
| Company: | Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7993053/432-HR204-26 |
Summary
We are looking to recruit an experienced midwife to join our Trust as theLead Preterm Birth Midwife. This post will be hosted by ESNEFT but the postholder will require working across Colchester, Ipswich and West Suffolk Hospitals. The aim is to ensure aligned standards of care and consistent outcomes for all pregnant people and babies across both Trusts.
You will have a key role working within the Preterm Birth Prevention (PTBP) teams across both trusts promoting and maintaining the services in line with national recommendations. You will educate teams in evidence-based and holistic care to meet the woman/birthing person's individual needs, recruit champion midwives across both trusts to support women/birthing people through their pathway and oversee quality improvement projects. The midwife will be expected to work autonomously within the guidelines and sphere of professional practice.
If you have a passion for improving the outcomes for women/birthing people and have experience in this field, we want to hear from you.
• Provide specialist midwifery care, advice and support to women and birthing people at risk of preterm birth.
• Work collaboratively with obstetric, neonatal and wider MDT colleagues to deliver coordinated, evidence-based care.
• Contribute to the delivery and ongoing development of preterm birth prevention clinics across all sites.
• Support informed decision-making by providing clear, evidence-based information to women, birthing people and their families.
• Act as an advocate for women and birthing people, ensuring personalised and compassionate care.
• Maintain accurate, contemporaneous clinical records in line with professional and Trust standards.
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Tuesday 19 May 2026