Job summary
- Main area
- Private Care Midwife Led Service Team Leader
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-PHC-062
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St marys hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £54,320 - £60,981 pa inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Private Care Midwife Led Service Team Leader
Band 7
ÌýFulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.ÌýÌý
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.ÌýÌý
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
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Job overview
We are delighted to announce an opportunity for a skilled and compassionate Senior Midwife to join our esteemed maternity team at the Lindo Wing Private Maternity Unit. With over 75 years of excellence in private obstetric and neonatal care, the Lindo Wing has garnered an international reputation, serving thousands of mothers, including members of the royal family and celebrities.
Our dedicated team provides a unique, traditional, and individualised service with the safety and reliability of NHS support. This distinctive combination allows us to offer our patients exceptional care while ensuring their well-being. We are committed to continual improvement and have recently introduced a range of holistic services, offering bespoke packages to meet the diverse needs of our patients.
As a Midwife at the Lindo Wing, you will enjoy a supportive work environment where you can collaborate with talented professionals. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to our innovative approach to maternity care while gaining experience in both private and NHS-backed settings.
ÌýIf you are interested in joining a prestigious and welcoming team, we invite you to apply for this position. The Lindo Wing is an extraordinary place to work, offering a unique opportunity to advance your career while making a meaningful impact on the lives of mothers and their babies.
Main duties of the job
To oversee the delivery of high quality, safe and effective care focused on improving outcomes and experiences for patients, families and carers.
- Ensure safe patient care is delivered
- Ensure patients receive exceptional personalised care
- Lead and support a team of midwives ensuring that they have a PDR and clear achievable development plan
- Ensure staff live the Trust values and tackle poor behaviour and performance
- Be open, honest and transparent in all communication
- Act as a clinical expert within sphere of work
- Ensure effective use of all resources including staff
- Ensure a culture of learning and quality improvement is embedded within clinical area
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Ìý
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme.Ìý Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.Ìý
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly,Ìý part time or job share.Ìý Please talk toÌý us at interview. .
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.Ìý
For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education/ qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Midwife
- Teaching Qualification (mentorship) or equivalent experience.
- Graduate (degree/diploma) with specialist expertise across a range of midwifery procedures
Desirable criteria
- Management qualification or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Two years experience at Band 6 in a relevant clinical setting.
- Experience of leading and developing a team.
- Knowledge of quality, standard setting, benchmarking and audit.
Desirable criteria
- Experience at Band 7 as a Midwifery team leader
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Luisa Sweeney
- Job title
- Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07908431545
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