Lead Midwife, Fetal Wellbeing
Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The closing date is 03 April 2025
Job summary
We are looking for a compassionate, dynamic, experienced, midwife, to join our midwifery senior team. As a key member of our senior midwifery team and expert midwife you will have an opportunity alongside the obstetric lead to drive innovation and excellence in our fetal surveillance, monitoring and perinatal optimisation programmes. You will help shape and nurture an everyday culture of high quality antenatal fetal surveillance, intrapartum risk assessments & fetal monitoring in pregnancy, labour and birth and perinatal optimisation.
We are proud to be able to offer a variety of opportunities at ASPH and have a fantastic alongside Birth Centre, a Labour ward with a level 3 NICU, and an established continuity of care team for Complex pregnancies.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone feels valued and supported.It is a very exciting time to be joining us at ASPH and we would love to hear from you if you would like to join us on our journey in becoming an outstanding maternity service.
For an informal conversation please contact Patience Chandiwana, Head of Midwifery (patience.chandiwana@nhs.net)
Please see our recruitment brochure attached.
Main duties of the job
In this role, you will support the delivery of strong visible clinical leadership, promoting professional advice and guidance to all maternity staff, to ensure the highest standards of woman centered care are delivered in our service.
You will provide expertise to the service and support the implementation of national policy and national guidance/ evidence in relation to fetal monitoring and achieving healthy birth outcomes.
You will work with our Quality & Safety team and lead on quality improvement strategies and assurance processes which underpin the provision of safe, effective, maternity care.
You will provide midwifery expertise and clinical care within our preterm birth service.
You will be able to demonstrate a proven record of sound leadership, communication skills, management skills, courtesy and diplomacy, when dealing with colleagues and the general public.
About us
Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.
Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.
We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.
Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.
We are expanding our theatres at Ashford Hospital and moving towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures.
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
- Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement
- On-site Nurseries
- On-site staff cafes
- On-site parking
- Support in career development
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including wage stream, lease cars, Cycle to Work schemes and home electronics
Adverts may close early, so applicants are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
For more information about a career at ASPH please visit:www.asph-careers.org
Date posted
21 March 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 8a
Salary
£55,877 to £62,626 a year pa inc. HCAS
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
323-NM8573-MH
Job locations
St. Peter's Hospital
Guildford Road
Chertsey
KT16 0PZ
Employer details
Employer name
Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
St. Peter's Hospital
Guildford Road
Chertsey
KT16 0PZ
Employer's website
https://www.ashfordstpeters.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)











For questions about the job, contact:
Supporting documents
Privacy notice
Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's privacy notice (opens in a new tab)