Midwifery Team Leader - Maternity Assessment Unit
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 21/09/2026
- Closes
- 05/10/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role is for an experienced and passionate Midwifery Team Leader to join the Maternity Assessment Unit (MAU) and Day Assessment Unit (DAU) team. You will provide clinical and operational leadership, ensuring safe, personalised, and evidence-based care for women, birthing people, and babies. The role involves hands-on clinical practice, team management, service development, and participation in the Manager on Call rota. You will work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to coordinate care pathways and drive improvements.
Essential criteria
- NMC Registered Midwife
- Significant clinical experience
- Specialist expertise in high risk midwifery
Desirable criteria
- Mentorship or equivalent
- Ultrasound scanning
- HDU/NLS course or equivalent
- Leadership/Management course or equivalent experience
- Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
- Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role).
- Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues
- NMC Registered Midwife
- Significant clinical experience
- Specialist expertise in high risk midwifery
- Mentorship or equivalent
- Ultrasound scanning
- HDU/NLS course or equivalent
- Leadership/Management course or equivalent experience
- Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
- Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role).
- Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
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University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)
Midwifery Team Leader - Maternity Assessment Unit
The closing date is 05 October 2026
Job summary
Are you an experienced and passionate midwife looking for an opportunity to shape and influence antenatal services? We are seeking an inspiring and compassionateMaternity Assessment Unit (MAU) Team Leader to join our maternity team and play a key role in delivering outstanding care for women, birthing people, babies and families. Based within the Maternity and Day Assessment Unit, (MAU/DAU), this role offers the opportunity to combine hands-on clinical practice with leadership, service development and team management.
As the MAU/DAU Team Leader, you will provide visible and supportive leadership, ensuring the delivery of safe, personalised and evidence-based care throughout pregnancy. You will work closely with midwifery, obstetric, neonatal and community colleagues to coordinate seamless care pathways, support staff development, and drive improvements that enhance both the patient and staff experience.
This role includes participation in the Manager on Call rota.
Main duties of the job
Provide clinical and operational leadership across the Maternity Assessment Unit (MAU) & Day Assessment Unit (DAU) ensuring the delivery of safe, high-quality, evidence-based care.
Lead and support a multidisciplinary tea
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