Maternity Inpatients Ward Manager: Sponsorship Available

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

We are looking for an experienced midwife to join our current team.

You will be responsible for the leadership, management and clinical governance on our inpatient wards, ensuring safe, effective, compassionate and high quality care to our women, birthing people, babies and families.

Main duties of the job

The role will involve providing clinical and operational leadership to the multidisciplinary team, ensuring adequate and appropriate staffing, effective patient flow, compliance with maternity and trust policies and standards and improvements in the quality and safety of care.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Midwife
  • Degree or relevant experience
  • Evidence of post-registration education
  • Teaching and assessing/ mentorship qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Substantial experience of working as a Registered midwife
  • Specific experience of working in the antenatal and postnatal Ward setting
  • Experience of managing and motivating a team and reviewing performance of the team/ individuals
  • Evidence of delivering quality teaching to various staff groups
  • To have a knowledge / evidence of research/ audit/ quality improvement initiatives

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Management and leadership skills, including an ability to prioritise own work effectively and being able to direct tasks to others
  • Ability to recognise the contributions of all members of the MDT
  • Analytical and problem solving skills, including an ability to respond to sudden unexpected events/ demands

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 24 October 2026

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