Community Midwifery Team Lead

Are you an experienced and compassionate midwife with a passion for providing high-quality community-based maternity care? We have an exciting opportunity for a skilled and motivated midwife to lead our Community Midwifery Team, supporting the delivery of safe, personalised and effective care for women and families throughout their pregnancy journey. As a Lead Community Midwife, you will provide visible clinical and operational leadership across community maternity services, supporting the delivery of national and local maternity priorities while promoting continuity, safety and positive outcomes for women and babies. You will work closely with multidisciplinary colleagues to drive service improvement, maintain high standards of care and ensure an excellent patient experience. We are looking for an inspiring and forward-thinking leader who is committed to developing others and fostering a positive team culture. The successful candidate will be an experienced practitioner with advanced clinical skills, a strong understanding of community maternity services, and the ability to support and develop staff while maintaining a focus on quality, governance and service excellence. This is an exciting opportunity to influence the future direction of community maternity care and make a meaningful difference to both staff and service users. Proposed Interview Date: 9th September 2026

• Providing visible leadership and day-to-day management of community midwifery services, ensuring high standards of care, safety and patient experience.
• Supporting the implementation of national maternity policy, trust objectives and quality improvement initiatives.
• Leading on workforce management, including staff supervision, roster management, sickness absence management, recruitment, retention and staff wellbeing.
• Ensuring compliance with clinical governance requirements, audits, risk management processes and incident investigations, embedding learning into practice.
• Supporting and developing midwifery staff through clinical supervision, appraisal, education and mentorship.
• Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, partner organisations and service users to improve maternity care pathways and outcomes.
• Monitoring service performance and activity, taking action to address challenges and drive continuous service improvement.
• Acting as a clinical role model and expert practitioner, providing support and guidance for complex clinical situations and escalations.
• Supporting the delivery of continuity of care and equitable access to services for women, birthing people and their families.
• Contributing to the strategic development of community maternity services and deputising for the Maternity outpatient matron when required.
  
  Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.
Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. We're also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people's homes. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon. Across the NHS everyone is working hard to meet growing demand and we're no exception. But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training throughout the careers of all of our staff. If you want the opportunity to have a real impact, challenge yourself and be part of an NHS Trust that's making a real difference then a career at Croydon Health Services could be just what you're looking for.