This post will be for a Consultant Midwife to lead public health, quality improvement, and research across our maternity services in North Cumbria. This is a unique opportunity for an experienced, visionary midwife to shape strategy, champion evidence‑based practice, and improve outcomes for women, babies, and families across our diverse communities.
You will provide expert clinical leadership, drive innovation, and strengthen our research culture, working closely with senior leaders, frontline teams, and system partners. Your work will support safe, personalised, high‑quality care and help reduce inequalities across the region.
This post carries a significant portfolio across public health, quality improvement, and research, giving you the platform to influence both practice and policy. You will:
Lead the development of public health strategies that address the unique needs of North Cumbria’s communities, reducing inequalities and improving long‑term outcomes.
Drive a culture of continuous improvement, supporting teams to embed best practice, learn from data, and innovate with confidence.
Strengthen the research profile of maternity services, ensuring that women and families benefit from the latest evidence and that midwives are supported to engage in research activity
Expert Practice – Provide specialist clinical expertise, support, advice and professional leadership for midwives and the multidisciplinary team, to ensure best practice standards are met that will improve outcomes for women and influence a reduction of unnecessary interventions and provide consistency across all service sites.
Strategic Planning/Policy Development – Actively promoting and developing care pathways that promote safe, effective and person centred care for women and partners receiving care within NCIC. The post holder should contribute to the wider national agenda
Practice Development, Education and Training – Making a significant contribution to the clinical governance agenda by ensuring that practice is evidence based and lead on the development of programmes of professional education with the Practice Development team
Professional Leadership and Consultancy– Leading service redesign which will empower midwives to meet the needs of the local population in line with key objectives outlined in local, regional and national policy documents. Provide expert midwifery support in review of serious cases and ensure that action plans are adhered to in liaison with the governance team
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time':
Being a clinically led organisation
Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
A positive patient experience every time
A great place to work
Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
CERTIFICATE OF SPONSORSHIP
Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.
Disclosure and Barring Service:
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.
The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:
Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £6.50 = £28.00 Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.
Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £6.50 = £56.00 Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.
NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:
27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
Flexible working Scheme
NHS Discounts*
Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*
Excellent opportunities for development*
Competitive NHS Pension scheme
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Important Information
Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.
Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date
