Midwifery Team Leader - Maternity Assessment Unit

Maternity Assessment Unit (MAU) Team Leader

Are you an experienced and passionate midwife looking for an opportunity to shape and influence antenatal services? We are seeking an inspiring and compassionate Maternity 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.

Key Responsibilities

• 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 team of midwives, support workers, and learners, promoting a positive culture of learning, development, and compassionate care.
• Maintain a visible clinical presence, acting as an expert resource for antenatal assessment, high-risk pregnancy management, and complex care planning.
• Coordinate the day-to-day management of the service, including patient flow, staffing, capacity, and operational performance.
• Work collaboratively with obstetric, neonatal, community, and wider multidisciplinary teams to ensure seamless, personalised care for women and families.
• Lead quality improvement initiatives, clinical governance activities, and patient safety programmes, supporting continuous service development and innovation.
• Manage incidents, risks, and complaints effectively, ensuring lessons learned are embedded into practice and shared across teams.
• Support workforce planning, staff wellbeing, recruitment, appraisal, supervision, and professional development to ensure a skilled and engaged workforce.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of policies, guidelines, and care pathways in line with national maternity standards and organisational priorities.
• Participate in the maternity manager on-call rota and provide leadership support across services as required.