Inpatient Team Leader

NHS; Greater London; On-site; GBP 56,000 - GBP 64,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust in England is seeking an Inpatient Team Leader to oversee the postnatal ward team. The successful candidate will provide compassionate midwifery care while leading a dynamic team dedicated to excellence in maternity services. With responsibilities including team management, patient education, and service development, this role offers a rewarding career in a supportive environment. Candidates should have strong midwifery qualifications and proven leadership skills.

Qualifications

• Demonstrates excellent clinical skills with a commitment to family-centred care.
• Proven managerial experience in midwifery care.
• Strong skills in organisation and complex problem-solving.

Responsibilities

• Provide compassionate midwifery care and coordinate multidisciplinary services.
• Lead team and support team members' development.
• Contribute to service development and patient education.

Skills

Strong leadership and organisational skills

Excellent communication skills

Expertise in postnatal care

Ability to nurture positive relationships

Education

Registered midwife

Recognised leadership training

MSc qualification or working towards a master's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office Software

Job description

Inpatient Team Leader

The closing date is 17 February 2026

We are pleased to offer an exciting opportunity to join one of the UK's largest Foundation Trusts, internationally recognised for its innovation and excellence in healthcare. If you are passionate about delivering exceptional maternity and neonatal care and are seeking to develop a rewarding career, UCLH maternity services is the place for you. You will join a motivated, friendly, and enthusiastic multidisciplinary team, dedicated to excellence within a nationally recognised centre for maternity care. We are looking for a skilled and experienced midwife to primarily join our dynamic postnatal ward team as team lead. This is an outstanding opportunity for someone with a passion for postnatal care to advance their career in a supportive and innovative setting.

• Enthusiastic and highly motivated.
• Strong leadership and organisational skills.
• Expertise and proven competence in postnatal care.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to nurture positive and collaborative working relationships.

If you are ready to embrace this opportunity and make a difference in postnatal care, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

As Inpatient Midwife Team Leader, you will:

• Provide advanced and compassionate midwifery care and ensure prescribing for women with diabetes in pregnancy, ensuring timely assessments, follow‑up and evidence‑based care planning.
• Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary postnatal services, working closely with consultants, neonatologist, specialist support workers, perinatal mental health team, and senior management team.
• Offer expert advice, education and support to colleagues across maternity, primary care and the wider trust, ensuring best practice is shared and implemented.
• Line manage and appraise team members, supporting their development and ensuring service resilience.
• Champion patient education, empowering women and families to understand and manage their condition throughout pregnancy and beyond.
• Take an active role in governance, clinical audit, complaints investigation, and implementation of national initiatives such as the Saving Babies' Lives Care Bundle.
• Contribute to service development, research and quality improvement to enhance outcomes and patient experience.
• Promote a culture of safety, compassion and inclusivity, ensuring women's voices and experiences are at the heart of service delivery.

About us

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top‑quality patient care, excellent education, and world‑class research. We provide first‑class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology. We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.

Job responsibilities

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*
UCLH top trust to work at in England – In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England for the third year in a row. UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff. To find out more, visit: Flexible working. To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?

Person Specification

Knowledge and Qualifications

• Registered midwife
• Recognised leadership training or equivalent experience
• MSc qualification or working towards a master's degree.

Experience

• Demonstrates excellent clinical skills with a commitment to family‑centred care.
• Awareness and application of research‑based practice.
• Proven managerial experience across all areas of midwifery care, including recruitment, development, and performance management.
• Experience in prioritising workloads, working on own initiative, and managing team workloads effectively.
• Understanding and engagement with clinical governance and quality issues (e.g., benchmarking).
• Experience in developing mechanisms for financial control and cost‑effectiveness.

Skills and Abilities

• Sound knowledge of current midwifery issues and their local and national relevance.
• In‑depth understanding of safeguarding, including the provision of staff support.
• Strong skills in organisation, conflict resolution and negotiation, and complex problem‑solving.
• Demonstrates the ability to think creatively and develop innovative solutions.

Communication

• Acts as a key communication resource within the multidisciplinary team, ensuring effective information sharing and collaboration.
• Demonstrates strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrates strong interpersonal and non‑verbal communication skills.
• Excellent IT skills with experience using Microsoft Office Software (Excel, MS Teams, Word etc).

Personal and People Development

• Provides supervision and support to staff, fostering a psychologically safe and inclusive working environment.
• Actively engages in knowledge sharing and contributes to continuous improvement across the organisation.
• Actively seeks, monitors, and evaluates feedback from staff and patients to inform service improvement.

Specific Requirements

• Ability to work flexibly to support in the clinical area as required.
• Employs effective strategies to manage stress and work pressures in a professional manner.

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.

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£56,276 to £63,176 a year Per Annum Inclusive of HCAS