Band 7 Community Team Leader | Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust

Kingston Birth Centre is an extremely popular choice for women with a straightforward pregnancy. Amongst the South West London Trusts, our Birth Centre remains open, with consistently high birth numbers and excellent feedback as a testament to our excellent midwifery care and facilities.

The post holder will be responsible for providing clinical excellence and managerial leadership for Community within Kingston & Richmond Maternity Services. To provide women and babies with a high quality, safe midwifery care, throughout the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal period.

The post holder will be a highly visible champion of midwifery lead care through demonstration of excellent clinical knowledge and practice.

To provide women and babies with a high quality, safe midwifery care in a variety of practice settings, throughout the antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal period. The care will be evidenced based and holistic in meeting women’s individual needs and the midwife will be expected to work autonomously within the guidelines and sphere of professional practice. Act as a mentor and or preceptor as required. To act as a leader and effective role model, providing essential managerial support in complex and sensitive situations.

Kingston is proud of its strong multi-disciplinary (MDT) culture. We provide a well evaluated, in-house MDT programme, and staff have the opportunity to attend external study days or enrol for academic modules at our local higher education institutes.

If you are a passionate midwife with excellent communication skills and a drive to provide high quality care to women, please apply to join our multi professional maternity team.

Please be aware that this post requires you to work a mixture of day and night shifts, weekends and bank holidays.

You will be required to travel, therefore a valid driving license and access to a vehicle would be desirable.

Development and staff wellbeing

Your growth and personal happiness matters to us. After all, we can't expect the best from you if we don't invest in your development and nurture your wellbeing. From the moment you join us, we're committed to fostering your professional and personal development with a supportive, empowering environment. Whether you're just starting your career or looking to advance further, we provide you with the tools and opportunities you need to succeed. We actively support colleagues to take part in research, quality improvement and innovation, whatever their role or level in the organisation.

To support your wellbeing, we offer an extensive range of resources, including on-site staff nursery at Kingston Hospital, wellbeing practitioners, regular wellbeing classes, dedicated staff physiotherapist, comprehensive occupational health services, 24/7 employee assistance programme, and a range of other support and activities.

We also take every opportunity to thank and recognise the work our teams do, through weekly "shoutouts" and patient feedback, monthly and staff awards.

Our Trust values

These words are important reminders, but it's our behaviours that tell people who we are. We expect all colleagues to bring values to life in their work.

• Compassionate
• Inclusive
• Collaborative
• Inspiring

Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information and also the person specification for this role.

This advert closes on Wednesday 17 Jun 2026