Clinical Midwifery Lead for Midwife Led Care

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Lead Midwife (Band 8a) in North Highland with a Highland wide reach. The post will have a focus on Midwifery Led Care encompassing the pregnancy journey and all birth settings available in NHS Highland. The post holder will work closely with women/ birthing people and staff with individual choices and building confidence and competences in midwifery led care. NHS Highland is in a unique position within Scotland, with 8 rural & remote Community Midwifery led Units and home birth service across Highland. There is one consultant led unit and the aim is to develop a low risk birthing room within the labour suite.

We are looking for a midwife with a passion to support normality with varied experience across midwifery settings, including community and significant experience in leadership. We are looking for an excellent role model for staff, who can work with the leadership to shape a sustainable future for our CMUs in NHS Highland. The person will be skilled in working with families and offering person centred care. There will be a small element of staff management within the role.

If this is the opportunity you have been waiting for, with a fantastic lifestyle in the stunning area of the Scottish Highlands please contact:

Carole Murphy- Head of Midwifery for North Highland on

Gill Valentine Associate Director of Midwifery NHS Highland 0n

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NHS Highland is geographically the largest of the 14 regional boards of NHS Scotland, covering an area of 12,500 square miles, across Highland and Argyll & Bute.

As a board we strive to ensure the environment is conducive to nurturing a positive culture, supported and delivered through our NHS and Social Care values.

NHS Scotland is reducing their full time working week from 37.5 to 37 hours per week from 1 April 2024 but with no change in pay.  This reduction will also be applied pro rata for part time staff.  This advert and any subsequent offer/contract of employment therefore reflects the new working hours.  However, as not all service areas will be able to adopt the 37 hour working week immediately from 1 April 2024, you may be required to work up to an additional 30 minutes per week for a temporary period for which you would be paid until the service you are working in changes rosters or working patterns to accommodate the new reduced working week.  If you have any questions or concerns please contact the Recruiting Board.