Lead Midwife (Quality, Risk and Governance)

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 amazing opportunity to join NHS Highland Maternity Team.

We are looking for a highly experienced, enthusiastic, compassionate, Registered Midwife with a wide range of experience across a variety of maternity settings.

This individual will have extensive leadership experience and have achieved additional qualifications or transferable skills in quality control, quality planning and quality improvement.

We are looking for a Midwife who has an in-depth understanding of the complex risk management and governance processes required to be able to offer the assurance of safety in Perinatal services. An ability to work across our multi-disciplinary team is essential.

The QRG Lead Midwife will have experience of working in a multidisciplinary team, together with exposure of implementing the principles of essentials of safe care with operational teams.

If you have the skill set and personal attributes for this role and would like the opportunity to live in the spectacular Highlands with mountains, coast and countryside on your doorstep and to embrace the activities and lifestyle on offers then we would love to hear from you. We are willing to consider job share opportunities for this role.

This post will be based in North Highland, however there is an expectation that the role will support Maternity services Board wide. If you would like the opportunity to discuss the role in more detail please contact

Gill Valentine Associate Director of Midwifery, NHS Highland mobile no. or Carole Murphy, Divisional Midwifery/Nurse Manager; carole.murphy1@nhs.scot

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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.