Job summary
- Main area
- RLH WOMEN'S HEALTH
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 259-7500904RLH
- Employer
- Barts Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal London Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £56,276 - £63,176 per annum inc
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Systemic Examination of the Newborn (SEN) Lead Midwife
Band 7
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.
We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.
Job overview
We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic midwife who will provide clinical and managerial midwifery leadership with the maternity unit. The post holder will be a registered Midwife who will co-ordinate the Systematic Examination of the Newborn (SEN) service at Royal London Maternity services in line with the National Screening standards.
The SEN Practitioner will be responsible for the management and delivery of the SEN programme and will provide leadership, clinical expertise, and support within all Maternity clinical areas where SEN is carried out.
The SEN Lead will monitor day-to-day compliance with the SEN programme standards including monitoring the S4N failsafe for all babies born at this unit or returning to our catchment area to ensure the SEN is undertaken within 72 hours of birth. They will be based in clinical practice, responsible for ensuring that standards of care are always upheld.
Main duties of the job
The purpose of this role is to be a Midwifery Lead in the team carrying out Examination of the Newborn (EON) and Neonatal and Infant Physical Examination (NIPE) Screening assessments, and to play a key role in the achievement of screening standards and quality of care.
The post holder will be responsible for supporting the Screening Coordinator in delivering the NIPE Screening programme across maternity. The role requires extensive knowledge on this programme and requires the postholder to be an Examination of the Newborn (EON) trained Midwife.
The NIPE Lead Midwife will be expected to initiate and lead on quality improvement projects and will have the ability to educate and assess others.
They will work collaboratively with the Maternity Safety and Quality team to review any clinical incidents or to identify areas of good practice.
The post holder will have to be computer literate and have experience of accurate updating of databases and understand data quality issues.
Working for our organisation
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered midwife on the NMC register.
- Examination of Newborn trained
- Post registration
- Teaching and assessing qualification (mentorship course).
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post midwifery registration
Skills
Essential criteria
- Must be able to practice in all areas in accordance with the Midwives Rules and Codes of Conduct
- Can demonstrate forward thinking approach to care
- Can practice as an autonomous midwife in the acute and primary care setting
Desirable criteria
- Able to make appropriate clinical decisions considering research evidence, informed choice and individual circumstances
- Ability to conduct relationships in such a way that conflict is minimized.
- Initiates reflective practicable to make appropriate clinical decisions considering research evidence, informed choice and individual circumstances
- Confident in teaching and assessing students
- Autonomous midwife in the acute and primary care setting
- Able to prioritise workload appropriately and assessing medical and midwifery students.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Alice Kyei
- Job title
- High Risk Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
List jobs with Barts Health NHS Trust in Nursing and Midwifery or all sectors