Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing and Midwifery
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- 3 months (Secondment/Fixed Term for 3 months from start date)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 161-NELICB-2737
- Employer
- NHS North East London Integrated Care Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- 20 Churchill Place
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £64,156 - £71,148 per annum inc HCA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Maternity Midwife Project Manager Perinatal Optimisation
NHS AfC: Band 8a
NHS North East London Integrated Care Board (ICB) was formed on 1 July 2022.
We are an exciting new organisation putting the needs of communities at the heart of our commissioning arrangements.
We are working with local people and partners across health, social care and the voluntary sector in innovative ways to improve health and wellbeing for all our communities. Our key priority in the next year will be to develop closer integrated and collaborative ways of working with all our partners to implement our Out of Hospital Strategy.
We can only do this with great staff who are encouraged and supported, which is why we invest in them, listen to them, make sure we are representative of our populations and that we foster their health and wellbeing.
Please note that all vacancies will be subject to a probation period in line with the Probation Policy.
Job overview
North East London Local Maternity and Neonatal System are seeking to recruit an experienced Neonatal Nurse/ Midwife as a project manager within the team to lead on the perinatal workstream.
We are looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our friendly team, who can foster positive working relationships, problem solve, plan strategically and have good communication and presentation skills.
Please see the job description for this role for more details. The LMNS currently operate using a hybrid working model; combining both home and office working. The role is a 3 month secondment with the possibility of extending. Please ensure that you have your manager’s agreement to undertake a secondment.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will undertake the following duties and responsibilities:
• Project management for the Perinatal workstream
• Collect, monitor and report on neonatal metrics for NE London.
• Monitoring and Supporting the LMNS in delivering recommendations at National, Regional and local levels including meeting requirements relating to the Ockenden recommendations, CNST.
• Lead on reviewing and updating NE London LMNS policy and guidelines related to the neonatal workstream.
Chair System call where required
• Support and Monitor implementation of neonatal In-utero transfer guidance across the system
• Support the implementation of the ATTAIN framework
• Providing professional support to the Heads of service and Clinical Directors in relation to neonatal services.
• Support the implementation of the Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle (SBLCBv2) in relation to this workstream e.g. the pre-term birth workstream.
Please see the job description for this role for more details.
Working for our organisation
NHS North East London Integrated Care Board (ICB) was formed on 1 July 2022.
We are an exciting new organisation putting the needs of communities at the heart of our commissioning arrangements.
We are working with local people and partners across health, social care and the voluntary sector in innovative ways to improve health and wellbeing for all our communities. Our key priority in the next year will be to develop closer integrated and collaborative ways of working with all our partners to implement our Out of Hospital Strategy.
We can only do this with great staff who are encouraged and supported, which is why we invest in them, listen to them, make sure we are representative of our populations and that we foster their health and wellbeing.
Please note that all vacancies will be subject to a 6 months' probation period in line with the Probation Policy.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification document for full duties and responsibilities.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Midwife/ Nurse registered with NMC
- Evidence of post registration training/ qualifications
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post registration experience as band 7 for two years
- Evidence of Quality Improvement
Desirable criteria
- Project management
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Current and up to date neonatology practices
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Philippa Cox
- Job title
- Clinical Head of LMNS Programmes
- Email address
- [email protected]
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