Antenatal Clinic Manager

NHS; Stockport; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Stockport is seeking an experienced midwife to lead the Antenatal Team. The role involves providing leadership, managing clinical services, and ensuring high-quality patient support. Ideal candidates must hold a current Midwifery NMC registration and have significant NHS experience. A competitive salary range of £47,810 to £54,710 per year pro rata is offered with various benefits including annual leave and salary sacrifice schemes.

Benefits

27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays

Salary sacrifice schemes

Cycle to work scheme

Salary finance for loans and savings

Stockport Credit Union for financial advice

Qualifications

• Significant post-registration experience of NHS midwifery, particularly antenatal care.
• Evidence of continual professional development.
• Safeguarding level 3 training.

Responsibilities

• Provide management and leadership for the Antenatal Clinic.
• Champion person-centered care and quality support.
• Escalate patient safety concerns and provide solutions.

Skills

Clinical expertise

Leadership

Communication skills

Organizational abilities

Ability to work under pressure

Education

Current Midwifery NMC registration

Degree level study or relevant experience

Recognized leadership course

Job description

The post holder will be an experienced midwife who is a high‑profile, accessible and responsive leader able to provide effective leadership skills, clinical expertise and advice to the Antenatal Team. They will be expected to ensure the provision of a high‑quality service to women and their families in line with best practice, local, regional and national guidance. They will be an exemplary role model for all staff, leading by example and empowering staff to constantly develop and improve patient care.

The post holder will be expected to:

• Ensure safe, efficient and effective management of the service within allocated resources.
• Take responsibility for risk management in relation to antenatal issues.
• Act as a role‑model and expert practitioner, developing midwifery‑led services and promoting personalised patient‑centred care.
• Provide 24‑hour operational responsibility and accountability for the area of clinical responsibility.
• Provide managerial and professional support to the maternity service and undertake delegated responsibility for the Maternity Matron in her absence.
• Deal with many competing demands for attention and exercise excellent judgement in dealing with both clinical and managerial challenges.
• Participate in the Maternity Manager of the Day (MOD) rota, covering occasional weekend shifts.

Job description subject to AfC panel.

Main duties of the job

Provide management and leadership for the Antenatal Clinic, and support management of the service out of hours, including covering the MOD rota.

• Champion inclusive, equitable, and person‑centred care, ensuring that all women and birthing people receive high‑quality support tailored to their individual needs, while fostering a workplace culture that upholds the principles of equality, diversity, and fairness for both service users and staff.
• Escalate in a timely manner concerns about patient safety, quality and experience, offering solutions and evidence‑based recommendations.
• Contribute to a culture that recognises and works in partnership with patients and their families, involving them in all decisions.
• Ensure clear communication and personalised care is given to all families regardless of their personal/medical needs and that they are not at a disadvantage through their choice of birth.
• Provide specialist knowledge and clinical support to all teams in relation to all aspects of maternity services provision.
• Manage complaints relating to antenatal services; providing action plans to improve practice as required, supporting implementation and review progress in response to complaints.

About us

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers. Our mission is to make a difference every day.

Our values are that we care, we respect, and we listen. We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are under‑represented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you. We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union – for local financial advice

£47,810 to £54,710 a year pro rata.

Education & Qualifications

• Current Midwifery NMC registration
• Evidence of study at degree level or relevant experience
• Practice supervisor or assessor
• Recognised leadership course/relevant experience (or willingness to undertake)

Knowledge

• Updated research and evidence‑based practice
• Awareness of national and local health policy relating to maternity and wider safety ambitions
• Highly motivated to lead change and enable development
• Knowledge of risk management, clinical governance and relevance to practice
• Awareness of legislation relevant to the post
• Understanding of confidentiality at all times

Experience

• Significant post‑registration experience of NHS midwifery, particularly antenatal care
• Evidence of continual professional development
• Evidence of ability to effectively co‑ordinate a team
• Ability to work autonomously & as part of a team
• Safeguarding level 3 training
• Ability to demonstrate awareness or evidence of clinical governance
• Coaching skills
• Involvement in the implementation of service improvements
• Previous involvement in the development, implementation and audit of clinical guidelines and standards

Skills and Abilities

• Demonstrate ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care
• Organisational abilities
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Awareness of Equality and Diversity
• Understanding of confidentiality and experience interpersonal and communication skills both written and oral
• Awareness of implementing change and willingness to learn new skills

Work related circumstances

• Occupational Health Clearance
• Flexible and adaptable
• Mental effort: frequent concentration where the work pattern is unpredictable
• Emotional effort: exposed to frequent distressing and occasional highly distressing and emotional circumstances
• Able to cover a 5‑day a week service with cover of MOD rota, including occasional weekend cover

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary. In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16.