Antenatal Day Services Maternity Matron

The Methodist Church in Britain; England; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension Scheme

27 days holiday rising to 33 days

Paid and unpaid leave

24/7 confidential Employee Assistance

NHS Car Lease scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

Learning and development opportunities

Discounts on restaurants, getaways, &y

Discounts on shopping

Job summary

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust seeks a Band 8a Matron to lead antenatal clinics, day assessment and specialist pathways. The post involves clinical and operational leadership across multiple sites, governance, workforce planning and on‑call responsiveness to senior maternity needs.

Candidates must be an experienced midwife with current NMC registration, and a track record of service change and compassionate leadership across complex pregnancy pathways.

Qualifications

• Master’s level qualification or equivalent knowledge and experience.
• Leadership or management qualification, or equivalent senior leadership experience.
• Continuing professional development relevant to maternity leadership, governance and specialist antenatal care.

Responsibilities

• Lead antenatal clinics, day assessment services and specialist pathways to high standards of care and patient experience
• Provide strategic and operational leadership across diabetes, maternal medicine, preterm birth and screening services
• Drive quality improvement, patient safety, clinical governance and service transformation using audit, data, incidents and feedback
• Lead workforce planning, recruitment, development and performance, and build a positive, inclusive culture
• Manage capacity, demand, patient flow and performance across sites
• Work with multidisciplinary, community, screening and regional teams to strengthen pathways and outcomes
• Support policies, guidelines, business cases and improvement initiatives aligned with Trust and national priorities
• Promote personalised care, informed choice, equity of access and reduced health inequalities
• Participate in senior maternity operational and on‑call arrangements

Skills

Strategic leadership

Governance & quality

Data reporting

Clinical governance

Communication skills

Digital systems

Education

Master's degree or equivalent

Leadership qualification

CPD in maternity leadership

Job description

This Band 8a matron post leads antenatal clinics, day assessment and specialist antenatal pathways within the maternity service at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The work covers clinical, operational and professional leadership, including quality, safety, governance, workforce and performance, with multidisciplinary, community and regional teams. It is a cross‑site role that includes participation in senior maternity on‑call arrangements. Candidates must hold current NMC registration as a midwife.

What the job involves

• Lead antenatal clinics, day assessment services and specialist pathways to high standards of care and patient experience
• Provide strategic and operational leadership across diabetes, maternal medicine, preterm birth and screening services
• Drive quality improvement, patient safety, clinical governance and service transformation using audit, data, incidents and feedback
• Lead workforce planning, recruitment, development and performance, and build a positive, inclusive culture
• Manage capacity, demand, patient flow and performance across sites
• Work with multidisciplinary, community, screening and regional teams to strengthen pathways and outcomes
• Support policies, guidelines, business cases and improvement initiatives aligned with Trust and national priorities
• Promote personalised care, informed choice, equity of access and reduced health inequalities
• Participate in senior maternity operational and on‑call arrangements

Qualifications

• Master's level qualification or equivalent knowledge and experience
• Leadership or management qualification, or equivalent senior leadership experience
• Continuing professional development relevant to maternity leadership, governance and specialist antenatal care

Registration & licences

• Registered midwife with current NMC registration

Experience

• Substantial Band 7 leadership and management responsibility
• Evidence of leading service change, quality improvement or pathway redesign
• Demonstrable compassionate, inclusive and visible leadership

Skills & knowledge

• Strong knowledge of antenatal services and complex pregnancy pathways, including diabetes in pregnancy, maternal medicine, preterm birth and antenatal and newborn screening
• Leading complex services across multiple sites and professional groups
• Analysing and presenting complex clinical, operational, workforce, financial and performance information, and turning findings into action
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills, including sensitive communication where barriers to understanding exist
• Competence in digital systems, data reporting and performance oversight

Nice to have

• Direct leadership experience in diabetes in pregnancy, maternal medicine, preterm birth, fetal medicine or screening services
• Business case development experience
• Workforce modelling experience
• Service transformation experience
• Co-production with service users and the Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership

What's offered

• NHS Pension Scheme, with lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days, depending on NHS Trust service
• Paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• 24/7 confidential Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance