Consultant in Obstetrics and Associate Clinical Director

University Hospitals of Leicester; Leicester; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust invites applications for Consultant in Obstetrics and Associate Clinical Director. This role blends high‑quality clinical work with a substantial leadership remit across obstetric and perinatal services within a large tertiary Trust.

The post offers operational leadership, governance oversight and opportunities to shape strategy, quality and safety, workforce development and service improvement in line with national priorities.

Qualifications

• Senior clinician with relevant experience in women’s, children’s or perinatal services.
• Proven leadership capability and track record in service development.
• Ability to work across CMG leadership teams and with clinical directors.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership across obstetric and perinatal services.
• Collaborate with CMG senior leadership to set priorities for delivery.
• Ensure governance, quality and patient safety standards are maintained and improved.
• Lead operational performance and transformation initiatives across the service.
• Promote education, research and professional development across the team.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Job description

Consultant in Obstetrics and Associate Clinical Director

A Vacancy at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust.

Combine clinical practice with the opportunity to shape the future of maternity and perinatal services. As we expand our consultant workforce and strengthen our senior leadership team, we are offering an exciting interim Associate Lead Director role within the Women’s and Children’s Clinical Management Group.

The role comprises 6 clinical PAs and 4 non-clinical PAs, bringing together clinical practice and a significant senior leadership remit. You will provide strategic leadership, operational oversight and perinatal assurance across obstetric services within a large tertiary NHS trust.

Working collaboratively with the CMG Senior Leadership Team, you will help shape service priorities, champion high standards of quality and safety, and strengthen governance and performance. Your leadership will support the delivery of national, regional and Trust maternity and perinatal priorities.

This is an opportunity for a senior clinician with relevant experience in women’s, children’s or perinatal services who is ready to make a wider impact. With defined operational leadership responsibilities alongside assurance and governance functions, the post offers a significant leadership development opportunity at Associate Director / Head of Service level, while retaining a substantial clinical commitment.

If you are passionate about excellent care and ready to help lead services forward, we would welcome your application.

Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).

We have four primary goals:

• high-quality care for all,
• being a great place to work,
• partnerships for impact, and
• research and education excellence

And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.

Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:

• we are compassionate,
• we are proud,
• we are inclusive,
• we are one team

This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.

About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:

Leadership and Professional Oversight

• Provide visible, inclusive leadership across obstetric and perinatal services, fostering collaborative and psychologically safe ways of working.
• Act as a senior leader within the Women’s and Children’s CMG, contributing to strategic planning and service development.
• Work closely with the Clinical Director, Deputy Clinical Director, Head of Midwifery, Head of Operations and senior clinical leaders to align priorities and delivery.
• Support the identification, development and mentoring of future clinical and professional leaders.

Perinatal Assurance and Quality Oversight

• Provide senior-level assurance for the quality and safety of obstetric and perinatal services.
• Support assurance processes relating to:
• Perinatal mortality and morbidity review
• Learning from incidents, claims and complaints
• MBRRACE-UK, HSIB/PSIRF and national maternity safety programmes
• Quality dashboards, metrics and performance reporting
• Ensure learning from assurance activity is translated into sustainable service improvement.
• Provide assurance reporting to CMG and Trust-level governance forums as required.

Governance, Risk and Patient Safety

• Promote a culture where patient safety, learning and improvement are core to service delivery.
• Support robust governance systems for risk identification, escalation and mitigation.
• Contribute to preparation for internal and external assurance processes, including CQC inspections and regulatory reviews.
• Work with clinical and operational leaders to ensure compliance with national standards, guidance and best practice.

Operational Performance and Service Improvement

• Provide operational oversight of service performance against agreed objectives, including quality, safety, access, workforce and efficiency, working in partnership with clinical and operational leads.
• Contribute to the development, prioritisation and delivery of service improvement and transformation programmes, including agreed operational plans.
• Work collaboratively across CMG and Trust boundaries to support integrated pathways, system working and effective operational delivery

Communication and Engagement

• Establish and maintain effective communication networks across obstetric, midwifery, neonatal and wider women’s and children’s services.
• Articulate complex clinical, governance and strategic issues to a wide range of audiences.
• Promote Trust values and behaviours, modelling compassionate and inclusive leadership.

Education, Development and Research

• Promote a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• Support education, training and professional development opportunities across the service.
• Encourage engagement in audit, quality improvement and research activity aligned to service priorities.

This advert closes on Wednesday 2 Dec 2026