Maternity Community Matron

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust; Rotherham; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health trust in Rotherham is seeking an experienced Maternity Community Matron to lead the delivery of high-quality care for women and families. The role involves providing expert clinical leadership, mentorship, and operational oversight for community maternity services. Candidates should possess strong leadership skills, advanced clinical knowledge, and a commitment to fostering positive experiences for service users. This senior position offers an opportunity to influence service improvements in maternity care across the community.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of operational management at a senior level.
• Experience delivering quality patient safety agenda.
• Previous success in leading change with clinical teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead clinical leadership and operational oversight for community care.
• Coordinating services across community sites.
• Ensure compliance with clinical governance standards.

Skills

Strong clinical leadership

Advanced clinical knowledge

Mentorship

Operational management

Education

Registered Midwife NMC Registration

Degree level education or willingness to undertake

Post-graduate qualification relevant to the role

Recognised leadership or management qualification

Job description

We are seeking an experienced and passionate Maternity Community Matron to join our dedicated team at The Rotherham NHS FoundationTrust. This is an exciting opportunity to lead and support the delivery of high-quality, personalised care for women, birthing people, and families within our community maternity services.

As a senior clinical leader, you will provide expert guidance, mentorship, and operational oversight to ensure safe, effective, and compassionate care across our community teams. You will work collaboratively with midwives, multidisciplinary colleagues, and local partners to drive service improvements and uphold the highest standards of care.

The role requires flexibility, as you will work across community sites and occasionally attend hospital-based meetings. Strong leadership skills, advanced clinical knowledge, and a commitment to promoting positive experiences for service users are essential.

If you are motivated by innovation, passionate about continuity of care, and ready to make a real difference to maternity services in Rotherham, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

As Maternity Community Matron, you will provide strong clinical leadership and operational oversight to ensure safe, effective, and compassionate care for women, birthing people, and families in the community. You will lead and support midwifery teams, promoting best practice and driving improvements in continuity of care, safety, and experience.

Your role will involve coordinating services across community sites, managing resources efficiently, and ensuring compliance with clinical governance standards. You will act as an expert practitioner, offering guidance and mentorship to colleagues, and fostering a culture of learning, civility, and inclusivity.

This is an opportunity to influence service development and champion innovation within maternity care. If you are committed to delivering outstanding care, empowering staff, and shaping the future of community maternity services in Rotherham, we want you on our team.

About us

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust (TRFT) is a combined acute and community Trust serving our local population of around 270,000 people. Our vision is to always act the right way and be proud to provide exceptional healthcare to the communities of Rotherham.

As a Trust we are on a journey to excellence and our people and culture are at the heart of everything we do for patients. In the latest NHS Staff Survey, we are the second most improved Trust in England for "would you recommend the Trust as a place to work?", and were one of the most improved for staff engagement overall.

But don't just take our word for it each year hundreds of colleagues receive nominations for our Excellence and Proud awards, showcasing our brilliant people and recognising their achievements. Our people make a difference to the lives of patients every day and we are proud of the improvements we are making.

All of our colleagues are key to our journey, and we are continuing to improve our services by upholding the Trust’s values of Ambitious, Caring and Together. If you are passionate about making a difference, then please apply to join us on our journey to excellence.

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Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for the full details about the role and the responsibilities.

Person Specification

Knowledge

• Relevant professional standards/application of the NMC Code
• Knowledge of quality and governance systems
• National policy/guidance re professional practice and professional regulation
• National changes and developments in health care

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife NMC Registration
• Educated to degree level or a willingness to undertake within next three years
• Clinical experience relevant to this post
• Post-graduate qualification relevant to the role
• Recognised leadership or management qualification
• Masters Degree

Experience

• A proven track record of operational management at a senior level in an acute hospital environment/Community environment, including staff, financial and change management
• Proven track record of delivering the quality agenda, ensuring patient safety is paramount and at the forefront to planning services and resource allocation
• Demonstrable previous success in leading and delivering change and performance with and through clinical teams, engaging them in the strategic direction and delivery plans
• Establish clear work priorities delegates appropriately and effectively, ensuring a capability to deliver, monitoring performance and giving feedback
• Experience of managing a budget within a clinical area
• Experience of working in hospital and community settings
• Masters Degree

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.

£55,690 to £62,682 a year Pro rata/per annum