Maternity Manager | Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust

Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in Liverpool is seeking a highly motivated Maternity Manager to oversee ward operations and ensure high standards of patient care. The role involves managing staff, budgets, and implementing quality initiatives while fostering a communicative environment. Candidates must exhibit strong leadership and engage with multi-disciplinary teams to enhance service delivery.

Qualifications

• Responsible for planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care.
• Demonstrate strong leadership and act as a role model.
• Ensuring effective communication and engagement.
• Management of the ward or department.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day operations of the ward.
• Lead on local quality initiatives.
• Support the education of staff.
• Facilitate decision making at the ward level.

Skills

Experienced in operational management

Leadership skills

Effective communication

Budget management

Job description

The Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust is looking to recruit a highly motivated, qualified and forward-thinking Maternity Manager.

Responsible for day to day operational management of the ward or department. Provides professional and managerial leadership. Responsible for planning, implementing and evaluating patient care. Manages staff, manages rotas, and undertakes recruitment and selection. Promotes positive patient experience, lead on local quality initiatives and explores opportunities for service improvement. Holds and manages budget.

The post holder will have overall responsibility and accountability for the management of the ward or department, providing a dynamic leadership role within the team. Ensuring at all times that patients and their families are at the centre of the ward/ dept philosophy.

Ensuring effective communication and engagement is maintained at all times, ensuring regular team meetings and opportunities for staff at all levels to contribute to decision making at ward or department level.

Able to make effective decisions autonomously / independently without supervision and in partnership with patients, families and the multi-disciplinary team.

The best people, giving the safest care, providing outstanding experiences
Support the Matron and wider members of the Divisional Management team in achieving the strategic objectives for the Division and the Trust.

Demonstrate strong leadership and act as a role model for the midwifery team, ensuring the delivery of a high standard of evidence based care to patients and providing support for all staff on the unit. Responsibility for development within the department / ward, taking a lead role in ensuring continuous improvements in standards for the benefit of good patient care.

Manage and co-ordinate a ward /department team, working autonomously without supervision, providing professional clinical leadership and responsibility for ensuring an environment of empowerment through coaching, teaching and facilitation.

Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust delivers the highest standards of care for women, babies and families. Each year we deliver over 7,500 babies, carry out over 49,000 gynaecological inpatient and outpatient procedures, care for over 1,000 poorly & preterm newborns, perform around 1,000 IVF cycles and have over 4,000 genetic appointments taking place. We believe that this along with a strong dedication to research & innovation makes us thespecialist health provider of choice in Europe for women, babies and families.

We have some of the leading experts in their field, which has been showcased on national TV and news, making our teams famous across the world for professionalism, skill & compassion.

The Trust is constantly innovating and evolving it’s services to provide the most cutting edge and modern care possible. As well as developing services on our current site we have long-term aspirations for the future. We have recently launched a number of new strategies which provide a detailed long-term plan for our services.

Check out why Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust is a great place to work using the links below:

Video:https://vimeo.com/556197652

Online brochure:https://www.liverpoolwomens.nhs.uk/media/4121/recruitment-pack-great-place-to-work-16pp-v4-final.pdf

The post holder will have overall responsibility and accountability for the management of the ward or department, providing a dynamic leadership role within the team. Ensuring at all times that patients and their families are at the centre of the ward/ dept philosophy.

Ensuring effective communication and engagement is maintained at all times, ensuring regular team meetings and opportunities for staff at all levels to contribute to decision making at ward or department level.

Able to make effective decisions autonomously / independently without supervision and in partnership with patients, families and the multi-disciplinary team.

Demonstrate strong leadership and act as a role model for the midwifery team, ensuring the delivery of a high standard of evidence based care to patients and providing support for all staff on the unit.

Responsibility for development within the department / ward, taking a lead role in ensuring continuous improvements in standards for the benefit of good patient care, represent the department / ward and Division at appropriate Trust meetings

Facilitate and support the education of registered and non registered staff and work in association with, and in support of the matron in defining standards of care and practice aimed at developing and/or improving the quality of patient care.

Manage and co-ordinate a ward /department team, working autonomously without supervision, providing professional clinical leadership and responsibility for ensuring an environment of empowerment through coaching, teaching and facilitation.

At all times working to ensure the most effective use of all ward resources.


This advert closes on Monday 11 Aug 2025