Maternity Matron

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Bradford; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a dynamic Senior Midwifery Manager (Band 8A) to lead our maternity service. The post focuses on continuing management of the maternity unit, delivering high-quality, safe and compassionate care to women and families.

You will drive improvements in care standards, infection prevention, and patient and staff experience, leading quality improvement and on-call operational support within a supportive team.

Qualifications

• Substantial management/leadership experience at senior midwife level.
• Experience of delivering service improvements with positive impact on patient safety, experience and quality of care.
• Leading and developing a team.
• Budget management including human resource management.
• Quality assurance and change management.
• Participation in Trust-wide initiatives/ committees.

Responsibilities

• Provide strong clinical leadership and effective management to sustain excellence in midwifery care.
• Improve clinical standards and achieve quality and performance indicators.
• Ensure high quality patient experience through visible, compassionate leadership.
• Champion infection prevention and maintain a clean, safe environment.
• Foster open communication and empower staff to share ideas and raise concerns.
• Oversee safe, evidence-based midwifery care and manage clinical risk.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team for seamless care and referrals.
• Ensure safe staffing and escalation processes as per policy.
• Contribute to strategic priorities and quality improvement with senior management.

Skills

Quality improvement

Budget management

Leadership

Infection control

Communication skills

Education

RM/RN

ENB 997/998, SLIP or equivalent

First Degree or equivalent

Post Registration qualification / CPD

Recognised Leadership Qualification

Masters level qualification

Job description

Main area Maternity Matron Grade NHS AfC: Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Senior on-call requirement) Job ref 389-26-8390274

Employer Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Women's & Newborn Town Bradford Salary £57,528 - £64,750 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 02/11/2026 23:59

Maternity Matron

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Job overview

Shortlisting to take place after closing date: 03.11/2026

interview expected to take place: 09.11/2026

We are seeking adynamic and committed Senior Midwifery Manager (Band 8A) to join our dedicated maternity team

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced midwifery professional to play a key leadership role within our maternity service. The successful candidate will be primarily responsible for the continuing management of the maternity unit, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, safe and compassionate care to women and their families.

As a visible and accessible leader, you will drive forward improvements in care standards, infection prevention, cleanliness, and patient and staff experience. You will lead and support quality improvement initiatives, ensuring best practice is embedded and sustained across the service.

In addition, you will be part of the midwifery management on-call rota, contributing to effective operational management and supporting staff at all levels.

Main duties of the job

Provide strong clinical leadership and effective management, supporting ward and departmental managers to deliver and sustain excellence in midwifery care.

Continuously improve clinical standards through achieving key quality and performance indicators.

Ensure the highest quality patient experience through visible, accessible, and compassionate leadership that inspires confidence in women, families, and staff.

Promote a culture of dignity, respect, and inclusion, championing best practice in infection prevention and control to maintain a clean and safe environment.

Foster open communication within clinical areas, empowering staff to share ideas, raise concerns, and drive continuous improvement.

Oversee the delivery of safe, effective, and evidence-based midwifery care, improving outcomes and experiences for women, babies, and families while effectively managing clinical risk.

Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team to ensure seamless care and appropriate referrals.

Take responsibility for designated wards and departments, providing professional leadership and line management for clinical and support staff.

Ensure safe staffing levels in line with Trust policy and effective escalation processes.

Collaborate with the senior management team within the Clinical Service Unit, contributing to strategic priorities and quality improvement initiatives that promote excellence in care delivery and a culture of learning.

Working for our organisation

Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:

• We are one team

We’re keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached to the advert a job description and person specification for further details. Please ensure you read this document carefully.Please note, if your application is successful you will be required to present original certificates of qualifications that are listed in the person specification under essential.

Person specification

Experience

• Substantial management/leadership experience at senior midwife level
• Experience of delivering service improvements with demonstrable positive impact on patient safety, patient experience and quality of care
• Leading and developing a team
• Budget management including human resource management
• Quality assurance
• Change management
• Complaints handling
• Policy implementation
• Participation in Trust-wide initiatives/ committee membership

Skills

• Knowledge of quality, standard setting and audit.
• Ability to lead a large team
• Organisation and management skills
• Ability to manage change
• Articulate with advanced written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work effectively under pressure
• IT Skills (Including proficiency with Microsoft Office Packages and accurate, fast typing skills)
• Capable of working strategically (business planning, service improvements, strategies for infection control)
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Maintain accurate records
• Ability to undertake surveys or audits, as necessary e.g. audit of clinical incidents
• Well-developed leadership and influencing skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and teams, and have them understand and deliver the Trust’s expectations
• High level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitude
• Ability to undertake Complaint responses and incident investigation
• Ability to undertake Service quality improvement

Knowledge

• Quality, standard setting, benchmarking and audit.
• Budget and people management
• Current issues in healthcare/specialty
• Nursing & Midwifery Agenda
• Clinical Governance
• IP and C
• Fundamentals of Care
• Patient Safety Issues
• Best Practice in Speciality
• Health and Safety
• National Maternity Transformation and key documents
• Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality

Qualifications

• RM/RN
• ENB 997/998, SLIP or equivalent
• First Degree or equivalent level of knowledge and experience gained in a relevant environment
• Post Registration qualification / or robust CPD in relevant speciality
• Evidence of commitment to continuous learning and application in practice
• Recognised Leadership Qualification or equivalent experience
• A Masters level qualification in relevant subject or evidence of equivalent knowledge and experience

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.