Maternity Ward Leader

NHS; Sutton-in-Ashfield; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Maternity Ward Leader to provide clinical leadership in a dynamic maternity unit. You will oversee the delivery of care, manage the team, and champion continuous improvement and patient safety. Applicants must be registered midwives with strong leadership skills. The role offers a salary from £47,810 to £54,710 annually, pro rata.

Qualifications

• Specialist clinical knowledge required.
• Evidence of professional development.
• Computer literate with clinical governance knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Maternity team and manage care delivery.
• Oversee clinical governance and workforce planning.
• Drive innovation and support education.

Skills

Strong clinical leadership

Excellent communication skills

Ability to work on own initiative

Change management

Problem solving

Education

Registered Midwife

Degree in midwifery or relevant subject

Management / Leadership training

Job description

Maternity Ward Leader

The closing date is 24 November 2025

Sherwood Forest Hospitals are seeking a passionate and experienced Maternity Ward Leader to join our Maternity team on a fixed‑term basis. This is an exciting opportunity to lead the Sherwood Birthing Unit, supporting the delivery of safe, compassionate, and evidence‑based care for women, birthing people, and their families across Nottinghamshire.

Reporting to the Matron for the Sherwood Birthing Unit, Triage and Planned Care, you will provide expert clinical and professional leadership within an intrapartum environment that supports both low‑ and high‑dependency care, including two obstetric theatres. As a visible, resilient leader, you’ll champion professional standards, continuous improvement, and staff wellbeing while fostering a culture of learning, accountability, and teamwork.

You will oversee clinical governance, risk management, and workforce planning, ensuring safe staffing, high‑quality care, and compliance with NMC standards and Trust policies. Working collaboratively across services, you’ll drive innovation, support education, and promote seamless maternity care and positive outcomes.

Apply now to join our team and make a difference in healthcare!

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

About us

We are an award‑winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically‑led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS‑run hospital in the East Midlands.

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Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Knowledge Requirements

• Specialist Clinical knowledge.
• Evidence of Professional development.
• Computer Literacy.
• Clinical Governance.
• Knowledge of Labour Ward coordinators framework.

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife
• ENB 997/8 or equivalent
• Degree in midwifery or relevant subject or equivalent
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Management /Leadership training

Further Training

• SSSA Training
• PROMPT Course trainer.
• ALSO course / Trainer

Experience

• Demonstrates strong clinical leadership and influencing skills
• Ability to work on own initiative and prioritise workload effectively
• Demonstrates excellent written and presentation skills
• Able to demonstrate successful change management and innovation
• Experience in guideline development and implementation
• Evidence of excellent communication skills with staff and patients in a variety of settings and situations
• Positive and enthusiastic role model
• PMA trained
• FTSU Champion

Contractual Requirements

• Adherence to Trust policy and guidelines
• Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands

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.

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum pro rata