Antenatal Day Services Maternity Matron

• Leading antenatal clinics, day assessment services and specialist pathways, ensuring high standards of care and patient experience.
• Providing strategic and operational leadership across specialist services, including diabetes, maternal medicine, preterm birth and screening.
• Driving quality improvement, patient safety, clinical governance and service transformation using audit, data, incidents and feedback.
• Leading workforce planning, recruitment, development and performance, creating a positive and inclusive culture.
• Managing capacity, demand, patient flow and performance across sites to deliver safe and responsive services.
• Working with multidisciplinary, community, screening and regional teams to strengthen pathways and improve outcomes.
• Supporting policies, guidelines, business cases and improvement initiatives aligned with Trust and national priorities.
• Promoting personalised care, informed choice, equity of access and reduced health inequalities.

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance through a of providers

Essential

• Registered Midwife with current NMC registration.
• Master's level qualification or evidence of equivalent knowledge and experience.
• Leadership or management qualification, or equivalent senior leadership experience.
• Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to maternity leadership, governance and specialist antenatal care.

Essential

• Substantial Band 7 leadership and management responsibility.
• Strong knowledge of antenatal services, complex pregnancy pathways and multidisciplinary outpatient care, including diabetes in pregnancy, maternal medicine, preterm birth and antenatal and newborn screening.
• Evidence of leading service change, quality improvement or pathway redesign.
• Demonstrable experience of compassionate, inclusive and visible leadership.

Desirable

• Direct leadership experience within diabetes in pregnancy, maternal medicine, preterm birth, fetal medicine or screening services.
• Experience of business case development, workforce modelling, service transformation or co-production with service users and the Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership.

Essential

• Ability to lead complex services across multiple sites and professional groups.
• Ability to analyse and present complex clinical, operational, workforce, financial and performance information and translate findings into effective action.
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills, including sensitive communication where barriers to understanding exist.
• Competence in digital systems, data reporting and performance oversight.