# Centre Manager - Obstetrics, Maternity & Neonates > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/centre-manager-obstetrics-maternity-and-neonates/db852beb-3420-4406-8de5-73d1a63394ec - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/centre-manager-obstetrics-maternity-and-neonates/db852beb-3420-4406-8de5-73d1a63394ec.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust - **Location:** The Princess Royal Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Manager - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £66,582 - £77,368 Per annum/pro rata - **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed Term) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-29T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-15T13:00:33.817Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Shropshire/Telford/The_Shrewsbury_Telford_Hospital_NHS_Trust/Centre_Manager/Centre_Manager-v8297215 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8297215?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.sath.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview 12 Months Maternity cover Are you an experienced operational leader looking for your next challenge? We have an exciting opportunity for an ambitious and forward-thinking Centre Manager to join our Obstetrics, Maternity & Neonatal Centre on a 12-month fixed-term maternity cover. Working as part of an experienced quadrumvirate, you will provide strategic and operational leadership across a diverse portfolio of services, driving operational performance, service transformation and continuous improvement. You'll work closely with Clinical Directors, senior nursing and midwifery colleagues, and multidisciplinary teams to deliver safe, high-quality, and compassionate care, while achieving key national and local performance standards. We're looking for an inspiring leader with significant NHS operational management experience, a proven track record of delivering change, and the ability to build strong relationships, influence at senior levels and lead high-performing teams. If you are passionate about improving women and children's services, empowering people, and delivering outstanding care, we would be delighted to receive your application. ### Main duties of the job - Leadership and Management: Lead and manage the Obstetrics, Maternity & Neonates operational team, ensuring high standards of patient care and operational efficiency. - Strategic Development: Drive strategic initiatives in alignment with the division’s objectives, promoting a culture of continuous improvement and innovation. - Collaboration: Work closely with Clinical Directors and senior nursing, and midwifery colleagues to implement changes and enhancements that improve service delivery and patient outcomes. - Operational Oversight: Oversee all operational activities, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards, while managing performance metrics effectively. - Workforce Planning: Develop and implement workforce plans to ensure appropriate staffing levels, skill mix, and ongoing staff development to meet service demands. - Financial Management: Monitor and manage budgets, contracts, and financial performance, identifying opportunities for cost efficiencies and ensuring the sustainability of services. - Governance and Risk Management: Maintain effective governance frameworks, manage risks, and ensure robust reporting mechanisms are in place for all services within the portfolio. - Stakeholder Engagement: Act as the main point of contact for all matters related to your portfolio, fostering relationships with key stakeholders to enhance service delivery and patient experience. - On-call: Participate in the Women and Children's manager on-call rota. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities ### For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description. ### Applicant requirements The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Strong leadership skills - Understanding of NHS business and financial regimes - Ability to design and develop complex information systems to enable effective decision-making within the Centre. - Ability to manage teams to deliver objectives and targets ### Personal **Essential** - Ability to fulfil the requirements of the Trust’s on-call rota - Eligible to work in the UK - Ability to travel across the health community as required ### Management Experience **Essential** - Significant experience of working at a senior management or professional level (equivalent to Postgraduate Diploma) in the acute sector - Significant experience of managing teams - Experience of business strategy and planning - Experience of implementing service improvement including complex change management programmes - Evidence of effective management of a complex and diverse workforce - Evidence of successful management of significant budget ### Education and Qualifications **Essential** - Masters level education or equivalent professional qualification or experience - Evidence of professional management development ## Documents - [job pack (pdf, 657.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10616067) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.