Community Matron - Maternity

Job overview

Maternity Matron (Community)

Department: Maternity

Band  8a

Hours: 37.5 per week, all MKUH roles will be considered for flexible working

We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated midwife to join our team as Matron for Community Midwifery.

The successful candidate will provide exceptional clinical leadership and expert midwifery practice to families within the Milton Keynes community, including those booked for homebirth care. They will play a key role in shaping, delivering and continuously improving our community and homebirth services.

The role involves leading benchmarking activities to inform ongoing service development and driving initiatives that improve services with a strong emphasis on equity and equality for families and staff. The post‑holder will support the Midwifery senior team in delivering personalised community midwifery care and oversee safe, evidence‑based homebirth services aligned with national and local guidelines. They will continuously monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of community midwifery‑led services, ensuring high‑quality, safe care at all times.

Working collaboratively with senior midwifery leaders and key community stakeholders, the role ensures seamless pathways and safe planning for out‑of‑guidance births.

For informal discussion, please do not hesitate to contact Layla Rumble – Head of Midwifery – [email protected]

Interview date: Week commencing 16th March 2026.

Main duties of the job

We care We communicate We collaborate We contribute

• “- NHS Survey, 2024'' 94% feel that their role makes a difference to patience and service users. Providing clinical leadership to the Clinical Service Unit thorough clinical and professional support to all nursing, midwifery and wider team of staff. Ensuring high quality, safe patient care is delivered by an appropriately skilled and educated workforce, through effective leadership by setting standards and performance monitoring of those standards. Work collaboratively with all stakeholders to ensure a high standard of quality care delivery including - safety , effectiveness and patient experience, earning from feedback and patient and public involvement strategies learning from feedback and patient and public involvement strategies. The post‑holder will facilitate timely and effective communication with families and multidisciplinary teams, while leading clinical governance activity, including risk management, audit, practice development and the monitoring of professional and clinical standards.

It is a fantastic time to join us at Milton Keynes, we have a supportive and compassionate team, we are committed to development, innovation, safety and quality of our services and the experience of our women, their families and our staff is a top priority.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Improving services •    Ensure high quality, safe patient care is delivered by appropriately skilled and educated workforce, through effective leadership the setting and performance monitoring of those standards. •    Contribute to the development of strategic plans that provide women centred care that meets the changing and complex needs of people who access our service. •    Actively seek and lead on opportunities for quality improvement through promotion of safe, effective performance that delivers positive patient experience.

Managing services •    Ensure clinical teams are aware of the importance of, and actively promote the nutritional needs of women, including all elements of hydration and nutrition e.g., Protected mealtimes. •    Ensure medications are safely stored and administered following the Trust policy and the management of medicine errors process is undertaken in a supportive learning focused equitable way for all staff. •    Set and monitor standards for patient access to patient information, ensuring cultural and religious requirements are observed and that systems for patient feedback are in place and working effectively.

Education, training and development •    Develop and maintain a positive learning environment where teams evaluate and deliver evidence-based care. •    Promote confidence in teams to challenge constructively and promote an environment of effective learning from reflection of individuals and team performance. •    To recognise the need for succession planning and develop staff with opportunities to gain insight and experience for their next role. Develop leadership skills in ward and department managers and senior staff.

Operational •    Monitor patient acuity and activity and ensure that staffing in place is at a safe level and appropriate skill mix for the clinical area/division. •    Work collaboratively with colleagues across the Trust to ensure patient safety, escalating areas of concern as appropriate. •    Promote and support local and national initiatives implemented to ensure timely and safe discharge of patients that is patient focused and promote the experience of discharge.

Please refer to the job description for further details.