# Maternity Matron for Antenatal & Community > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/maternity-matron-for-antenatal-and-community/2b44b0f8-c998-4761-ba43-9a200284dbe8 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/maternity-matron-for-antenatal-and-community/2b44b0f8-c998-4761-ba43-9a200284dbe8.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Kingston Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Matron - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £63,665 - £70,887 per annum on pro rata basis - **Contract type:** Permanent: This role will include a Manager on call commitment - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-11-12T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-28T12:51:01.984Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Kingston_Upon_Thames/Kingston_Richmond_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Midwifery/Midwifery-v8360044 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8360044?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.kingstonandrichmond.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Maternity Matron – Antenatal & Community Midwifery Band 8a | Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Are you an experienced, passionate midwife ready to take the next step in your leadership career? We are seeking an inspiring and motivated Maternity Matron for Antenatal and Community Midwifery Services to provide clinical and managerial leadership across our antenatal clinics, community and Infant Feeding Team. ### Main duties of the job This is an exciting opportunity to lead service development, drive quality improvement and ensure women, birthing people and their families receive safe, compassionate and personalised care throughout their maternity journey. You will lead and support multidisciplinary teams, promote a positive and inclusive working culture, strengthen clinical governance and patient experience, and support delivery of the UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative standards, maintaining Stage 3 accreditation and progressing towards Gold. We are looking for an experienced registered midwife with strong clinical leadership, people management and change management skills, a commitment to evidence-based practice, and a passion for improving outcomes and experiences for women and families. If you are an enthusiastic leader who can inspire teams, embrace innovation and deliver high-quality maternity care, we would love to hear from you. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities **Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document, which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification** ### Applicant requirements 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. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Excellent organisational and leadership skills - Ability to engage a team in achieving goals and objectives via a clear, shared maternity vision of care - Sound knowledge and experience of all aspects of midwifery practice - Knowledge and experience of implementing Unicef Baby Friendly Initiative Standards and Accreditation ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of working in hospital and community settings, including recent significant experience at band 7 midwife level - Evidence of managing a clinical area and team of midwives - Experience of dealing with service user’s complaints; investigating informal and formal complaints and writing response letters - Experience of performance managing staff **Desirable** - Evidence of working with Local Maternity Systems and implementation of national ambitions ### Qualifications **Essential** - Current NMC Registration as a Registered Midwife - Strong evidence of continuing professional development **Desirable** - Recognised management/ leadership qualification - Proven record of change management ## Documents - [onboarding roadmap (pdf, 440.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2464) - [ai toolkit for candidates (pdf, 1.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2412) - [maternity matron for antenatal and community b8a (pdf, 280.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10687298) ## 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.