Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
12 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Post registration clinical experience
- Experience
Proven leadership experience in quality improvement, audit, and/or project management
- Experience
Operational Management experience in an acute hospital setting
- Experience
Experience in leading and implementing change within maternity services
- Experience
Experience in managing performance, capability, sickness, grievance and disciplinary processes
- Experience
Experience in staff recruitment, appraisal and personal development planning
- Skills and Knowledge
Excellent leadership and management skills with the ability to inspire and motivate teams.
- Skills and Knowledge
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make data-driven decisions
- Skills and Knowledge
Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams
- Skills and Knowledge
Knowledge of current national maternity agenda
- Education and Qualifications
Registered Midwife with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC
- Education and Qualifications
Evidence of continuous professional development
Desirable
2 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Experience in developing clinical standards, protocols and guidelines
- Education and Qualifications
Master’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience
Job overview
We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Maternity Matron to lead and manage the Antenatal Clinic, Community Midwifery, and Caseload Midwifery teams. This is a key leadership role responsible for ensuring high standards of care, service improvement, and strategic development in line with NHS maternity transformation initiatives, including Better Births and the NHS Long-Term Plan.
The post holder will provide strong operational and professional leadership, ensuring safe, high-quality, and compassionate maternity care. They will drive innovation, workforce development, and collaborative working across the hospital and community settings, supporting continuity of care models and reducing health inequalities.
Main duties of the job
- Provide strategic and operational leadership for the Antenatal Clinic, Community Midwifery, and Caseload Midwifery teams, ensuring excellence in patient care.
- Act as a visible, accessible, and supportive leader, fostering a culture of innovation, learning, and professional development.
- Lead on workforce planning, recruitment, retention, and professional development to build a resilient, skilled maternity workforce.
- Support the implementation and sustainability of continuity of carer models, ensuring equity and improved outcomes for women and birthing people.
- Manage budgets and resources effectively, ensuring efficient service delivery and cost-effectiveness.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
See detailed job description attached.
- To have overall operational responsibility for a defined clinical area
- To directly-line manage the midwifery staff of the defined clinical area
- On a daily basis ensure that the clinical area is being co-ordinated effectively and be highly visible within the defined clinical area for staff, patients and visitors alike
- Liaise with the wider Trust network and ensure integration of the real time patient feedback system within the defined area of responsibility.
- To act in the absence of the Deputy Director of Nursing and Midwifery
- Responsible for effective communication systems within the defined clinical area and ensure effective and efficient team working within the multi-disciplinary framework.
- To manage resources effectively and efficiently within the agreed budget allocation.
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.
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This advert is for Matron for Antenatal Clinic, Community and Caseload Midwifery with Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Isleworth, England. It is listed as a Midwife role. The advertised salary is £63665.00 to £70887.00. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 30 Sep 2026.
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