# Matron for Antenatal Clinic, Community and Caseload Midwifery > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/matron-for-antenatal-clinic-community-and-caseload-midwifery/86e87ed9-6884-488c-b286-73e0f11425e7 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/matron-for-antenatal-clinic-community-and-caseload-midwifery/86e87ed9-6884-488c-b286-73e0f11425e7.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** West Middlesex University Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Midwife - **Salary:** £63665.00 to £70887.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, Compressed hours, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-30T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-17T14:39:15.208Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8227894 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8227894?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.chelwest.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Post registration clinical experience - Proven leadership experience in quality improvement, audit, and/or project management - Operational Management experience in an acute hospital setting - Experience in leading and implementing change within maternity services - Experience in managing performance, capability, sickness, grievance and disciplinary processes - Experience in staff recruitment, appraisal and personal development planning **Desirable** - Experience in developing clinical standards, protocols and guidelines ### Skills and Knowledge **Essential** - Excellent leadership and management skills with the ability to inspire and motivate teams. - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make data-driven decisions - Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams - Knowledge of current national maternity agenda ### Education and Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Midwife with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC - Evidence of continuous professional development **Desirable** - Master’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience ## Documents - [recruitment pack (pdf, 2.8mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1313) - [policy statement (pdf, 144.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=891) - [guidance for applicants (pdf, 85.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=890) - [functional requirements (pdf, 421.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10537277) - [matron for community anc (pdf, 936.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10562804) - [staff benefits and wellbeing (pdf, 177.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1256) ## 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.