About this role
Job summary
Are you an experienced and inspirational midwifery leader looking for an exciting opportunity to shape antenatal services across our maternity service?
We are seeking a dynamic Band 8a Antenatal Day Services Matron to provide professional, clinical and operational leadership for antenatal clinics, day assessment services and specialist antenatal pathways across York and Scarborough.
As a key member of the senior maternity leadership team, you will help ensure women, birthing people, babies and families receive safe, compassionate, personalised and evidence-based care. You will lead on quality, safety, governance, workforce, performance and service development, working with multidisciplinary teams, regional networks and partners to improve outcomes and reduce inequalities.
This cross-site role offers the opportunity to influence strategy, lead change and shape the future of maternity care. Participation in senior maternity operational and on-call arrangements is required.
It is an exciting time to join us. Following our recent CQC inspection, maternity services at York and Scarborough were rated Good across all five domains. You will join a forward-looking team committed to continuous learning, improvement and listening to women, families and staff.
Main duties of the job
As the Antenatal Day Services Matron, you will provide visible, compassionate leadership across antenatal services, ensuring high-quality, safe and effective care for women and families across York and Scarborough.
Key responsibilities include:
Leading antenatal clinics, day assessment services and specialist pathways, ensuring high standards of care and patient experience. Providing strategic and operational leadership across specialist services, including diabetes, maternal medicine, preterm birth and screening. Driving quality improvement, patient safety, clinical governance and service transformation using audit, data, incidents and feedback. Leading workforce planning, recruitment, development and performance, creating a positive and inclusive culture. Managing capacity, demand, patient flow and performance across sites to deliver safe and responsive services. Working with multidisciplinary, community, screening and regional teams to strengthen pathways and improve outcomes. Supporting policies, guidelines, business cases and improvement initiatives aligned with Trust and national priorities. Promoting personalised care, informed choice, equity of access and reduced health inequalities. This is an exciting opportunity to shape antenatal services, influence their future direction and improve maternity care for our communities.
About us
For more information about our Trust, please visit:
https://yorkhospitals.pagetiger.com/hdjgxd
Our benefits
We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:
Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme An extensive range of learning and development opportunities Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance through a of providers For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.
Job description Job responsibilities
A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.
Interviews will be held on site on 6th November 2026.
Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.
Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: [email protected].
As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.
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Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
oRegistered Midwife with current NMC registration. oMaster's level qualification or evidence of equivalent knowledge and experience. oLeadership or management qualification, or equivalent senior leadership experience. oEvidence of continuing professional development relevant to maternity leadership, governance and specialist antenatal care.
Knowledge and Experience Essential
oSubstantial Band 7 leadership and management responsibility. oStrong knowledge of antenatal services, complex pregnancy pathways and multidisciplinary outpatient care, including diabetes in pregnancy, maternal medicine, preterm birth and antenatal and newborn screening. oEvidence of leading service change, quality improvement or pathway redesign. oDemonstrable experience of compassionate, inclusive and visible leadership.
Desirable
oDirect leadership experience within diabetes in pregnancy, maternal medicine, preterm birth, fetal medicine or screening services. oExperience of business case development, workforce modelling, service transformation or co-production with service users and the Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership.
Skills and Abilities Essential
oAbility to lead complex services across multiple sites and professional groups. oAbility to analyse and present complex clinical, operational, workforce, financial and performance information and translate findings into effective action. oExcellent written, verbal and presentation skills, including sensitive communication where barriers to understanding exist. oCompetence in digital systems, data reporting and performance oversight.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address Cross site York & Scarborough
Wigginton Road
York
YO31 8HE
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.yorkhospitals.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)