About this role
Job summary
We are seeking an experienced and innovative senior midwifery leader to join our maternity leadership team as a Maternity Matron.
This substantive Band 8a post will lead the transformation of community maternity services, supporting delivery of our maternity strategy and national ambitions for safer, more personalised and equitable care. The successful candidate will bring significant leadership experience within maternity services and a passion for service improvement, workforce development and improving outcomes for women, babies and families.
Alongside the transformation programme, the post holder will provide operational and professional leadership across designated maternity services, working as part of the wider maternity leadership team and participating in the Maternity Manager on Call rota.
Main duties of the job
- Lead the transformation of community maternity services, delivering local and national priorities
- Develop and evaluate innovative models of care to improve quality, safety, experience and equity
- Lead quality improvement and service redesign using recognised improvement methodologies
- Provide professional and operational leadership across community, acute and specialist maternity services, including Perinatal Mental Health and HMP Foston Hall teams
- Work with multidisciplinary teams, system partners and stakeholders to improve pathways and outcomes
- Lead and support workforce development, fostering a culture of learning, innovation and continuous improvement
- Monitor quality, performance and patient experience metrics to drive improvement and support strategic objectives
- Support delivery of maternity quality, safety, governance and performance objectives through effective workforce planning and service development
- Lead clinical governance, risk management and assurance, ensuring learning from incidents, complaints, audits and patient feedback is embedded in practice
- Provide visible and compassionate leadership, promoting staff wellbeing, accountability and positive team culture
- Participate in the Maternity Manager on Call rota and support operational service management
- Act as a professional role model, championing personalised, equitable and evidence-based maternity care.
Closing date of applications: 26 November 2026
Interview date: 10 December 2026
About us
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer
- Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
- On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
- Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts
- We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
- We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
- An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
- Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
- Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
- We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
- We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
- UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and Person Specification. To apply please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account.
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Following the recent update on UK immigration policy for those on a Health and Care Visa or Skilled Worker Visa, please click on the link to check your eligibility before applying for this post as we may be unable to provide sponsorshipSkilled worker: Health and Care Visa | NHS Employers
Important visa information: Due to UK Home Office immigration rule changes effective from 22 July 2025, applicants sponsored under Occupation Code 6131 (Nursing Auxiliaries and Assistants) may not be eligible to bring dependants under the Skilled Worker route if their Certificate of Sponsorship is issued on or after this date. Applicants are responsible for understanding how these rules apply to their individual circumstances. The Trust cannot provide immigration advice. Further information is available on the Skilled Worker visa: Your partner and children - GOV.UK
Your application (for shortlisting purposes) is assessed based on the Person Specification in the job advert (below).
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Midwife with current NMC registration and Degree (or equivalent experience)
Desirable
- Master's degree (or working towards)
- Leadership/Management qualification
- Teaching/Mentorship qualification
Experience and Training
Essential
- Significant senior clinical and managerial experience within maternity services
- Experience of multidisciplinary and system-wide working with internal and external stakeholders
- Workforce development, performance management and staff wellbeing
- Evidence of delivering service objectives and measurable outcomes
- Clinical Expertise Broad maternity experience across community and acute settings
- Governance, Quality & Risk Clinical governance, audit, quality improvement and risk management experience
- Service Transformation Leading change, quality improvement or service redesign
- Workforce & Resources Workforce planning, establishments, budgets or resource management
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
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Address
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton
Uttoxeter Road
Derby
DE22 3NE
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)