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Job summary

Main area
Nursing and Midwifery
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
190-0464-DIR
Employer
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Jessop Wing Hospital
Town
Sheffield
Salary
£53,755 - £60,504 pa/pro rata for part time staff
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
16/07/2025 23:59
Interview date
28/07/2025

Employer heading

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Matron - Perinatal Health and Wellbeing Services

NHS AfC: Band 8a

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Job overview

Are you ready to take the next step in your leadership journey? Do you have the passion and determination to lead transformative change, reduce health inequalities, and improve outcomes for women and families? If so, we welcome your application for the role of Matron for Perinatal Health and Wellbeing Services at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

We are looking for a confident and experienced professional with a proven track record in senior leadership, service development, and multidisciplinary team management. You will have a good understanding of maternity public health priorities, excellent communication and influencing skills, and a commitment to delivering equitable, high-quality care.

This is a pivotal leadership role, responsible for the strategic direction, operational delivery, and governance of a portfolio of specialist services including maternity smoking cessation, diabetes in pregnancy, pelvic health, infant feeding, perinatal mental health, and contraception. You will unify these services under a single leadership structure, ensuring alignment with national maternity transformation goals and local public health priorities.

Main duties of the job

  • Provide strategic leadership and operational oversight of Perinatal Health and Wellbeing Services.
  • Integrate and manage a range of specialist maternity public health services within a cohesive governance framework.
  • Lead and inspire a multidisciplinary team, fostering a culture of excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement.
  • Develop and implement robust governance structures to ensure high standards of clinical quality, safety, and performance.
  • Monitor service effectiveness through data analysis, performance indicators, and outcome reporting.
  • Ensure compliance with national initiatives, including the Saving Babies’ Lives Care Bundle.
  • Work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to enhance service integration and patient pathways.
  • Support workforce planning, recruitment, and the ongoing professional development of specialist midwives and staff.
  • Champion equitable, inclusive, and high-quality care that meets the needs of diverse communities.

Working for our organisation

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered Midwife (valid with NMC)
  • Master’s Degree (or evidence of study in a relevant subject at master's level/post graduate qualification)
  • Post registration qualification in Leadership or relevant experience
  • Post registration qualification in Quality Improvement or relevant experience
Desirable criteria
  • Public health qualification or clinical equivalent

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Professional clinical experience across a range of practice settings and roles
  • Proven record of leading and effectively managing service development and practice change
  • Project management and managing change experience and skills
  • Evidence of leadership experience/potential

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Persuasion and influencing skills – ability to present ideas and proposals effectively.
  • Highly developed leadership skills with excellent interpersonal skills – ability to form positive relationships at all levels
  • Excellent performance management skills.
  • Ability to demonstrate a broad and in-depth knowledge of NHS health policy and its implications for midwifery practice
  • Excellent report writing skills
  • Ability to coordinate the completion of a number of projects simultaneously
Desirable criteria
  • Previous experience of duty/site management
  • Evidence of participation in service evaluation
  • Knowledge of research/audit processes and application

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria
  • Integrity - Cares about and knows the importance of doing the right thing and making a difference.
  • Ownership - Loves being in charge/control and takes full responsibility for the running of their ward. Driven to get things done to ensure that both they and their team achieve. Sets very high standards for themselves, their team and ward.
  • Delivery - Love to be in control and on top of everything that is going on in their area. Likes to be ‘hands on’ in the delivery of women centred care. Thrives on having lots going on and rise to the challenge of driving change. Possesses a ‘can do’ approach to problems and will keep going when things are tough.
  • Relating - Relishes the opportunity to develop others and takes great satisfaction from seeing their staff achieve and progress. Pick up on other people’s needs sensing when something is wrong. Good at explaining things in simple and straightforward ways that others find easy to understand.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - SilverMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerStonewall Gold 2022Step into health

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Kiya Rothman
Job title
Consultant Midwife
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01142268429
Additional information

Kiya Rothman's PA - Naheema Kamaly - [email protected] 

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