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Antenatal Ward Sister
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent: starting January 2027
Hours
  • Part time
  • Job share
15 hours per week
Job ref
151-JLM736
Employer
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Frimley Park Hospital
Town
Frimley, Camberley
Salary
£20,663 - £23,514 per annum incl HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
04/11/2026 23:59

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Antenatal Ward Sister

Band 7

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and highly motivated midwife to join the Inpatient Maternity Team at Frimley Park Hospital as a Band 7 Antenatal Ward Sister, working 15 hours per week as part of a job-share arrangement.

In this role, you will provide visible clinical and operational leadership within the Antenatal Ward, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, and compassionate care for women and their families. You will lead on all aspects of antenatal care, supporting and developing the multidisciplinary team to deliver high standards of care and an excellent patient experience.

This post offers a valuable opportunity for personal and professional development, as well as the chance to contribute to ongoing service improvement. You will work collaboratively with colleagues across both hospital and community maternity services to promote seamless care and positive outcomes for women and their families.

Main duties of the job

  • Provide clinical, professional, and operational leadership within the Antenatal Ward, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, evidence-based, and woman-centred care.
  • Act as a role model and senior clinical resource for the multidisciplinary team, supporting staff development, professional practice, and service improvement initiatives.
  • Work autonomously within established policies, protocols, and guidelines, demonstrating sound clinical judgement and decision-making in accordance with the NMC Code and Midwives Rules and Standards.
  • Coordinate the day-to-day management of the Antenatal Ward, promoting effective patient flow, positive patient experiences, and high standards of care.
  • Support the education, supervision, and development of midwifery staff, students, and support workers, fostering a culture of learning and continuous improvement.
  • Maintain and develop specialist knowledge through ongoing professional development and post-registration education, ensuring clinical practice remains current and evidence based.
  • Collaborate closely with colleagues across inpatient, community, and wider multidisciplinary services to ensure seamless care pathways and excellent outcomes for women and their families.
  • Participate in the senior midwife/hands-on-help on-call rota, providing leadership and clinical support to the wider maternity service as required.

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available. 

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information regarding the detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the attached job description and person specification documents.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered Midwife
  • Mentorship / SLiP course
  • Evidence of CPD
  • Completed preceptorship.
Desirable criteria
  • Leadership / management training
  • Undertaking Master study

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working in an Antenatal Ward.
  • Experience of MDT working
  • Completed preceptorship.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of guideline development and implementation
  • Experience of implementing and influencing clinical governance processes
  • Experience of undertaking midwifery research and audit

Skills & Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Leadership skills.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Able to demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills.
  • Demonstrates excellent written and presentation skills.
  • Effective internet and IT skills.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyMenopause Friendly EmployerCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardWe offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.Disability confident employerWe Work Flexibly

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
Abigail Jurd
Job title
Maternity Matron - Inpatient Areas
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0300 613 0458
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