Matron - Community Midwifery in Leeds

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Womens Service at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust as a Community Midwifery Matron. This is a key leadership role within our maternity services, with responsibility for the strategic and operational leadership of community midwifery. You will also play a pivotal role in supporting and advancing the public health agenda, working collaboratively across organisational and system-wide partnerships to improve outcomes for women, birthing people and families. We are seeking an experienced, motivated and forward-thinking midwife who is keen to progress their career within a senior leadership role.

As a valued member of the senior midwifery team within the Womens CSU, you will contribute to service development, quality improvement, and the delivery of safe, effective, and inclusive maternity care. The role will involve participation on the Maternity out of hours on‑call.

The jobholder will have overall responsibility for the management of nursing/associated staff and the management of midwifery resources/budgets within the CSU or a part of it. The jobholder will be accountable for ensuring the highest standard of clinical care is provided within the wards and departments for which they are responsible and ensure the principles of clinical governance are implemented at a local level. The jobholder will work in partnership with the facilities department in ensuring high standards of hospital cleanliness is maintained, embracing the principles outlined in the Matrons charter. The jobholder will be easily identifiable to patients, provide strong leadership through a visible presence and provide support, advice and assistance required by patients, their families and carers. The jobholder will also support the implementation of the Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS), being a focal point for advice to patients and carers and local resolution of complaints.

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care. We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities. Central to it all is The Leeds Way, our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.

We are a large tertiary referral centre with more than 8,500 births each year across two sites, delivering a diverse range of services to our population. Within our community services, we support women and families across a wide geographical area, working in close partnership with multidisciplinary colleagues to provide safe, personalised and continuity-based care from booking through to the postnatal period. Our sites offer specialist maternal medicine services, with level 3 neonatal facilities at the LGI site and level 2 at SJUH. We also provide choice of birthplace, including our 3-bedded alongside midwifery-led Lotus Unit at LGI, with birth pools available at both sites.

As a Community Midwifery Matron, you will play a key leadership role in driving quality, safety, and innovation within community services. Working collaboratively with obstetric, anaesthetic, neonatal and wider system partners, you will contribute to our ongoing perinatal improvement journey and champion excellent outcomes and experiences for women and families. Leeds is a vibrant and supportive place to develop your leadership career in midwifery, offering opportunities to broaden your expertise, influence service development and shape the future of community maternity care.

You will be a visible and approachable leader, acting as a role model for midwives and student midwives across the Trust. You will demonstrate a high level of clinical credibility alongside strong managerial and leadership expertise, supporting teams to deliver high-quality, woman- and family-centred care. The successful candidate will have:

• Proven experience in a leadership and management role within maternity services
• A strong track record of leading and delivering service improvement and change
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, negotiation and decision‑making skills
• A clear commitment to equity, inclusion, and improving experiences and outcomes for diverse communities

In return, we offer a supportive and dynamic environment, with opportunities to further develop your leadership skills and make a meaningful impact on community maternity services.

Our values are part of what makes us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are: Patient-centred, Collaborative, Fair, Accountable, Empowered. All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values. We’re committed to recruiting exceptional people to deliver outstanding services across Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and helping every colleague reach their full potential. We’re looking for a compassionate, inclusive, and collaborative leader who shares our values and can build strong partnerships. We warmly invite applications from people from a variety of backgrounds and sectors, and are especially keen to hear from individuals from a minority ethnic background. We’re dedicated to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels valued, supported, and has a true sense of belonging, as we work together to deliver the best in healthcare to the people of Leeds and beyond.

To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application.

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.

For questions about this job, contact: Name - Julie Holmes Position - Deputy Head of Midwifery Email - julie.holmes4@nhs.net

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.