Antenatal Day Services Maternity Matron

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.

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.

For more information about our Trust, please visit:

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.

A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description

Interviews will be held on site on 6th November 2026.