• Job Description

  Req#: C9408-25-0548?language=en&page=159&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Reporting to the Head of Midwifery/Associate Director of Nursing the post holder is responsible for and will have a specific focus on visible, accessible and strong clinical leadership, patient experience and the delivery of safe, timely, high quality care.

  The post holder will lead service and quality improvement programmes alongside supporting the operational management of the Division. This includes ensuring efficient and effective use of resources and the development and maintenance of the highest standards of patient care and service delivery.

  Main duties of the job

  Please see attached Job Description for further information about the Maternity Matron position available at WUTH.

  About us

  All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as "competent and caring staff" by our patients.

  Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.

  We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral's only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint.

  We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.

  The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.

  Details

  Date posted

  22 July 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 8a

  Salary

  £53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum

  Contract

  Fixed term

  Duration

  12 months

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  408-25-642

  Job locations

  Arrowe Park Hospital

  ArrowePark Road

  Wirral

  CH49 5PE

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please see attached Job Description for further information about the Maternity Matron position available at WUTH.

  If successful in this role, there is a requirement for you to have an enhanced DBS check. This will be paid for by the Trust and then deducted from your salary over a period of 3 month.

  As this vacancy is within the division of Women's and Childrens, there is a mandatory requirement for successful applicants to join the DBS update service. The cost of joining the update service is £16 per year, and applicants are liable to cover this cost with no reimbursement from the Trust. Further details of how to join the update service will be provided upon appointment.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please see attached Job Description for further information about the Maternity Matron position available at WUTH.

  If successful in this role, there is a requirement for you to have an enhanced DBS check. This will be paid for by the Trust and then deducted from your salary over a period of 3 month.

  As this vacancy is within the division of Women's and Childrens, there is a mandatory requirement for successful applicants to join the DBS update service. The cost of joining the update service is £16 per year, and applicants are liable to cover this cost with no reimbursement from the Trust. Further details of how to join the update service will be provided upon appointment.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training

  Essential

  • Registered Midwife
  • Hold relevant degree or equivalent and working towards master's level
  • Holds a relevant teaching and assessing qualification
  • Significant post-registration experience in a leadership position
  • Demonstrable clinical experience within the relevant area
  • On-going professional development with documented evidence

  Desirable

  • Speciality specific qualification
  • Management qualification

  Knowledge and Skills

  Essential

  • Reputation for setting and maintaining high standards of clinical care
  • Evidence of ability to manage change effectively
  • Evidence of innovation in practice
  • Extensive experience as an assessor/mentor
  • Evidence of participation of audit and research
  • Experience of resource management

  Desirable

  • Experience of business planning or project management
  • Experience of leading people through change

  Personal Attributes

  Essential

  • Enthusiastic/self-confident
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills and computer literate
  • Ability to establish relationships
  • Evidence of report writing, leading workshops, presentation skills, negotiating skills
  • Able to analyse information and problem solve effectively
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Knowledge and application of professional midwifery issues
  • Commitment to service developments and quality

  Person Specification

  Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training

  Essential

  • Registered Midwife
  • Hold relevant degree or equivalent and working towards master's level
  • Holds a relevant teaching and assessing qualification
  • Significant post-registration experience in a leadership position
  • Demonstrable clinical experience within the relevant area
  • On-going professional development with documented evidence

  Desirable

  • Speciality specific qualification
  • Management qualification

  Knowledge and Skills

  Essential

  • Reputation for setting and maintaining high standards of clinical care
  • Evidence of ability to manage change effectively
  • Evidence of innovation in practice
  • Extensive experience as an assessor/mentor
  • Evidence of participation of audit and research
  • Experience of resource management

  Desirable

  • Experience of business planning or project management
  • Experience of leading people through change

  Personal Attributes

  Essential

  • Enthusiastic/self-confident
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills and computer literate
  • Ability to establish relationships
  • Evidence of report writing, leading workshops, presentation skills, negotiating skills
  • Able to analyse information and problem solve effectively
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Knowledge and application of professional midwifery issues
  • Commitment to service developments and quality

  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.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  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.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  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

  Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

  Address

  Arrowe Park Hospital

  ArrowePark Road

  Wirral

  CH49 5PE

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.wuth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

  Address

  Arrowe Park Hospital

  ArrowePark Road

  Wirral

  CH49 5PE

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.wuth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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