Matron - Community Midwifery

Matron - Community Midwifery

CAPTION: Job details

• Posting date: 05 June 2026


• Salary: £57,528.00 to £64,750.00 per year


• Additional salary information: £57528.00 - £64750.00 a year


• Hours: Full time


• Closing date: 26 June 2026


• Location: Leeds, LS9 7TF


• Company: NHS Jobs


• Job type: Permanent


• Job reference: C9298-26-0372

Summary

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

Why you should join our Team 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.

What you will bring to the role 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.

About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust

Our values are part of what make 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.

Sponsorship Eligibility

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. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here. We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.

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For questions about this job, contact: Name - Julie Holmes Position - Deputy Head of Midwifery Email - julie.holmes4@nhs.net Why you should join our Team 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. What you will bring to the role 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. About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust Our values are part of what make 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. Sponsorship Eligibility 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. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here. We reserve the right to close this
advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.