Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Matron for Community Midwifery and Birth Centre
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Do you have a vision of how community midwifery and birth centre services should be delivered?
Do you have the enthusiasm to lead both a community and an inpatient team across South Manchester that will ensure the woman and her family have the best possible experience? If your answer is yes, then the perfect opportunity has arisen for you.
An exciting opportunity has arisen
To join the senior leadership team at Saint Mary's Wythenshawe as Community Midwifery and Birth Centre Matron. This position will cover the Homebirth Team across the MFT footprint. The role will also support across the MCS working with Matron colleagues at Oxford Road and North Manchester.
If you are an experienced, highly motivated midwife with management experience and a vast knowledge of Community Services, this could be the role for you.
Maternity Services at Saint Mary's Hospital provide women living in Manchester, Trafford, Salford, the North West and beyond with primary, secondary, and tertiary obstetric services. Saint Mary's is renowned both regionally and nationally for its research, clinical fetal and maternal medicine services with a very complex patient population.
There is an established midwifery team delivering care to high and low risk women and a multidisciplinary team comprising of obstetricians, midwives, anaesthetists, Neonatologists, and physicians providing care to women with specialist fetal and maternal medical needs.
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You will need to be able to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a driving passion and determination to support the senior midwifery team in line with the exciting national picture of care and compassion, as well as a local picture of quality improvement. The successful candidates will need to have good knowledge and skill base of both midwifery clinical practice and local leadership.
In this role you will lead a team of midwives and develop practice as a midwifery expert, providing advice and leadership to colleagues in the organisation and working in partnership with a range of other agencies.
You will be resilient and able to manage complex situations as well as being well organised and innovative. A proven track record of supporting change processes, coupled with good influencing and negotiation skills are key attributes required for these posts in order to provide an integrated and effective service focusing on the delivery and assurance of safe, high-quality patient care across our services.
In this key role you will work closely with the Deputy Head of Midwifery and the Head of Midwifery. You will also contribute to the 24-hour senior midwifery on call rota across the 3 sites.
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Become part of a 30,000 plus strong team, delivering exceptional care to over 1 million people every year. As the largest provider of specialist services, and our Oxford Road Campus in Manchester, the largest health academic campus in Europe, we are forward-thinking, committed to clinical excellence and driven to deliver innovation, and continuous improvement.
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You’ll be part of a collaborative, multi-disciplinary community, working alongside professionals from a wide range of clinical backgrounds. Together, we push boundaries, share knowledge, and deliver care that transforms lives.
At MFT, you’ll find a workplace where everyone is respected, supported, and encouraged to thrive. We offer clear clinical pathways for professional development, helping you grow your skills and achieve your ambitions.
Your journey at MFT is more than a job - it’s an opportunity to make a lasting impact. We’ll support you as you shape the future of healthcare, one patient at a time.
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Kate Giannone
- Job title: Deputy Head of Midwifery
- Email address: kate.giannone@mft.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 0161 291 3173
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