Job summary
Interview date 2nd October 2025
Are you a dynamic and experienced leader in maternity services? We are seeking a Joint Maternity Lead for Governance, Compliance and Quality to join our team at Barnsley and Rotherham Hospitals. This pivotal role is designed to ensure that our maternity services consistently meet and exceed local and national quality standards based on a clinical governance framework.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and monitor standards of clinical governance, clinical effectiveness, and patient safety activities.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary professionals and functional heads within the Maternity and Quality and Safety Team.
- Maintain strong working relationships with clinical colleagues and ensure the triangulation of information and intelligence across the service.
- Provide leadership and direction in relation to Quality Governance, Effectiveness, and Quality Improvements.
- Work in partnership with the senior obstetric and midwifery team to drive forward the wider Maternity leadership, operational, governance compliance, and strategic agendas.
- Oversee the strategic and operational delivery of all aspects of quality assurance pertinent to clinical governance in maternity.
If you are passionate about improving maternity services and have the skills and experience to lead our team, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to join us in making a difference.
Main duties of the job
- Promote and work within the NMC Code of Conduct, Trust Policies, and Professional guidelines.
- Promote evidence-based practice and ensure continuous professional development.
- Provide expert leadership and management skills to promote a proactive approach to clinical governance principles.
- Initiate strategies to improve learning from incidents and ensure changes in practice are sustained through robust assurance processes.
- Handle sensitive conversations with empathy and compassion, and motivate and negotiate with all staff groups.
- Support the senior leadership teams to ensure regular specialty governance meetings that demonstrate quality, safety, patient experience, and clinical outcome measures.
- Lead the midwifery contribution towards achieving the NHS Resolutions 10 Safety Actions for the Maternity Incentive scheme and the CQC preparation.
Qualifications and Experience:
- Proven experience in a leadership role within maternity services.
- Strong understanding of clinical governance, compliance, and quality improvement.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to handle sensitive conversations with empathy and compassion.
- Strong leadership and management skills.
About us
We
reserve the right to close positions early
Barnsley
Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing Trust, currently rated
Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and achieving significant progress
in the delivery of our strategic objectives, including our ambition to be the
best Place to Work
We scored best
in the country in the most recent NHS Staff Survey for teamwork, compassionate
leadership, and supporting work/life balance. In 2024's survey, the Trust also
scored above average in every theme of the NHS People Promise the promise NHS colleagues make to
each other to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone
We are proud of
the commitment of our colleagues to ensuring a strong and sustainable future
and our organisation is highly valued by our local communities
There has never
been a better time to join Barnsley Hospital. It is moving at pace and a we
can do this attitude is evident right through the organisation
Barnsley
Hospital NHS FT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity
and fair treatment to all applicants
For
individuals who may require sponsorship under the skilled worker or health
& care visa route please use the link on the right hand side of the advert
to check your eligibility, please note that band 2 and 3 entry roles are no
longer eligible for sponsorship
The
cost of the DBS (criminal records check) for Band 6 and above roles will only
be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Description for 4382
Please refer to the attached
Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role and
responsibilities.
Supporting
Documents
Please refer to the
values-based recruitment guidance and associated documentation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Description for 4382
Please refer to the attached
Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role and
responsibilities.
Supporting
Documents
Please refer to the
values-based recruitment guidance and associated documentation.
Person Specification
Knowledge and awareness
Essential
- A good understanding of the care needs of women, children and families
- A good knowledge of safeguarding policies and procedures
- Up to date and evidence based knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
- Knowledge of aspects of clinical governance and patient safety
Values based questions
Essential
- In around 100 words please describe what Equality & Diversity means to you and why they are important.
- In around 100 words describe how you uphold the NHS and Trust values
Qualifications
Essential
- Midwife with active registration
- First level degree in related healthcare discipline or substantial experiential equivalent
- Evidence of learning beyond registration
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Up to date Safeguarding training at Level 3
- Leadership Qualification
- Masters Level Qualification
Desirable
- Nurse with active registration
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Change management skill
- Advanced level skills in Microsoft Word and Excel to facilitate report writing
- Problem solving and analytical skills relating to the identification and assessment of evidence required to support decision making
- Ability to present information concisely and clearly
- Proven leadership skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, report writing and investigation skills
- Ability to lead meetings and discussions with teams
- Ability to challenge respectfully and escalate concerns to management and other care providers
- Understanding the use of comparative information to drive quality improvement
- Organised and systematic approach to work and prioritisation including working to deadlines
- Experience in CNST and CQC key lines of Enquiry
- Experience of budget management
Experience
Essential
- Significant post registration midwifery experience
- Midwifery & Nursing Management at 8A and above
- Working with Clinicians of varying seniority
- Report writing using RCA/System Based Approach
- Service development experience, delivering clinical quality improvements and successful service change
- Delivering clinical and safeguarding supervision
- Evidence of facilitating and supporting change in practice
- Be able to conduct difficult conversations of a complex nature with service users or different grades of staff
- Experience of analysing problems and identifying solutions
Person Specification
Knowledge and awareness
Essential
- A good understanding of the care needs of women, children and families
- A good knowledge of safeguarding policies and procedures
- Up to date and evidence based knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
- Knowledge of aspects of clinical governance and patient safety
Values based questions
Essential
- In around 100 words please describe what Equality & Diversity means to you and why they are important.
- In around 100 words describe how you uphold the NHS and Trust values
Qualifications
Essential
- Midwife with active registration
- First level degree in related healthcare discipline or substantial experiential equivalent
- Evidence of learning beyond registration
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Up to date Safeguarding training at Level 3
- Leadership Qualification
- Masters Level Qualification
Desirable
- Nurse with active registration
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Change management skill
- Advanced level skills in Microsoft Word and Excel to facilitate report writing
- Problem solving and analytical skills relating to the identification and assessment of evidence required to support decision making
- Ability to present information concisely and clearly
- Proven leadership skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, report writing and investigation skills
- Ability to lead meetings and discussions with teams
- Ability to challenge respectfully and escalate concerns to management and other care providers
- Understanding the use of comparative information to drive quality improvement
- Organised and systematic approach to work and prioritisation including working to deadlines
- Experience in CNST and CQC key lines of Enquiry
- Experience of budget management
Experience
Essential
- Significant post registration midwifery experience
- Midwifery & Nursing Management at 8A and above
- Working with Clinicians of varying seniority
- Report writing using RCA/System Based Approach
- Service development experience, delivering clinical quality improvements and successful service change
- Delivering clinical and safeguarding supervision
- Evidence of facilitating and supporting change in practice
- Be able to conduct difficult conversations of a complex nature with service users or different grades of staff
- Experience of analysing problems and identifying solutions
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.
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.
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).
