Job summary
- Main area
- Midwifery
- Grade
- Executives
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 190-3097-DIR
- Employer
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Jessop Wing
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- pa/pro rata for part time staff
- Closing
- 22/11/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 21/12/2026
Employer heading
Midwifery Director
Executives
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (STH) is one of the largest and most respected NHS organisations in the country, employing over 20,000 colleagues and providing local, regional and specialist services to more than two million people across South Yorkshire and beyond. With a strong reputation for clinical excellence, teaching, research and innovation, we are committed to delivering outstanding care and improving outcomes for the communities we serve.
Our maternity, gynaecology and neonatal services are central to this ambition. As home to one of the UK's largest maternity centres, supporting around 5,700 births each year, we provide a comprehensive range of services, including specialist regional tertiary care. Building on significant progress in recent years, we are now focused on sustaining improvements, strengthening our positive culture and taking the quality, safety and experience of our services to the next level.
We are seeking an exceptional Midwifery Director to provide visible, compassionate and influential professional leadership across our Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Neonatology Care Group. As the Trust's senior professional leader for midwifery, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our services, championing clinical excellence, strengthening professional practice and ensuring that women, babies and families remain at the heart of everything we do.
Main duties of the job
Working in close partnership with clinical, operational and professional colleagues, you will drive improvements in quality, safety, workforce development and patient experience, while fostering a culture of openness, learning and continuous improvement. You will champion meaningful engagement with women, families and our diverse communities, ensuring their voices help shape the services we provide.
We are looking for an accomplished, values-led and collaborative midwifery leader with the professional credibility, strategic perspective and personal qualities to inspire confidence at every level. Approachable, authentic and highly visible, you will combine a genuine connection to frontline services with the ability to influence at Board level, navigate complexity and build effective partnerships across professional and organisational boundaries.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its employees. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This is a compelling opportunity to make a lasting difference within a major teaching hospital Trust. Joining a committed and supportive leadership team, you will build on strong foundations, influence the next chapter of service development and help deliver our ambition for consistently safe, inclusive and outstanding care for women, babies and families across Sheffield and the wider region. For further information please visit alumniglobal.com/job/sthmidwiferydirector or contact Micheal Earnshaw on E: [email protected] or M: 07719055971 for a confidential discussion.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Midwife with significant experience
- Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
- Masters degree
Desirable criteria
- Registered Nurse
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive post registration experience working effectively in a relevant multi-professional acute environment.
- Significant experience at a senior level in a large acute setting including effectively managing staff budgets and high quality patient centred services.
- Previous experience of managing midwifery in a complex environment, including understanding and applying relevant national standards.
- An expert understanding of the statutory framework governing midwives.
- An expert awareness of the national and local context affecting midwifery and maternity services and the delivery of care.
- A detailed awareness and an understanding of the clinical governance agenda.
- Evidence of a commitment to Evidence Based Practice.
Desirable criteria
- Experience at Midwifery Director Level.
- Recent evidence of participation on national or regional groups dealing with NHS strategic issues.
- Evidence of relevant management development and ability to manage change effectively
- Evidence of relevant professional development and experience of contributing to, and effectively implementing nursing / midwifery strategy.
Skills
Essential criteria
- A strong focus on developing excellence in the planning and delivery of maternity care.
- Proven professional and personal leadership skills with an emphasis on engagement and delivery.
- Ability to communicate very complex sensitive and contentious information to a range of colleagues and in a variety of media.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Michael Earnshaw
- Job title
- Alumni Global
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07719055971
- Additional information
The job is being managed by Alumni and all contact should be made through them - contact details to follow.
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