Clinical Quality, Standards and Culture Lead Midwife


Company:	York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£57,528 - £64,750 per annum
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	York, YO31 8HE
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	13 Jul 2026
Closing date:	23 Aug 2026

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Summary

A Vacancy at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Lead the future of compassionate, personalised maternity care

We are seeking an outstandingClinical Quality, Standards and Culture Lead Midwifeto join our senior midwifery leadership team. This influential role will lead improvements in clinical quality, professional standards and culture across our maternity services, helping to deliver the best possible outcomes for women, birthing people, babies, families and staff.

Working closely with the Director, Deputy Director and Head of Midwifery, you will provide expert leadership to strengthen midwife-led care pathways and support safe, effective, compassionate and inclusive care. You will work with multidisciplinary colleagues and service users to deliver evidence-based improvements aligned with national guidance, regulatory requirements and Trust priorities.

Based across York and Scarborough Hospitals, you will promote consistency, shared learning and high-quality care across both sites, while helping to shape the future of maternity services across the wider health system.

If you are a passionate and forward-thinking midwifery leader ready to influence quality, culture and standards at scale, we would love to hear from you.

Selection will include a focus group/task-based activity and panel interview on30 and 31 July 2026.

In this role, you will:

• Lead the development and delivery of midwifery-led care pathways that support personalised, safe and effective care

• Champion informed choice, autonomy and personalised care planning throughout the maternity journey

• Drive clinical quality improvement, using learning from incidents, feedback and data to enhance outcomes and experience

• Provide professional leadership to ensure high standards of midwifery practice aligned with national guidance and the NMC Code

• Promote midwifery-led and physiological birth approaches where appropriate

• Foster a positive, inclusive and speaking-up culture for staff

• Strengthen governance, assurance processes and organisational learning

• Work collaboratively to develop guidance, education and support for staff responding to care choices that sit outside recommended pathways, balancing safety, professional accountability and the rights of birthing people to make informed decisions.

To find out more about what it is like to work for our Trust please visit the following link: https://yorkhospitals.pagetiger.com/hdjgxd

Our benefits

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants

• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)

• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave

• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme

• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme

• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities

• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.

This vacancy may close early if a sufficient amount of applications is received.

Working for the Trust

Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.

Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: yhs-tr.recruitment@nhs.net.

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

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We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment

This advert closes on Sunday 26 Jul 2026

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