Director of Midwifery | York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	Not specified
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	York/Scarborough, YO31 8HE
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	11 Nov 2026
Closing date:	11 Dec 2026

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Summary

We are seeking an exceptional Director of Midwifery to provide strategic and professional leadership for our maternity services and wider Family Health portfolio. As our most senior midwife, you will be a highly visible and credible leader, providing expert advice to the Executive Team and Board and working across the Trust and wider system to ensure safe, high-quality, personalised care for women, babies and families.

Working as a key member of the Chief Nurse team and alongside clinical and operational leaders, you will lead the continued development and improvement of our maternity and neonatal services. You will champion a positive culture of safety, learning and continuous improvement, strengthen clinical governance and assurance, and ensure that the voice and experience of women and families are central to how our services develop. You will also play an important role in shaping workforce strategy, building leadership capability and working with partners across the Local Maternity and Neonatal System to deliver sustainable improvement.

https://www.gatenbysanderson.com/job/GSe137593/Director-of-Midwifery/

We are looking for a Registered Midwife with substantial senior leadership experience, at Director or just below Director level, with a strong track record of leading complex maternity or nursing services through change and improvement. You will bring highly credible clinical and professional leadership, a deep understanding of maternity safety, quality and governance, and the ability to build trusted relationships across organisational and system boundaries. Above all, you will be a compassionate, inclusive and values-driven leader, with the passion, resilience and ambition to deliver the very best outcomes and experiences for women, babies and families.

For an informal conversation about the role and to discuss what we are looking for in more detail, please contact GatenbySanderson: Laura Cubillo-Aparicio, Niamh Blair, or Robin Staveley via laura.cubillio-aparicio@gatenbysanderson.com.

Closing date: COP, Thursday 3 December.

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 financefrom a rangeof 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.

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 fromdifferent 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 ofseekingto 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 promoteSaBRE- 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 Thursday 3 Dec 2026

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