Delivery Suite Manager

Delivery Suite Manager

Closing date: 06 January 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, forward thinking midwife to join our midwifery management team as Delivery Suite Manager. This person will lead and manage the team who work on the delivery suite, the birth centre and maternity theatres.

We are looking for a highly motivated, compassionate ward manager with expert knowledge and clinical skills.

The successful applicant will need to demonstrate commitment to patient safety, quality improvement, financial stability and promote staff and family engagement.

If you have a passion for leading a team in delivering safe, high quality, family integrated care in a supportive environment, we would love to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

The post holder will have responsibility for the effective and efficient operational day to day management of the delivery suite, birth centre and maternity theatres, including budget control, clinical governance and staff development. The post holder will demonstrate enhanced knowledge and clinical skills and be a role model, providing leadership and promoting multidisciplinary teamwork in the clinical area.

The post holder will also work in a supervisory capacity and be expected to lead and manage team performance. They will monitor and contribute to the standards of care delivered, thus enhancing the family experience and improving patient outcomes.

About us

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is ideally situated just a forty five minute drive from Manchester. The Trust provides services to the 440,000 residents of Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre and North Lancashire, as well as specialist tertiary care for Cardiac and Haematology patients.

Job responsibilities

OPERATIONAL

Management/Leadership responsibility

• Collaborates closely with the Matron and Head of Midwifery regarding all quality performance and management issues
• Deputises for the Matron if required
• Facilitates and maintains effective communication within the multidisciplinary team and works in partnership with other service providers, leading to efficient care pathways for the woman and her baby.
• In the absence of the matron, to initiate and lead staff meetings, ensuring that the maternity are kept informed and involved in unit developments and Trust decision

Please ensure you review the detailed Job description and person specification prior to applying. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification by completing the supporting information section>

Person Specification Education & Qualification

• Completed and obtained RM qualification and current live PIN on NMC register.
• Professional Midwifery Advocate
• Leadership Course
• Quality Improvement

Experience & Knowledge

• Achievement of all midwifery competencies
• Evidence of excellent interpersonal skills
• Safeguarding experience
• Managing a team
• Roster Management
• Budget Management

Skills & Ability

• Understanding and knowledge of current issues in Midwifery and NHS.
• Demonstrates application of evidence based practice.
• Access to a car
• Audit Skills

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.

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£47,810 to £54,710 a year pro rata