NHS Central East ICB

Clinical Lead - Neonatal Consultant
The closing date is 22 November 2026

Job summary
An exciting leadership opportunity in maternity transformation

Are you an experienced, dynamic, and enthusiastic clinical leader, who is passionate about driving safer, more personalised care for women and families? Do you have experience working at a system or regional level, with a proven ability to lead and give technical advice across all function of the ICB. Ensuring that strategic and operational decisions are underpinned by robust clinical evidence, governance and population health priorities. If so, we would love to hear from you.

We are seeking an obstetric and neonatal consultant to join our ICB, Senior Leadership Team on a fixed-term 18-months contract. This is a fantastic opportunity for a highly motivated individual to play a pivotal role in aligning clinical insight with system transformation, commissioning, quality improvement, and service delivery.

If you are passionate about perinatal safety and ready for a leadership challenge at system level, we invite you to apply and join us in transforming perinatal services for our local families.

Main duties of the job
About the role:
This role will support CE ICB to provide senior clinical leadership that supports quality, safety, and transformation across the perinatal pathway. Perinatal transformation will be led by the Quality Improvement & Patient Team. This role will include advising the ICB and supporting individual providers when appropriate. This role will play a pivotal role in supporting understanding of best practice, benchmarking current position and advising on change. This role offers the opportunity to champion the needs of families across central East community.

About us
We are committed to promoting equal opportunities to achieve equity of access, experience and outcomes and to recognising and valuing people's differences. We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity; we see this as a strength and part of our founding mission, values and behaviours. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers patient outcomes.

We are committed to creating the best place to work, where your contribution is valued, your wellbeing is supported and all our colleagues can reach their full potential. We welcome and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of their protected characteristic. We work to ensure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible to everyone, including making adjustments for people who have a disability or long-term condition and support with the recruitment process for people with lived experience.

We are happy to discuss flexible working options for all roles.

We operate a Carer friendly working environment that is supportive and inclusive. We actively encourage Carers to self-identify themselves.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and commit to shortlisting suitable applicants who meet the essential criteria for an interview. Please inform us of any adjustments you may require.

Details
Date posted: 06 November 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Consultant
Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year per annum, pro rata
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 18 months
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 644-CE103-A
Job locations: Priory House, Monks Walk, Shefford, SG17 5TQ, United Kingdom

Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information on this role please see the job description and person specification attached

Person Specification
Experience
Essential

• evidence of leading complex, system-wide quality improvement, transformation or service redesign with measurable impact
• strong knowledge of maternity or neonatal quality, safety, clinical governance, risk and relevant national standards
• experience of interpreting complex clinical, performance and population health data to inform strategic decisions
• communication and influencing skills, with the ability to convey complex issues clearly and persuasively to diverse audiences
• evidence of effective partnership working and influencing across providers, commissioners, regional or national bodies and wider system partners
• experience of developing or implementing strategy, policy, commissioning priorities or business plans
• evidence of values-led, inclusive leadership, political awareness and sound judgement in complex or sensitive situations
• demonstrable commitment to reducing health inequalities, improving outcomes and incorporating service-user voice
• Proven ability to create environments where people from all backgrounds feel respected, valued, and able to contribute fully
• Applicants must demonstrate current professional registration and senior clinical expertise in obstetrics or neonatal care, with consultant-level experience or equivalent senior clinical leadership experience.

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: NHS Central East ICB
Address: Priory House, Monks Walk, Shefford, SG17 5TQ, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.centraleast.icb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Clinical lead - Perinatal
Felitta Burney-Nicol
felitta.burney-nicol1@nhs.net

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