The postholder will lead and support the commissioning of maternity and neonatal services across Hampshire and Isle of Wight. The role includes working closely with provider trusts, Local Maternity and Neonatal providers, NHS England, service users, primary care, public health and wider system stakeholders.
Strategic objectives
- Improved personalised neighbourhood care
- Greater Prevention
- Smarter use of technology and data
- Better value
- Thriving Workforce
Oversight areas
- Service transformation and improvement,
- System governance and escalation processes,
- Commissioning intentions and pathways,
- Equity and personalised care initiatives,
- Stakeholder and service-user engagement,
- Performance monitoring and contractual oversight
NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board is seeking an experienced and motivated Maternity Commissioner to join our Nursing, Quality and Improvement team., Experience within maternity, neonatal, commissioning, and quality improvement environments.
Understanding of NHS maternity and neonatal policy.
Experience of working collaboratively across organisational boundaries.
The ability to manage complex operational and strategic priorities.
Excellent communication, influencing and relationship-building skills.
A compassionate, inclusive and improvement-focused leadership style.
Candidates with commissioning or operational leadership experience are welcomed.
This is an exciting opportunity to influence the future of maternity and neonatal services across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, working within a complex and evolving healthcare system focused on improving outcomes, reducing inequalities, and delivering high-quality care for women, babies and families.
The role is offered on a 30‑hour basis and includes agile working, with a minimum expectation of regular office presence and system‑wide engagement across provider and partner organisations.
What We Offer
- Flexible and agile working arrangements
- Opportunity to influence maternity and neonatal transformation at system level
- A supportive and collaborative team environment
- Professional development opportunities
- NHS Pension Scheme and employee benefits package, We offer excellent employment opportunities to new and existing staff. We aim to be a model employer by embedding best HR practice and to support new ways of working.
- We pride ourselves on offering good working conditions, job security, lifelong learning, fair pay and benefits, staff involvement and a balance between work and personal life.
- We enjoy a forward thinking and innovative culture and our vision is to have healthy people, living healthy lives in healthy communities. We understand the only way to deliver this is to have the right people with the right skills.
- 27 days paid minimum holiday and bank holiday entitlement
- NHS pension scheme
- Sick pay policy
- Occupational health services including staff counselling services
- Flexible working and family friendly policies
- Flexible retirement and retirement vouchers
- Health Service Discounts – offers for stores, travel, equipment etc.
- Successful candidates will be subject to a six-month probationary period.
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