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Clinical Lead - Neonatal ConsultantNHS

Shefford, SG17 5TQ Fixed-Term £113,565 to £150,569
Posted 6 November 2026 Closing date 22 November 2026
Checked 5 hours ago · still listed on NHS Jobs Closes in 15 days · 22 Nov 2026
Arlesey Rail Station (4.1 miles, direct) Luton Airport DART Station (10.9 miles, direct) Airport Bus Station (10.8 miles, direct)

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.

Job description

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

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.

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