[ref. b2307600] Deputy Director of Midwifery and Neonatology

Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and aspirational leader to join Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (ICHT) as Deputy Director of Midwifery and Neonatology. ICHT have expanded their senior midwifery leadership structure to ensure there is strong leadership to take forward recommendations from the national maternity and neonatology strategy including essential actions from the NHS Long term plan (2019), Ockenden review (2022), the Single Delivery plan for maternity and neonatology services (2023), and maternity national policy.

This is an exciting time to join our Midwifery and Neonatal team, influencing the development of our future models of care. We are looking for a highly competent, motivated individual with experience and skills to build excellent relationships and to provide strategic professional midwifery leadership.

We are seeking an individual with a meticulous level of operational experience at a senior level and who has a track record of leading innovation and service improvement.

The post holder will work with the senior leadership team, the Divisional Director of Midwifery and Neonatology and external agencies to help shape our future models of care in line with our maternity and neonatal strategy. This includes developing and refining our clinical pathways to ensure the delivery of a sustainable, high quality service for our women and families.

• You will play a pivotal role in ensuring excellence in service delivery, workforce management, clinical quality, safety and financial control within the Directorate. You will contribute to shaping and implementing the Single Delivery Plan and demonstrate an understanding of maternity national policy.
• The post-holder will work closely with the General Manager and Clinical Director (triumvirate) to provide leadership which creates an inclusive, positive working culture, setting high standards for the workforce and ensuring we not only provide a positive experience for the women we care for but also for our teams where everyone feels valued for what they contribute.
• Your leadership will support a strong customer focus, drive change and deliver high performance. You will contribute to leading and managing the performance and productivity of Midwifery staff and associated financial resources, ensuring the optimal deployment of the midwives and support staff to deliver high quality patient care. This will require you to have the necessary knowledge and business skills to plan, implement and evaluate service delivery plans.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

Education/ qualifications

• Registered Midwife with current registration
• Educated to Master’s degree in relevant subject area
• Recognised management qualification or equivalent experience

• Professional Midwifery Advocate

Experience

• Senior NHS management experience, with evidence of strong, inclusive leadership
• Quality assurance
• Minimum of five years’ experience at senior NHS management level
• Change management

Skills/knowledge/ abilities

• Ability to communicate complex or sensitive information clearly
• Ability to build excellent relationships to support a culture of safety, compassion and equity
• Advanced IT skills

• Involvement in committees external to the Trust