[ref. w13150602] Director of Midwifery and Lead for Neonatal Nursing

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Job overview

Director of Midwifery and Neonatal Unit

We are seeking a senior midwife who is looking to join our leadership team. The Director of Midwifery (DoM) is a key position, accountable to the Chief Nurse and Director of Clinical Governance, with a prime focus on the day-to-day delivery of high standards of patient centred care across integrated care pathways and services and operational delivery.

As the successful applicant you will provide guidance, support and leadership to all nursing and midwifery staff within maternity and neonatal services to ensure patient safety, service quality and excellent patient experience is consistently maintained.

You will be accountable for ensuring the appropriate management and leadership of the midwifery teams, holding the Deputy Director of Midwifery, Matrons, ward and department leaders and clinical practitioners to account to ensure that organisational performance indicators and Care Quality Commission standards and quality indicators are monitored, and appropriate action is taken according to results.

Main duties of the job

Professional midwifery leader, with a focus on the strategic delivery of high standards of midwifery and Neonatal services.

This role is pivotal to working in partnership with other organisations across the ICB and London Region. The post holder will develop and maintain a network of mutually beneficial relationships across North East London Local Maternity Neonatal System (LMNS), with the ICB, Maternity Voices Partnership (MVP), Public Health England, Health Education England, Care Quality Commission, the Regional Chief Midwife, the Royal Colleges and other key stakeholders.

Lead and take forward national polices and reports and developing a long term strategic vision that enables high quality and sustainable services contributing to the provision of high quality care, improved outcomes and improved family experiences.

Provide Trust representation for matters relating to the maternity and neonatal service. To provide an environment in which staff feel confident to speak out and to listen to each other, and in which feedback is regularly given setting out how the views of staff have been acted upon

Working for our organisation

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.

We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well-regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.

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 documents please view the attachment/s on this page

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

• Masters degree or equivalent related to Health, Leadership or Management.
• Extensive knowledge and expertise relating to midwifery and at least one other area of work such as management, research and development, human resources, or finance, acquired through formal study and/or experience equivalent to PhD or doctorate level

Skills/ Abilities

• Extensive experience (minimum of 5 years) at a senior midwifery level working in either a Corporate of Senior Management /Leadership post within Maternity Services
• Experience of business planning.
• Experience at being able to identify a problem, find a solution and implement and sustain a change in clinical practice across a complex division / organisation.
• Experience in managing change in a complex environment.

Experience

• • Demonstrates the ability to think analytically, considering and developing options to support strategic plans
• • Communicate effectively with a wide range of people in a variety of settings
• • Produce high quality reports and papers
• • Patient experience measurement and monitoring

General Guidance for Applicants

Please ensure that you read the "Guidance Notes On Submitting An Application" under "Additional Documentation" before completing your application.

Please note: we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

We offer a range of flexible working options that enable you to balance your work and personal life, including part-time, compressed hours, remote working and job-shares.

If you are interested in joining our team, please let us know your preferred working pattern in your application, and we will consider all requests for flexible working and try to accommodate them wherever possible.

Please note that secondment arrangements will be considered for any fixed term positions, with the agreement of the existing line manager.

We are committed to equal opportunities, and have been approved as a Disability Confident Employer.