Head of Midwifery

This is an opportunity to make a real difference at a pivotal moment for maternity services.

Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust is seeking an inspirational, experienced and values-driven Head of Midwifery to lead our maternity services with confidence, compassion and ambition.

Working closely with a highly supportive Director of Midwifery and an engaged senior leadership team, you will play a central role in shaping the future of care for women, babies and families across Mid Yorkshire.

This is a senior, influential post at a time of significant national focus and scrutiny for maternity services. You will provide professional, strategic and operational leadership, driving delivery of the Trusts Three-Year Delivery Plan and ensuring alignment with national maternity and neonatal priorities, NHS England requirements and regulatory standards.

You will lead the continued implementation of Better Births, the Maternity Incentive Scheme and associated care bundles, with an unwavering focus on safety, quality and truly women-centred care.

The Head of Midwifery role is a key position within the Divisional Management Team, responsible to the Director of Midwifery with a prime focus on the day-to-day delivery of high standards of patient care across integrated care pathways and services.

The purpose of the role is to provide operational midwifery leadership across the womens services to ensure and consistently develop high quality efficient service provision for all women accessing maternity care.

Reporting to the Director of Midwifery, the post holder will develop, maintain, and provide assurance on clinical and operational governance systems and processes, specifically clinical risk management, CQC standards, clinical policy and procedure, clinical quality, health and safety, patient experience, complaint systems and resolution, incident reporting and resolution, contractual quality measures, safeguarding.

The post holder will assist the Director of Midwifery to ensure that divisional and corporate objectives in relation to the workforce, service delivery, quality improvement, clinical quality, safety and leadership elements of the service are carried out.

The responsibility includes covering for board assurance and Quality committee reports and presenting them in the absence of the Director of Midwifery.

Deputise for the Director of Midwifery as required and take a lead role in supporting the Director of Midwifery to include effective resource management and strategic planning for the future of the service.

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff members work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield).Committed to continuous improvement, we prioritise our people and values so we can deliver excellent patient experience.

Our team is friendly, passionate and always seeking better ways to work through research and innovation.

We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs.

Our staff networks offer safe spaces for honest conversations and to share ideas, thoughts and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion.

As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support.

These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers, home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more.

If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

• Current registration as a registered Midwife on the NMC register
• First degree in Nursing or health related subject or equivalent.
• Master’s degree in a health-related subject or equivalent demonstrable experience.
• Implemented and lead on practice related changes.
• Strong evidence of continuing professional development

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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.