# Deputy Director of Midwifery – Quality Risk & Safety > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/deputy-director-of-midwifery-quality-risk-and-safety/7e93666e-11f4-4203-98f3-554e75ecf869 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/deputy-director-of-midwifery-quality-risk-and-safety/7e93666e-11f4-4203-98f3-554e75ecf869.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust - **Location:** Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Manager and corporate - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £94,356 - £108,814 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-31T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-20T09:20:48.022Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Nottinghamshire/Nottingham/Nottingham_University_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/Midwifery/Midwifery-v8207259 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8207259?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nuh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Working in partnership with the Maternity/ perinatal Directorate, Family Health Care Group and Corporate Leadership team, the Deputy Director of Midwifery will lead the delivery of efficient, effective and high quality processes and systems to provide assurance and ensure compliance with regulatory and NHS obligations, ensuring through maternity leadership and corporate functions, and in liaison with other key professionals that activities and work plans within care groups and the overall Trust are aligned to meet these requirements. Have operational accountability for the Maternity Governance Team. They will be expected to develop innovative practice in relation to the provision of maternity and other services to women and their families. Ensure that the maternity quality governance activities reflect national and local strategic frameworks and initiatives in relation to regulatory compliance, working closely with the corporate and care group teams. The Deputy Director of Midwifery will have the ability to operate independently and decisively to ensure effective operational running and strategic development within the maternity governance team in conjunction with the Director of Midwifery and Medical leadership. The post holder will play a significant role in developing and implementing the Trusts Nursing and Midwifery Strategy. This will be in accordance with patient needs, national and local priorities and professional codes of practice. ### Main duties of the job Working within the overall objectives, lead, develop, implement & monitor strategic plans in relation to compliance with regulatory & NHS obligations & ensure that they reflect national and local priorities. Ensure processes & systems are in place across the organisation to maintain the CQC registration, aligned to maternity services. Ensure appropriate CQC compliance monitoring programmes & processes are in place across maternity to be able to evidence ongoing compliance with standards & ensure awareness and readiness for external inspection. Have responsibility for the day-to-day operational running of the Maternity Governance Team. Support and deputise for the Director of Midwifery as professional lead relating to the conduct of midwives and ensure that the Director of Midwifery & Chief Nurse are kept informed with regard to misconduct issues. Recognise cases outside own area of authority and /or with wider public concern and seek advice accordingly. Lead the governance Senior Midwifery team acting as line manager in ensuring that all maternity staff have clear goals and objectives, regular appraisals & feedback on performance as well as personal development plans. Lead on regular establishment and activity reviews per clinical area and advise on staffing issues, taking action where necessary to resolve under the direction and support of the Director of Midwifery. Participate in the Silver on-call rota for the Trust or maternity on-call rota. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For full detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the Job Description & Person Specification. Proposed Interview Date - week commencing 21.09.26 We are the largest employer in Nottinghamshire and one of the biggest and busiest NHS Trusts in the country, serving more than 2.5m residents of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire and its surrounding communities and a further four million people across the East Midlands and beyond. Our Trust spans over three sites including Queen’s Medical Centre (QMC), Nottingham City Hospital and Ropewalk House. We are home to the East Midlands Major Trauma Centre, the Nottingham Children's Hospital and in partnership with the University of Nottingham we host a Biomedical Research Centre carrying out vital research into hearing, digestive diseases, respiratory, musculoskeletal disease, mental health and imaging. As a teaching hospital, we are instrumental in the education and training of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals. We are proud of our strong relationships with universities across the East Midlands, including the University of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University and Loughborough University. Recent years have been challenging. Alongside our continued recovery from Covid, our maternity services are subject to an independent review, and we must do more to improve our culture. We have seen improvements in many areas already and continue to be more focused than ever on making sustained improvements across our services. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Significant experience of leading governance, or components of governance, within a large and complex organisation. - Demonstrates an extensive knowledge and senior level experience of NHS regulation and compliance agenda: 1. Political context 2. Role of Care Quality Commission and NHSE 3. Relevant healthcare legislation with UK and EU 4. Governance and assurance frameworks 5. Maternity specific legislation and regulations ### Training & Qualifications **Essential** - Relevant Master’s Degree or equivalent experience and evidence of continuing professional development - Current NMC Registered Midwife - Extensive knowledge of maternity governance , acquired through postgraduate diploma or equivalent experience or training ### Analytical and Judgement Skills **Essential** - Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options - Strategic thinking – ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise ### Planning and Organisation Skills **Essential** - Plans and organises a broad range of complex activities, formulating and adjusting plans to reflect changing circumstances - Works with senior staff and other external stakeholders to develop performance improvement plans ### Communication and Relationship Skills **Essential** - Provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information, negotiate with senior staff and external stakeholders on difficult and controversial issues, and present complex and sensitive information to large and influential groups - Strong interpersonal skills including the ability to persuade and influence others and deliver presentations in a variety of settings ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 496.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10554072) - [mindful employer (pdf, 312.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1778) - [equal opportunities (pdf, 312.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1780) - [application process booklet (pdf, 24.8mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2918) - [disability confidence scheme (pdf, 272.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1781) - [rehabilitation of ex offenders (pdf, 106.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1974) - [equality diversity and inclusion (pdf, 304.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1779) - [deputy director of midwifery qrs ps (pdf, 336.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10514425) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.