# Deputy Director of Midwifery > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/deputy-director-of-midwifery/3e03fd31-3071-4cf9-bf2a-092553551982 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/deputy-director-of-midwifery/3e03fd31-3071-4cf9-bf2a-092553551982.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Southend University Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Director - **Salary:** £94356.00 - **Contract type:** Secondment: 12 months - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday -Friday (with gold on-calls)) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-15T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-02T14:19:05.776Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8269172 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8269172?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.southend.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Deputy Director of Midwifery and Neonates will lead the strategic direction of the Perinatal Health Clinical Service Unit (CSU) which includes maternity services and neonatal services. The postholder will work closely with the Clinical Leads for both Obstetrics and Neonatal services, the Divisional Clinical Director and the Deputy Directors of Operations r on service provision and development. Provide expert advice on complex midwifery issues to the Director of Nursing and to the Trust Executive Team and Board of Director. The post holder will be a member of the Directorate Management Team and will support the Director of Midwifery in delivering the directorates strategic direction, ensuring that the directorate contributes significantly to the achievement of corporate objectives and that effective governance arrangements within the framework of PSIRF are implemented and maintained. They will contribute to service and business planning and workforce development within maternity services. Act for the Director of Midwifery when required at the Divisional Board and site and Group meetings. As one of the leadership midwives across MSE the postholder will be required to undertake professional corporate duties and represent MSE externally as required by the Director of Midwifery or Chief Nursing Officer. You will be responsible for the delivery of high and consistently safe standards of maternity and neonatal care across all clinical areas. ### Main duties of the job - Contribute to the development of the midwifery and nursing profession through proactive involvement in local, regional and national forums - Take overall responsibility for Perinatal Health responses to complaints ensuring responses are produced to the required standards in relation to timeframes and quality and are sensitive to the needs of the patients and their families. - Provide expert nursing advice to Senior Management Teams / Board on strategic planning, policy, governance and legislation or formulate long term strategic plans - highly complex activities to be planned and organised which are on-going and may require adjustments. - Lead on the preparation for external assessments and inspections being Responsible for supporting and leading on external bodies such as Care Quality Commission and to prepare action plans in response to areas of improvement and identify mechanisms to provide assurance on the quality of care being provide - Interpret overall health service policy and strategy in relation to the provision of maternity care in order to establish goals and standards. - To be jointly accountable with the Clinical Leads for Obstetrics & Neonatal Services to the Divisional General Manager and Divisional Clinical Director for the financial performance of all services within Women’s Health, delegating authority to the Heads of Department as appropriate ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Are you looking for an exciting role using your unique qualities, then we want to hear from you. For full details about this varied and rewarding role, please see attached job description. We look forward to your application. Please be aware that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a suitable number of applications. ### 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 ### Essential **Essential** - Registered practicing midwife - Significant evidence of continuous professional development - Masters degree or equivalent level of experience - Strong leadership qualities with the ability to provide clear direction - Significant budget management experience, including reducing costs, monitoring and determining corrective action. - Strong communication skills, written and oral, with individuals and groups. Present highly complex information. - Signifcant evidence of continuous professional development - Significant evidence of Management Development study pertaining to the role - Knowledge of key policies and strategies **Desirable** - Previous experience at 8c level - Demonstrable experience of change management ## Documents - [jd (pdf, 240.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10656753) - [privacy policy (pdf, 441.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2077) - [afc pay poster 26/27 (pdf, 44.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2504) - [trust 10 year strategy (pdf, 2.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2947) - [medical payscales 2/2025 (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2917) - [applicant ms teams checklist (pdf, 560.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2943) - [general statements afc - v5.2 (pdf, 592.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2979) - [leadership and management framework (pdf, 120.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2880) - [general statements – clinical fellow fy1, fy2, mti and st1-9 (pdf, 312.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2980) - [general statement - specialty doctor & specialist grade & consultant (pdf, 184.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2981) ## 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.