Director of Midwifery and Neonatal Unit

Job overview

Director of Midwifery and Neonatal Unit

We are seeking a senior midwife who is looking to join our leadership team and work as part of the  Divisional Quad with professional accountability to the Chief Nurse.

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 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

You will provides the professional, strategic and operational leadership across the maternity and neonatal services to ensure optimum standards of care and service are delivered through effective management of human, financial and physical resources.

You will led and develop services through the implementation of innovative strategies to ensure an empowered workforce at all levels that is fit for purpose and equipped to deliver excellence in care standards, including securing the workforce for the future.

Implementation of the corporate midwifery agenda; taking a specific strategic lead where requested on allocated cross divisional and corporate roles.

Areas of key focus will change over time, but currently key outcome measures are:

• Leading and achieving good with outstanding elements in CQC assessment and rating.
• Meeting CNST requirements.
• Achieving compliance against the Ockenden report standards.
• Achieving compliance to the Three-Year Delivery Plan.
• Undertaking a six-monthly midwifery staffing review and developing an associated workforce plan in line with Birth Rate Plus.
• Engagement of the midwifery teams in monitoring and reporting of clinical outcomes.
• Embedding the Divisional Quality Framework.
• Works with the Head of Midwifery and Speciality Triumvirate to develop an annual business plan which is in line with commissioning intentions and organisational objectives.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder is a key member of the senior leadership team within the Division and works as part of the Divisional Quad with professional accountability to the Chief Nurse, to 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.

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