About this role
Job summary
Are you an experienced and compassionate midwifery leader looking for your next challenge?
We have an exciting opportunity for an exceptional Deputy Director of Midwifery to join East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, one of the largest NHS organisations in the region, providing maternity services across East Suffolk and North Essex.
Our maternity services span two acute hospital sites in Ipswich and Colchester, a highly regarded standalone Birthing Unit in Clacton, and community midwifery teams delivering care across a diverse geographical area. Together, we are committed to providing safe, personalised and equitable care for women, pregnant people, babies and families.
Reporting directly to the Director of Midwifery, you will be a key member of the senior leadership team, working in partnership with clinical, operational and corporate colleagues to shape the future of maternity services. You will provide visible, compassionate leadership, driving improvements in quality, safety, experience and outcomes while ensuring national priorities and local ambitions are translated into meaningful change for the communities we serve.
We are looking for an inspirational senior midwifery leader with a strong track record of delivering improvement in complex healthcare environments.
If you are a kind, inclusive and ambitious leader who shares our commitment to providing safe, high-quality maternity care, we would be delighted to hear from you!
Main duties of the job
The delivery of safe, effective, personalised and equitable maternity services across East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.
The continuous improvement of clinical quality, patient safety, outcomes and experience for women, babies and families accessing maternity services.
The implementation of national maternity policy, professional standards, regulatory requirements and organisational priorities, including the Baroness Amos report recommendations, Maternity Incentive Scheme requirements and relevant NHS England safety initiatives.
The professional leadership, development and wellbeing of midwives, nurses and maternity support staff working within maternity services.
The development and delivery of a sustainable, skilled and compassionate maternity workforce through effective workforce planning, recruitment, retention, succession planning and leadership development.
Ensuring robust systems of governance, risk management, patient safety, quality assurance and regulatory compliance are embedded across maternity services.
About us
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Job description Job responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Registered Midwife with current Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) registration. Master's degree or equivalent level of knowledge and experience gained through significant senior leadership roles within maternity services Evidence of ongoing professional development and commitment to maintaining professional competence. Evidence of leadership and management development relevant to a senior healthcare leadership role.
Desirable
Postgraduate qualification in leadership, management, quality improvement, healthcare management or a related field. Coaching, leadership or organisational development qualification. Formal quality improvement, patient safety or improvement science training.
Experience Essential
Significant senior leadership experience within maternity services in an acute healthcare setting. Demonstrable experience of leading large-scale service transformation and change programmes. Proven experience of providing strategic and professional leadership across complex healthcare services. Experience of leading quality improvement, patient safety and governance programmes resulting in measurable improvements in outcomes and experience. Significant experience of workforce planning, workforce development and organisational change management., and providing governance advice to clinicians and other senior managers Experience of managing complex budgets and delivering financial and operational objectives Experience of developing effective partnerships across organisational and professional boundaries. Experience of interpreting and implementing national policy, regulatory requirements and professional standards. Experience of presenting complex information and providing assurance to senior committees, Boards or external stakeholders Experience of leading and supporting services through periods of operational pressure, service escalation or organisational change.
Desirable
Experience of working across Integrated Care Systems and provider collaboratives. Experience of leading regional or national maternity programmes or initiatives. Experience of developing successful business cases and service investment proposals.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check 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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Address Colchester/ Ipswich
Colchester
CO4 5JL
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)