Deputy Chief Midwife

Guys & St Thomas Hospital; London; On-site; GBP 96,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in the healthcare sector is seeking a passionate Deputy Chief Midwife to join their dedicated team. This exciting role at Evelina London involves operational responsibility for midwifery services, ensuring high-quality care and compliance with regulatory standards. The successful candidate will inspire and lead a skilled team, fostering a culture of safety and well-being for both patients and staff. If you are looking to make a significant impact in maternity services and enhance the experiences of women and staff alike, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife with a Master's degree or equivalent experience.
• Proven track record in delivering effective maternity services.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational and professional leadership for midwifery services.
• Ensure delivery of high quality, cost-effective midwifery care.

Skills

Organisational Ability

Resource Management

Staff Management

Education

Registered Midwife

Masters or Equivalent

Job description

Main area Corporate Grade NHS AfC: Band 8d

Contract Permanent

Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (On call requirement)

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Employer Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Employer type NHS

Site St Thomas Hospital

Town London

Salary £96,340 - £109,849 per annum inc HCA

Salary period Yearly

Closing 23/02/2025 23:59

Interview date 05/03/2025

Guy’s and St Thomas’ is among the UK’s busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.

Job overview

Evelina London, part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust is excited to announce an excellent opportunity to join our committed team as Deputy Chief Midwife. Do you have a passion for providing high quality, personalised care to women? Do you have the ability to develop and maintain key working relationships with internal and external key stakeholders? Are you looking to make a real difference to women and staff experiences? Are you able to inspire and motivate highly skilled, multi-professional teams?

If this is you then an exciting opportunity has arisen to join the maternity services leadership team at Guy’s & St. Thomas’ Trust as the Deputy Chief Midwife. This role will involve having the overall operational responsibility for midwifery services working within the Directorate Management team. Accountable to both the Chief Midwife and Clinical Director for Women’s Services, you will provide operational and strategic leadership to maternity services across Evelina London.

Main duties of the job

The Deputy Chief Midwife’s pivotal duty is to provide day to day operational and professional leadership and role modelling to the professional group within the organisation. The post holder will be accountable for the delivery of high quality, cost effective midwifery care within a set budget, and is responsible for meeting key performance indicators and regulatory standards linked to maternity services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To be accountable for the direct delivery of high quality midwifery care and support the Clinical Director and Chief Midwife in delivering on all other aspects of clinical care.
• To lead the delivery of midwifery practice that is safe and effective and up-to-date.
• Ensure the safety and well-being of patients, service users and colleagues by monitoring patient quality and safety, taking any necessary corrective action as appropriate to prevent any deterioration in service standards, or to the safety and welfare of patients and staff.
• Ensure that staff wellbeing is supported and monitored, and is central to the culture of midwifery teams.

Person specification

Skills and Ability

• Strong organisational ability and well developed resource and staff management skills;

Qualifications

• Registered Midwife
• Masters or Equivalent
• Demonstrate a successful track record of delivering effective maternity services as a senior midwife/manager

Guy’s and St Thomas’ celebrates, respects and values the diversity of its staff and patients. We review our policies, procedures and practices to ensure that all employees, patients and carers are treated equitably according to their needs. We are actively committed to ensuring that no one who applies for a job, works or studies at the Trust, or accesses our services is discriminated against on the grounds of race, ethnicity, nationality, disability, religion or belief, age, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, or marital/civil partnership.